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PHRASAL VERBS – PART A
Phrasal Verb: A phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of a main verb together with an adverb or a preposition, or both. Typically, their meaning is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words themselves.
No. |
Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
Example |
1. |
Abide by | Accept or follow a decision or rule |
We have to ABIDE BY what the court says |
2. |
Account for | To explain | They had to ACCOUNT FOR all the money that had gone missing |
3. | Ache for | Want something or someone a lot |
My partner’s been away for a fortnight- I am ACHING FOR her |
4. |
Act on | To take action because of something like information received | The police were ACTING ON a tip from an informer and caught the gang red-handed. |
5. | Act on | Affect. | The medicine only ACTS ON infected tissue. |
6. | Act out | Perform something with actions and gestures. | They ACTED OUT the story on stage |
7. | Back away | Retreat or go backwards | The crowd BACKED AWAY when the man pulled a knife. |
8. | Back down | Retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an argument | She refused to BACK DOWN and was fired. |
9. | Back into | Enter a parking area in reverse gear | He prefers to BACK his car INTO the garage. |
10. | Back off | Retreat | The police told the protesters to BACK OFF. |
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No. |
Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
Example |
11. |
Back out | Fail to keep an arrangement or promise | He BACKED OUT two days before the holiday so we gave the ticket to his sister |
12. | Back out of | Fail to keep an agreement, arrangement | She BACKED OUT OF the agreement at the last minute. |
13. | Call after | Name someone after somebody else | She was CALLED Rose AFTER her late grandmother. |
14. | Call around | Visit | I CALLED AROUND but she wasn’t in. |
15. | Call back | Return a phone call | I must CALL her BACK when we get to the office. |
16. | Call for | Demand | The Opposition party CALLED FOR the minister’s resignation after the scandal broke. |
17. | Call for | Go to collect something | The courier CALLED FOR your parcel, but I told him it wasn’t ready yet. |
18. | Call for | Telephone for something | I’ll CALL FOR a cab right away. |
19. | Damp down | Calm or reduce feelings, emotions | They tried to DAMP DOWN the anger over the announcement. |
20. | Damp down | Make a fire burn less. | They tried to DAMP DOWN the flames before the fire spread. |
21. | Damp off | When there is too much moisture and a plant is affected by fungal parasites. | The seedlings DAMP OFF in the spring if it’s very wet. |
22. | Dash down | Write something quickly | He DASHED DOWN a memo and sent it to everybody. |
23. | Dash off | Leave somewhere quickly | It’s late- I’m going to DASH OFF home. |
24. | Dash off | Do something quickly, especially writing |
He DASHED OFF the report in a couple of hours. |
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No. |
Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
Example |
25. |
Ease off | Reduce pressure | She EASED OFF the accelerator to let the car slow down. |
26. | Ease up | Relax, calm down | She asked her teacher to EASE UP because she was feeling very stressed. |
27. | Eat away | Destroy slowly | The disease EATS the liver AWAY. |
28. | Eat in | Eat at home | We didn’t feel like going to a restaurant so we ATE IN. |
29. | Eat into | Use something valuable when you don’t want to | We’ve had to EAT INTO our savings since I lost my job. |
30. | Eat out | Eat in a restaurant | We couldn’t be bothered to cook so we ATE OUT last night. |
31. | Face off | Confront | The company FACED OFF the competition. |
32. | Face up to | Accept an unpleasant truth. | Many people find it hard to FACE UP TO the fact that they are getting old. |
33. | Faff about | Behave indecisively | He told her to stop FAFFING ABOUT and make her mind up. |
34. | Faff around | Behave indecisively | She told him to stop FAFFING AROUND and make his mind up. |
35. | Fall about | Laugh a lot | We FELL ABOUT when we heard what she’d done. |
36. | Fall apart | Break into pieces | The box FELL APART when I picked it up. |
37. | Gad about | Visit a lot of different places for pleasure | I spent the afternoon GADDING ABOUT in the West End |
38. | Gad around | Visit different places for pleasure | I spent the afternoon GADDING AROUND looking for some books. |
39. | Gag for | Want something a lot | I’m GAGGING FOR a drink. |
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No. |
Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
Example |
40. |
Gang up | Form a group against something or someone | They GANGED UP to try to stop the new system. |
41. | Gang up against | Harass, bully (in a group). | They GANGED UP AGAINST me because I wouldn’t accept their ideas. |
42. | Gang up on | Harass, bully | They GANGED UP ON him because of the way he spoke. |
43. | Hack around | Waste time | I’ve been HACKING AROUND all morning because I can’t get down to doing any revision. |
44. | Hack into | Break into a computer system | He HACKED INTO the government database and stole a lot of data |
45. | Hack off | Annoy | He HACKS me OFF with his endless complaining. |
46. | Hack up | Chop or cut into small pieces | They HACKED the table UP and burnt it. |
47. | Hack up | Expel by coughing | I HACKED UP a lot of phlegm while I was ill. |
48. | Ham up | Perform or act in an excessive way to attract attention or amuse people | He HAMMED the part UP to get the audience to laugh. |
49. | Iron out | Remove small problems or irregularities | The management team IRONED OUT the tax problems before they gave the project the OK. |
50. | Issue forth | Come out of a place | New initiatives ISSUE FORTH from the government on a daily basis. |
51. | Jabber away | Talk fast or incomprehensibly | They started JABBERING AWAY about file systems and lost me completely. |
52. | Jack around | Make trouble for someone, fail to keep promises |
Don’t listen to him- he always JACKS people AROUND. |
No. |
Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
Example |
53. |
Jack in | Quit, give up | I JACKED my job IN because my boss refused to give me a raise. |
54. | Jack up | Raise a car to be able to do mechanical work | We JACKED the car UP and changed the tyre. |
55. | Jack up | Increase sharply | They have JACKED UP the price of oil this month. |
56. | Jam on | Apply or operate something forcefully | Jack JAMMED ON the brakes when the rabbit ran in front of his car. |
57. | Keel over | Turn upside down | The boat KEELED OVER in the storm and the crew drowned. |
58. | Keel over | Surrender, give in | He was going to confront his boss, but KEELED OVER and didn’t mention the matter. |
59. | Keel over | Fall to the ground | The drunk KEELED OVER when trying to leave the pub. |
60. | Keep around | Keep something near you | I KEEP a dictionary AROUND when I’m doing my homework. |
61. | Keep at | Continue with something difficult | She found the course hard but she KEPT AT it and completed it successfully. |
62. | Keep away | Don’t allow someone near something | Medicines should always be KEPT AWAY from children. |
63. | Land in | Get someone into trouble | He LANDED ME IN it when he told them what I had done wrong. |
64. | Land up in | Arrive, end a journey in a place, often without planning | We set out for Manchester, but LANDED UP IN Liverpool. |
65. | Land with | Create a problem for someone | He LANDED ME WITH the job of proofreading the whole thing. |
No. |
Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
Example |
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66. |
Lap up | Appreciate something | He LAPPED UP their praise. | |||||
67. | Large it up | Have a good time when intoxicated | They were LARGING IT UP in the rave. | |||||
68. | Lark about | Behave in a silly way | The children made me angry because they were LARKING ABOUT. | |||||
69. | Magic away | Make something disappear quickly | He MAGICKED the bill AWAY and paid for us all before I could get my wallet out. | |||||
70. | Make after | Chase | The police MADE AFTER the stolen car. | |||||
71. | Make away with | Steal | The thieves MADE AWAY WITH the painting | |||||
72. | Make do with | Accept something less satisfactory because there’s no alternative | There’s no coffee, so we’ll have to MAKE DO WITH tea. | |||||
73. | Make for | Head in a certain direction | We MADE FOR home when it started raining. | |||||
74. | Make for | Produce a result or situation | The low quality of the service MADE FOR a lot of dissatisfaction. | |||||
75. | Naff off | Get lost, go away (used as imperative). | He was making a fuss, so I told him to NAFF OFF | |||||
76. | Nag at | Repeatedly criticize someone verbally | My boss is always NAGGING AT me about my arriving a few minutes late for work. | |||||
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