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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
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.