PHRASAL VERBS
Add up (make sense)
Ask after (inquire about).
Back down (yield in an argument)
Bargain for (take into account)
Bear out (confirm the truth)
Break down (lose control of the emotions).
Break off (stop talking)
Break up (come to an end)
Bring about (cause to happen)
Bring off (succeed in doing something)
Bring on (cause the onset of an illness)
Bring round (influence someone to your point of view)
Bring up (mention)
Call up (mobilise for military service)
Carry off (complete successfully - perhaps despite a problem)
Carry out (complete a plan)
Catch on (become popular - colloquial)
Come about (happen)
Come down to (be in the end a matter of).
Come in for (receive - especially criticism, blame)
Come off (take place successfully)
Come out (appear)
Come up (occur - usually a problem - colloquial)
Come up against (meet a difficulty)
Come up to (equal - especially expectations, standard)
Come up with (think of - especially an answer, a plan, a solution)
Count on (rely on)
Crop up (happen unexpectedly – colloquial)
Do away with (abolish - colloquial)
Do up (decorate - colloquial)
Draw up (come to a stop)
Draw up (organise - especially a document)
Drop in (pay a visit - colloquial)
Drop off (fall asleep - colloquial)
End up (finish in a certain way, or place)
Face up to (have courage to deal with - especially responsibilities)
Fall about (show amusement - especially laughing - colloquial)
Fall back on (use as a last resort)
Fall for (be deceived by – colloquial)
Fall out with (quarrel with)
Fall through (fail to come to completion)
Feel up to (feel capable of doing)
Follow up (act upon a suggestion)
Get across (be understood - especially get an idea across)
Get at (imply - about personal matters – colloquial)
Get down to (begin to seriously deal with)
Get off with (avoid punishment)
Get on for (approach a certain age/time/number)
Get on (make progress - especially in life)
Get on (make progress - especially in life)
Get over with (come to the end of something, usually unpleasant)
