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PHRASAL VERBS
UNIT 1
BREAK DOWN
=to stop working (His car broke down)
PUT ON
=to wear (She put on her shoes and went out)
TAKE OFF
=remove clothing (She took her hat off)
MAKE UP
=create something from your imagination; syn invent (We had to make up a story) MAKE OFF =to hurry away; to escape (Pepe made off the office when he heard the fire alarm)
LOOK AFTER
=to take care of someone/ something (I will look after the children for you)
PUT UP
=to raise of increase something (The banks put up their interest rates last week)
HOLD ON
=to wait a moment (Hold on a minute) LOOK INTO =to investigate, to research (I’ll look into the problem and contact you when I have more information)
GET IT
=enter a place (Get in the car)
LOOK UP
=to search for information (He looked up the word in the dictionary)
FALL OVER
=to fall to the ground (He tripped and fell over) RING BACK =to telephone somebody again (He isn’t here now, could you ring back later?)
FREAK OUT
=to behave in a wild or irrational way (I freak out every time I see a spider)
EAT OUT
=to have a meal in a restaurant (Let’s eat out tonight. I want to visit the new restaurant)
BLOW UP
=to fill something with air or gas (He blows up a balloon) CHEER UP =to make happier (I bought you some flowers to cheer you up)
HEAT UP
=to become warmer in temperature (They heated up meat in the barbecue grill)
WAKE UP
=to stop sleeping (I wake up at 7 o’clock every morning)
TURN ON
=to start a machine, light, or electronic device (Turn on the light) GO OUT =to leave the house to go somewhere (We are going to go out for a walk)
TURN OFF
=to stop a machine, light or electronic device (Turn off the light)
TURN UP
=to increase volume/ temperature/ speed (Turn up the volume on the TV, I can’t hear anything)
FIGURE OUT
=to understand, find the answer (The kid figure out the result of the sum) CHOP UP =to cut into small pieces (To chop up carrots)
GO OFF
=to expire, spoiled or rotten, as of food or drink (I think the pepper has gone off)
FRY UP
=to cook food in hot oil or fat (I am frying up some bacon on the pan)
BOIL OVER
=when a hot liquid spills out of a container (I left the milk on the cooker and it boiled over) EAT UP =eat all of something (Matt is going to eat up the pizza, he is so hungry)
CUT DOWN
=to reduce the amount of consumption (If I want to lose weight I have to cut down on fast food)
TAKE AWAY
=but prepared food in a restaurant and take it somewhere else to eat (One coffee to take away, please)
EAT OUT
=to have a meal in a restaurant (Let’s eat out tonight. I want to visit the new restaurant) UNIT 2 TAKE IN =notice, absorb (and understand) (It’s hard to take in his
TAKE UP
=start a new sport, hobby, school subject (When I’m fluent in
TAKE BACK
=to return something (Take faulty goods back to the store where you
TAKE OUT
=invite and go out with someone (to a restaurant, theater, disco etc)
book – he speaks in such an abstract way) English, I’ll take up Spanish lessons) bought them) (George is taking me out to dinner tonight ) TAKE AWAY =remove something and take them with when you leave (Dad! Josh wants to take away my doll. Come and help me!)
TAKE TO
=to make a habit (I have taken to wearing the color yellow on Fridays)
TAKE OVER
=to begin to do something that someone else was doing (Nelson is going to take over as manager in July)
TAKE AFTER
=resemble a parents (looks or behaviour) (I take after my mother, I have the same hair colour and the same brown eyes) COME ON =(expression) To hurry up. To give support, to start working (Come on, you’re going to be late)
COME BEFORE
=to be more important than (Carla always says that her family comes before her career)
COME DOWN
=to descend, to fall down (The kid had come down)
COME BACK
=to return (I finished school early and came back home) COME AT =to attack (Mom, the mosquitoes want to come at me)
COME ALONG
=to go with somebody to somewhere (We’re going to get ice cream. Want to come along?)
COME ACROSS
=to find something by accident (We came across our old books in the closet)
COME IN
=to arrive, to enter (It’s too late, come in!) GET BY =to subsist, to succeed, survive (No one is able to get by without oxygen)
GET ALONG WITH
= to have a good relationship (Harry, Jo and I get along really well)
GET OUT OF
=to avoid something (She can’t got out of the washing-up)
GET AWAY
=to leave or escape from someone or something (The thief gota way with our money) GET UP =to arise from bed, to stand up (I got up at 10am this morning)
GET DOWN
=to feel depressed or unhappy (Nothing gets me down so much as a rainy day)
GET IN
=to enter (Get in the bus)
GET OUT
=to leave (Get out of the bus) GO FOR =to try to archieve (She trained hard and decided to go for the first place)
GO WITH
=to match; harmonise with (That shirt doesn’t go with the suit)
GO UP
=to rise, to increase (The price of Bitcoin is expected to go up)
GO ON
=to happen, to continue (He went on and on talking and I was so bored) GO BACK =to return, to start doing something again (Children go back to school after the holidays)
GO AFTER
=to pursue (an object or a goal) (Harry went after his dreams and now he is a successful man)
GO INTO
=to enter a place, to join or enter a profession (Go into the bakery and see if they sell pretzels)
GO OFF
=to make a loud noise or to explode (My alarm goes off at 7am) UNIT 3 BURNING UP =to have a bed fever (My brother is burning up. He has a very high fever)
SET UP
=to start a business (The kids set up their own lemonade stand)
DRESS UP
=to wear formal clothes (Wow! Jan you look so pretty all dressed up)
GROW UP
=to become an adult (I grew up in London) CLEAN UP =to clean extremely (Please clean up your room)
GIVE UP
=to stop trying, to quit (I give up, I don’t understand)
BREAK UP
=to finish a relationship (Sally and her boyfriend broke up last week)
BACK UP
=to move backwards, especially in a vehicle (Back up your car into the garage) BREAK OUT TAKE OUT PASS OUT WORK OUT
=to do movements to get your muscles ready for exercise (If you don’t warm up before ecercising, you risk injuring yourself) =to do exercise to lose weight or extra calories (She decided to exercise to work off calories) =to make your body bigger and heavier, by gaining more muscle (This season he has bulked up to 230 pounds) =to decide not to do something because you are too frightened (Sam chickened out of scuba diving) COOL DOWN =to become cooler (I hate when it’s so hot. I wish it would cool down)
BRIGHTEN UP
=the sky becomes lighter and the sun starts to shine (We could go to the park if the weather brightens up)
CLEAR UP
=to stop being rainy or cloudy (We can play in the park if the rain clears up)
BE SNOW IN
=to be unable to leave a place because of a big amount of snow (We snowed in for four days last winter) WARM UP =to become warmer (I think spring is coming soon because the weather is warming up)
CLOUD OVER
=the sky becomes covered with clouds (The forecast says that it’s going to cloud over later in the day)
POUR DOWN
=to rain heavily (The rain was pouring down while I was walking home)
BE FLOOD OUT
=to have to leave a place because of a flood (Several families living by the river were flooded out) SEE OFF =to go to the airport, station, etc. to say goodbye to someone (My parents saw me off at the airport)
CHECK OUT
=to leave the hotel (Please remember to leave your room keys at reception when you check out)
LOOK AROUND
=to explore what is near to you (We spent the afternoon looking around the city)
DROP OFF
=to take someone to a place and leave them there (Could you drop me off here please? This is my hotel) SET OFF =to start a journey (We are ready to set off for Cancun)
SPEED UP
=to increase speed (The rider soon speeded up)
PICK UP
=to collect someone who is waiting for you (What time do you need me to pick you up?)
GET AWAY
=to have a holiday vacation (I’m getting away in January for a beach holiday) UNIT 5 HANG ON =to wait for a short time (Mary’s on the other phone – would you like to hang on?)
CLOCK IN
=to record the time you arrive at work on a special machine (What time did you clock in this morning?)
GO BY
=to pass (You can’t let an opportunity like that go by
MESS AROUND
=to spend time doing various things that are not important (They spend their weekends messing around on their boat) PUT INTO =to spend a lot of time or effort doing something (If I put in some extra hours today, I can have some time off tomorrow)
BRING FORWARD
=to move something to an earlier date or time (The meeting has been brought forward from 10 May to 3 May)
HURRY UP
=do something more quickly (Hurry up, or we’ll miss the bus!)
LEAVE BEHIND
=to go away and not take something or someone with you (I think I must have left my keys behind) MISS OUT =to fail to benefit from something useful or fun by not taking part in it (Of course I’m coming, I don’t want to miss out on all the fun!)
SINK IN
=to become completely known, or understood (He paused to allow his words to sink in)
PORE OVER
=to study something very carefully (She spends her evenings poring over textbooks)
KEEP UP
=to stay level or equal with someone or something (You run too fast, I can’t keep up) CROSS OUT MESS UP SPREAD OUT THROW OUT
=to draw a line through something to show that it is wrong (If you think It’s wrong, cross it out and write it again) =to fail at something or do it badly (I’ve really messed up this time) =to cover a larger area (There’s more room to spread out in first class) =to remove from a place (You’ll be thrown out if you don’t pay the rent) LINE UP =to stand in a line or row (Line up, children!)
SELL OUT
=to sell all of the supply that you have of something (We sold out of the T- shirts in the first couple of hours)
SHOP AROUND
=to go from store to store in search of merchandise or bargains (When you’re buying a flight, you should always shop around for the best deal)
TRY OUT
=to test or use experimentally (I’m going to try the new car out) SET BACK =to delay an event (A war would inevitably set back the process of reform)
PUT ASIDE
=to save or keep something for a special purpose (She’s been putting aside some money for a vacation)
PAY BACK
=to pay or return (How can we ever pay you back for what you’ve done for us?)
RIP OFF
=to cheat someone by making them pay too much money (Bob’s tickets cost much less that ours – I think we’ve been ripped off) SLEEP ON =to think about something overnight before deciding (Can I sleep on it, and tell you my decision tomorrow?)
LIE DOWN
=rest on your back (He lay down on the sofa and soon fell asleep)
SLEEP IN
=to sleep until later in the morning than you usually do (I usually sleep in on Sundays)
DROP OFF
=to start to sleep (I must have dropped off during the movie, because I don’t remember how it ended) SLEEP OVER =to sleep in someone else’s home for a night (My niece is sleeping over on Friday night)
STAY UP
=to go to bed later than usual (You’ve got school tomorrow. I don’t want you staying up late)
DOZE OFF
=to go into a light sleep, especially during the day (He dozed off in his chair)
LIE IN
=to stay in bed late in the morning (It was a Sunday, so she could lie in till almost lunch time) HALLOWEEN DRESS UP =to put on special clothes in order to change your appearance (The children dressed up in their Halloween costumes)
HAND OUT
=to give something to each person in a group or place (The teacher handed out candy to all of her students on Halloween)
TURN INTO
=to become something (If you drink the magic potion you can turn into a witch)
SCARE OFF
=to make somebody go away by frightening them (Mr Jones scared off the neighbours’ children by dressing up as Frankenstein) BELIEVE IN =to feel certain that somebody/something exists (Do you believe in ghosts?)
