| A | Ask out | Ask someone to go on a date |
| B | Bring about | cause |
| Bring up | 1) rear children 2) mention or introduce a topic |
| C | Call back | Return a telephone call |
| Call in | Ask to come to an official place for a special reason |
| Call off | cancel |
| Call on* | 1) visit 2) ask a student a question in class |
| Call up | Call on the telephone |
| Catch up (with)* | Reach the same position or level as someone |
| Check in* | Register at a hotel |
| Check into* | investigate |
| Check out | 1) borrow a book from a library 2) investigate |
| Cheer up | Make (someone) feel happier |
| Clean up | Make clean and orderly |
| Come across* | Find by chance |
| Cross out | Draw a line through |
| Cut out | Stop an annoying activity |
| D | Do over | repeat |
| Drop by* | Visit informally |
| Drop in (on)* | Visit informally |
| Drop off | Leave something/someone somewhere |
| Drop out (of)* | Stop going to school or class |
| F | Figure out | Find the answer by logic |
| Fill out | Complete a form |
| Find out | Discover information |
| Get along (with)* | To have a good relationship with |
| Get back (from) | 1) return from somewhere 2) receive again |
| Get in, get into* | 1) enter a car 2) arrive |
| Get off* | Leave any vehicle |
| Get on* | Enter any vehicle |
| Get out of* | 1) leave a car 2) avoid some unpleasant activity |
| Get over* | Recover from an illness |
| Get through* | finish |
| Get up* | Arise from bed, a chair etc. |
| Give back | Return something to someone |
| Give up | Stop doing something |
| Go over* | Review or check |
| Grow up* | Become an adult |
| H | Hand in | Submit an assignment |
| Hang up | 1) Stop a telephone conversation 2) put up clothes on a line or a hook |
| Have on | Wear |
| K | Keep out (of) | Not enter |
| Keep up (with)* | Stay at the same position or level |
| Kick out (of) | Force (someone) to leave |
| L | Look after* | Take care of |
| Look into* | Investigate |
| Look out (for)* | Be careful |
| Look over | Review or check |
| Look up | Look for information in a reference book |
| M | Make up | 1) invent 2) do past work |
| N | Name after | Give a baby the name of someone else |
| P | Pass away* | Die |
| Pass out | 1) distribute 2) lose consciousness |
| Pick out | Select |
| Pick up | 1) go to get someone 2) take in one's hand |
| Point out | Call someone's attention to |
| Put away | Remove to an appropriate place |
| Put back | Return to original position |
| Put off | Postpone |
| Put on | Dress |
| Put out | Extinguish a cigarette, fire |
| Put up with* | Tolerate |
| R | Run into | Meet by chance |
| Run across | Find by chance |
| Run out (of) | Finish a supply of something |
| S | Show up* | Appear, come to |
| Shut off | Stop a machine, equipment, light etc. |
| T | Take after* | Resemble |
| Take off | 1) remove clothing 2) leave on a trip 3) leave the ground (aeroplane) |
| Take out | 1) take someone on a date 2) remove |
| Take over | Take control |
| Take up | Begin a new activity |
| Tear down | Demolish, reduce to nothing |
| Tear up | Tear into many little pieces |
| Think over | Consider |
| Throw away | Discard; get rid of |
| Throw out | Discard; get rid of |
| Throw up | Vomit |
| Try on | Put on clothing to see if it fits |
| Turn down | Decrease volume |
| Turn in | 1) submit classwork 2) go to bed |
| Turn off | Stop a machine, equipment, light etc. |
| Turn on | Start a machine, equipment, light etc. |
| Turn out | Extinguish a light |
| Turn up | Increase volume or intensity |
موضوع: Phrasal Verbs Reference 
الخميس مارس 26, 2009 12:43 am
