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Phrasal Verbs LIST I02
Phrasal Verbs LIST I02
The object may come after the following phrasal verbs or it may separate the two
parts:
You have to do this paint job over.
You have to do over this paint job.
Whentheobjectofthefollowingphrasalverbsisapronoun,thetwopartsofthe
phrasalverbmustbeseparated:
You have to do it over.
Verb
Meaning
Example
blow up
explode
bring up
mention a topic
bring up
raise children
call off
cancel
do over
repeat a job
fill out
complete a form
fill up
fill to capacity
find out
discover
give
away
give something to
someone else for free
give
back
return an object
hand in
submit something
(assignment)
hang up
hold up
delay
hold up
(2)
rob
leave out
omit
You left out the part about the police chase down
Asylum Avenue.
look
over
examine, check
carefully.)
look up
search in a list
make up
pick out
choose
pick up
point out
call attention to
put away
save or store
put off
postpone
put on
put out
extinguish
read
over
peruse
set up
to arrange, begin
take
down
take off
remove clothing
talk over
discuss
throw
away
discard
try on
try out
test
turn
lower volume
down
turn
down (2)
reject
turn up
turn off
turn off
(2)
repulse
turn on
use up
Meaning
Example
call on
call on (2)
visit
get over
I got over the flu, but I don't know if I'll ever get
over my broken heart.
go over
review
go
through
look after
take care of
look into
investigate
run across
find by chance
run into
meet
take after
resemble
wait on
serve
Meaning
Example
break in on
interrupt (a
conversation)
catch up
with
keep abreast
check up
on
examine, investigate
come up
with
to contribute
(suggestion, money)
cut down
on
curtail (expenses)
drop out of
leave school
get along
with
have a good
relationship with
get away
with
escape blame
get rid of
eliminate
get through
with
finish
keep up
with
look
forward to
anticipate with
pleasure
look down
on
despise
look in on
visit (somebody)
look up to
respect
make sure
of
verify
put up with
tolerate
run out of
exhaust supply
take care of
be responsible for
talk back to
answer impolitely
think back
on
recall
Meaning
Example
break
down
stop
functioning
That old Jeep had a tendency to break down just when I needed it
the most.
catch on
become
popular
come
back
return to a
place
come in
enter
They tried to come in through the back door, but it was locked.
come to
regain
consciousness
He was hit on the head very hard, but after several minutes, he
started to come to again.
come
over
to visit
drop by
visit without
appointment
We used to just drop by, but they were never home, so we stopped
doing that.
eat out
dine in a
restaurant
get by
survive
get up
arise
Grandmother tried to get up, but the couch was too low, and she
couldn't make it on her own.
go back
return to a
place
go on
continue
He would finish one Dickens novel and then just go on to the next.
go on (2)
happen
The cops heard all the noise and stopped to see what was going
on.
grow up
get older
keep
away
remain at a
distance
The judge warned the stalker to keep away from his victim's
home.
keep on
(with
gerund)
continue with
the same
pass out
lose
consciousness,
faint
He had drunk too much; he passed out on the sidewalk outside the
bar.
show off
demonstrate
haughtily
show up
arrive
Day after day, Efrain showed up for class twenty minutes late.
wake up
arouse from
sleep