Phrasalperfect Glossary of phrasal verbs
ask to ask for news
about someone
back to stop asking for
something, or stop saying that
you will do something
back to decide not to
do something you agreed to
do
on to depend on
something happening or on
someone doing something
down to move the top
part of your body forwards
and downwards
break if a machine or
vehicle breaks , it stops
working
break _ if something bad
such as a war or disease
breaks _, it starts
break to escape froma
prison
bring to change the
date or time of an event so
that it happens earlier
bring to introduce a new
law or system
bring —_to be the cause of
something bad, especially an
illness
bring to produce a new
product and start to sell it
bring _to look after a child
until he or she becomes an
adult
bring
subject
to start discussing a
off to decide to stop
something that is planned or
is already happening
‘on to continue doing
something
catch — to become popular
or fashionable
catch — to understand
after to follow
someone or something
quickly in order to catch them
down to stop doing
business or operating
permanently
come if a regular
event comes ,it
happens again
come to change
your opinion or decision
come to find
something or meet someone
by chance
come _ to get something,
especially something that is
hard to get
come to become
ill with a particular disease,
usually one that is not serious
come to offer help
or information
come if you come
something, it becomes yours
when someone dies
come to succeed
come to develop or make
Progress
come to start to be
broadcast
come if something
comes , it is given or
shown to every person ina
particular place
come to go to a place
where someone is, especially
their house, in order to visit
them
come round/to to become
conscious again after being
unconscious
come to think of
something such as an idea or
aplan
out to draw an Xora
line through writing because it
is wrong or you have decided
to write something else
cut to start doing
less of something, especially
because it is bad for your
health
cut to make a place
difficult or impossible to
enter, leave, or communicate
with
cut to stop the supply of
something or stop something
working
on if something
on you, you realize it for the
first timedown if something
down, it becomes much less
noisy, powerful, or active
do to get rid of
something
do to repair, paint, and
improve an old building, car,
boat, etc
drop _to start to sleep
drop to take someone to
a place in a car, usually
without getting out of the car
yourself
drop to leave something
such as an activity, school, or
competition before you have
finished what you intended to
do
out to prevent a
sound from being heard by
making a louder noise
fall to believe that a trick
or a joke is true
fall to fall in love with
someone
fall to stop being friendly
with someone because you
have had a disagreement with
them
in to add information
such as your name or address
in the empty spaces on an
official document
through to turn the
pages of a book, magazine,
newspaper, etc very quickly
looking at some of the pages
for a very short time
to go somewhere
different from where you live
in order to have a rest or
holiday
get to return to a place
get —_ to have just enough of
something such as money or
knowledge so that you can do
what you need to do
get to make someone
feel sad or lose hope
get be almost a
particular time, number, age,
etc
get _if people get
like each other and are
friendly to each other
, they
get _if someone is getting
, they are fairly old
get to use or finish
something
give to show an
emotion or quality that you
are trying to hide
give to produce
something such as heat or a
smell
give to give something to
several people
give to stop doing
something you do regularly
go down to be remembered
by many people for having
done something
go into to deal with
something in detail
g0 off if food or drink goes
off, it is no longer fresh
go off to explode or be fired
go —_ tostop liking someone
or something
go —_ to continue happening
or doing something as before
go to do something after
doing something else
go to repeat a series of
things or think about them
again in order to understand
them completely
on if something or
someone on you, you
start to like them more
hand to give something
valuable to your children or
grand-children, usually when
you die
hand to give something to
a person in authority
hand _to give things to
different people in a group
‘on to continue doing
something
out to not include
someone or something
let to make someone
disappointed by not doing
something they are expecting
you to do
let to give someone little
or no punishment for
something they did wrong
let to make something
such as a bomb explode
look to take care of
someone or something and
make certain that they have
everything they needlook to think that
you are better or more
important than someone else
look to try to discover
the facts about something
such as a problem or crime
look used for warning
someone to be careful,
especially because they are
likely to have an accident
look to admire and
respect someone
look to try to finda
particular piece of
information by looking in a
book or on a list, or by using a
computer
make to move towards a
place
make to escape with
something, especially
something stolen
make to pretend that
something is true
make to see, hear, or
understand someone or
something with difficulty
make to write all the
necessary information on a
document such as a cheque
make to provide
something good, so that
something bad seems less
important
make to become friendly
with someone again after an
argument
make _to invent a story,
poem, etc
after to give someone
or something the same name
as someone or something else
down to reduce the
number of possibilities or
choices
pass to die
pass _to suddenly become
unconscious, for example
because you are too hot
pick to keep treating
someone badly or unfairly,
especially by criticising them
pick — to go and meet
someone or something that
you have arranged to take
somewhere in a vehicle
in to go somewhere
quickly or for a short time
pull if a vehicle or driver
pulls in somewhere, they stop
there
pull to stop being
involved in an activity, event,
or situation
pull to manage to
stay alive after you have been
very ill or very badly injured
put — to save an amount of
money so that you can buy or
pay for something in the
future
put to criticise
someone, especially when
other people are present, in a
way that makes them feel
stupid
put if you put
something a
particular reason, you think it
has happened for that reason
put to kill an animal
using a drug because it is very
old, ill, or dangerous
put to suggest
something or offer an idea,
opinion, reason, etc, especially
so that people can discuss it
and make a decision
put to delay doing
something
put to make someone not
want to do something, or
make someone not like
someone or something
put if you put
you become fatter
weight,
put to make something
stop burning
put if you put a
person or call ,you
connect someone to the
person they want to speak to
on the telephone
put — to match something
(a name, a date, etc) with
something else
put to say something to
someone in a particular way
run to use all of
something and not have any
left
run to hit someone or
something with a vehicle and
drive over them
through to do something
or deal with something very
easily
see to go somewhere
such as a station or airport
with someone in order to say
goodbye to themsee to make it
possible for someone to
continue to the end of
something, especially
something unpleasant or
difficult
see to recognise that
something is not true and not
be tricked by it
see to deal with someone
or something
set to start a journey or
start going in a particular
direction
set to explain, describe,
or arrange something in a
clear and detailed way,
especially in writing
set _to start a journey
set to start doing or
working on something in
order to achieve an aim
set to start doing
something in a determined or
enthusiastic way
set to start something
such as a business,
organisation, or institution
settle to become calm
after being upset, nervous, or
excited, or to make someone
do this
settle to begin to live a
quieter life by getting married
or staying permanently in a
place
off to behave in a way
that is intended to attract
people's attention and make
them admire you
stand to do someone
else's job temporarily while
they are not available to do it
stand to be easy to see
or notice because of being
different
take if you are taken
, you are shocked or
surprised, especially by
something someone says or
does to you
take to look or behave
like an older relative
take to write down
information or a statement
take to trick someone into
believing something that is
not true
take _ if an aircraft takes
, it leaves the ground and
Starts flying
take to become
successful or popular very fast
take — to remove
something, especially a piece
of clothing
take to accept some work
or responsibility
take to start to employ
someone
take to begin to like
someone or something
take to start doing
something as a habit
take to fill a particular
amount of space or time
take to start doing
something regularly as a habit,
job, or interest
down to destroy or
remove a structure or part of
a structure
through to consider
the facts about something in
an organised and thorough
way
away to get rid of
something that you no longer
want
on to put ona piece of
clothing in order to see how it
looks and whether it fits
turn to refuse to
accept an offer or request
turn go to bed at night
turn to change or
develop into something
different
turn —_to stop using a piece
of equipment by pressing a
button or moving a switch
turn to develop ina
particular way or have a
particular result
turn to turn a page ina
book or a sheet of paper so
that the other side is towards
you
turn to return the
same way that you came
instead of continuing on your
journey
turn —_ to come somewhere
unexpectedly or without
making a firm arrangement
off if something such as
a pain or emotion off,
you gradually stop feeling it