Phrasal Verb Meaning Phrasal Verb Meaning

give up To stop doing something look on To be a spectator at an event

go through To experience look for To try to find something
grow up To spend one’s childhood; develop; look forward to To await or anticipate with pleasure
become an adult
hand in To submit (report, homework) look up to To admire

hand out To distribute make fun of To laugh at/ make jokes about
hang out To spend time in a particular place make up To invent (excuse, story)
or with a group of friends
hang up To end a phone conversation mix up To mistake one thing or person for
another
hold on To wait / To grip tightly move in To arrive in a new home or office
hurry up To be quick, act speedily move out To leave your home/office for
another one.
iron out To resolve by discussion, eliminate nod off To fall asleep
differences
join in To participate own up To admit or confess something
join up To engage in, become a member of pass away To die
To meet and unite with
keep on To continue doing something pass out To faint
keep up with To stay at the same level as pay back To reimburse
someone or something
kick off To begin, start put off To postpone
leave out To omit, not mention put on To turn on, switch on
let down To disappoint put out To extinguish
look after To take care of put up To accommodate, give somebody a
bed
look down on To consider as inferior pick up To collect somebody