Inseparable Phrasal Verbs

back out of bear down on bear on

desert; fail to keep a promise lean on; browbeat have to do with

bear up under break in on break into

endure interrupt interrupt

call for care for carry on with

come to get; require like; guard; supervise; maintain continue

catch up with check up on come across

cover the distance between examine; verify find accidentally
oneself and

come along with come by come down with

accompany; make progress find accidentally become ill with

come out with come up with count on

utter; produce utter; produce rely on

cut in on disagree with do away with

interrupt cause illness or discomfort to abolish

do without drop in at/on drop out of

deprive oneself of visit casually without planning leave; quit

face up to fall behind in fall back on

acknowledge lag; not progress at required pace use for emergency purpose

fall out with fill in for get ahead of

quarrel with substitute for surpass; beat

get around get away with get by with

evade; avoid do without being caught or manage with a minimum of effort
 punished

get down to get in get off

become serious about; consider enter (a vehicle) descend from; leave

get on get on with get through with

enter (a vehicle); mount proceed with terminate, finish

go back on go for go in for

desert; fail to keep (a promise) like a great deal be interested in; participate in

go on with go over go with

continue review harmonize with; look pleasing
together

go without hang around hear from

abstain from remain idly in the vicinity of receive a communication from

hear of hit on hold on to

learn about (sometimes discover accidentally grasp tightly
accidentally)

hold out against keep at keep to

resist persevere at persist in; continue

keep up with lie down on live on

maintain the pace of evade; fail to do support or sustain oneself by
means of

live up to look after look back on

maintain the standard demanded take care of remember nostalgically
of
look down on look forward to look up to
feel superior to anticipate respect; admire

make up for pass on pick on

compensate for transmit tease; bully

play up to put up with read up on

flatter for personal advantage tolerate search out information on

run against run away with run for

compete against in an election leave; escape from campaign for

see about see to settle on

consider; arrange arrange; supervise decide on; choose

stand for stand up for stand up to

represent; permit support; demand resist

stick to stick up for take after

persist support; defend resemble

talk back to talk over tell on

answer impolitely discuss report misbehavior to authority

touch on turn into wait on

mention briefly become serve

wait up for watch out for

not go to bed while waiting for be careful for