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List of Common English Phrasal Verbs and Their Meanings
List of Common English Phrasal Verbs and Their Meanings
Total
Phrasal
Meaning (Most Common) Number of
Verb
Definitions
Blow Off When the wind removes something from its place. 3
Break
To make a way through a barrier or a surface. 2
Through
Come
When something happens or occurs. 1
About
Come Down
When a situation is reduced to a certain outcome. 1
To
Come
When someone or something expected arrives. 3
Through
Come Up
When you think of a solution, idea, plan, or excuse. 1
With
Do Away
To dispose of something. 2
With
When you move your body and either stand, sit, lie,
Get On 6
kneel, etc. towards something (non-separable).
Get Over
To finish something that needs to get done. 1
With
Get When a message, meaning, or idea is understood or
6
Through accepted.
Get
To meet and spend time together. 3
Together
Go Along
to accept or agree with a decision, rule, opinion, etc. 2
With
Goof
To waste time doing silly or unimportant things. 1
Around
Grow Out
To become too big or too tall for your clothes. 3
Of
Hang
To spend time in a place or an area. 1
Around
Look
To turn your head to see what or who is around you. 3
Around
Monkey
To try to play with or repair a device that you have
Around 2
no true knowledge about.
With
Narrow
To reduce the number of options or possibilities. 1
Down
Pay Back When you return money that you owe someone. 2
Pull Over To drive your vehicle to the side of the road to stop. 1
Pull
To recover from an injury or illness. 2
Through
Screw Out
To cheat or deceive someone. 1
Of
Sneak
To enter a place quietly to avoid being seen or heard. 1
In/Into
Straighten
To make something straight. 3
Out