List of most Common & Essential Phrasal Verbs:

 Separable Phrasal Verbs:

No Phrasal Verb English Meaning Pashto Meaning
1 Bring up Mention, to raise a child ‫ لوي کول‬،‫ پالنه کول‬،‫ذکر کول‬
2 Call off To cancel ‫ فسخ کول‬،‫لغوه کول‬
3 Cheer up To Comfort, gladden ‫ ارامه کول‬،‫خوشحالول‬
4 Chop up To cut into pieces ‫ ټوته کول‬،‫میده کول‬
5 Cut off To separate, stop ‫ بندول‬،‫جدا کول‬
6 Do over To redecorate, to repeat ‫ تکرارول‬،‫بیا سینګارول‬
7 Fill out To write down information )‫ډکول (مهم معلومات لیکل‬
8 Figure out To calculate, understand ‫ ځان پوهول‬،‫محاسبه کول‬
9 Give out To divide, to announce ‫ اعالنول‬،‫ویشل‬
10 Give away To give something freely ‫یو څه چاته فري ورکول‬
11 Hand in To submit something ‫ تسلیمول‬،‫سپارل‬
12 Look over To examine, to check ‫ارزیابي کول‬
13 Set up To arrange, to establish ‫ تاسیس کول‬،‫منظم کول‬
14 Look up To research, to search for ‫ څېړنه کول‬،‫پلټل‬
15 Let down To disappoint, dissatisfy ‫ ناراضه کول‬،‫مایوسه کول‬
16 Pay back To repay, refund ‫ تحویلول‬،‫بیا ورکول‬
17 Pick up To lift, to buy, grasp ‫ نیول‬،‫ اخیستل‬،‫اوچتول‬
18 Put away To save, to keep, to deposit ‫ ذخیره کول‬،‫ساتل‬
19 Put out To stop fire, to take outside ‫ بهر ویستل‬،‫اور ګل کول‬
20 Put off To postpone, delay ‫ځنډول‬
21 Take off To remove clothing, fly ‫ پرواز کول‬،‫جامې ویستل‬
22 Spell out To explain, to spell a name ‫ په نورو لیکل‬،‫تشریح کول‬
23 Throw away To discard, dispose ‫ ختا کول‬،‫ګوزارول‬
24 Try on To check smth (cloth, shoe) ‫ بوټان) په ځان لیدل‬،‫(جامې‬
25 Turn on/off To activate, ignite ‫ بل کول‬،‫لګول‬
26 Take out To get money from bank ‫ د بانک نه پیسې ویستل‬،‫بهر وړل‬
27 Turn down To reject, to refuse ‫ نه منل‬،‫رد کول‬
28 Turn up To turn on, appear, to arrive ‫ را رسېدل‬،‫ ښکاره کېدل‬،‫لګول‬
29 Write down To write on paper ‫په ورقه لیکل‬

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  Inseparable Phrasal Verbs:

30 Carry on To continue, keep going ‫ادامه ورکول‬

31 Count on To rely on, depend on ‫ اعتبار کول‬،‫تکیه کول‬
32 Come across To meet unexpectedly ‫ناڅاپه مالقات کول‬
33 Come up with To think of or make an idea ‫ نظر ورکول‬،‫فکر کول‬
34 Double cross To betray, cheat ‫ دوکه کول‬،‫خیانت کول‬
35 Fill in for To replace someone in a job ‫ ځای ناستی کېدل‬،‫عوض کېدل‬
36 Get rid of To remove something ‫لری کول‬،‫یو څه نه ځان خالصول‬
37 Go over To examine, to think, repeat ‫ تکرارول‬،‫ارزیابي کول‬
38 Get along with To have a good relationship ‫یو چا سره ښه ملګرتیا لرل‬
39 Hold on To wait for a short time ‫انتظار کول‬
40 Hang up To end a telephone call ‫زنګ کټ کول‬
41 Look after To take care of, care for ‫ پالنه کول‬،‫پاملرنه کول‬
42 Look forward to To anticipate, hope for ‫ هیله لرل‬،‫یو څه ته په تمه کېدل‬
43 Look into To explore, inquire ‫ معلومات پیداکول‬،‫تحقیق کول‬
44 Put up with To tolerate, to endure ‫ ګالل‬،‫زغمل‬
45 Settle on To decide, to agree on smth ‫ موفق کېدل‬،‫فیصله کول‬
46 Stand up for To support, to defend ‫ دفاع کول‬،‫حمایت کول‬
47 Take after To resemble ‫یو شان کېدی په څېره کې‬
48 Turn into Become, change ‫ بدلېدل‬،‫کېدل‬
49 Run into To experience, to hit, meet ‫ مالقات کول‬،‫ وهل‬،‫تجربه کول‬
50 Run out of To have no more of smth ‫ یو څه خالصېدل‬،‫یو څه نه لرل‬

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