Phrasal Verbs With ON

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Call on: pay a visit to someone “He’s planning to call on Katherine today”

Make use of someone or something as a source of help

“We’re able to call on academic staff with a wide variety of expertise”.

Come on: start to arrive or happen “She felt a mild case of the sniffles coming on”.

Make progress, develop “She asked them how their garden was coming on.”

Get on: perform or make progress in a specified way “how are you getting on?”

Have a harmonious or friendly relationship

“they seem to get on pretty well”

Be successful in one’s life or career

“parents are always anxious for their children to get on”

Be old or comparatively old

“we are both getting on a bit

Go on: of a light, electricity start working “the Street lights went on”

Continue or persevere “I can’t go on protecting you”

Said when encouraging someone or expressing disbelief “go on, tell him!”

Keep on: continue to do something “he kept on moving”

Continue to employ someone “we Will keep all of them on”


Put on: place a garment, piece of jewellery, etc. on part of one's body.
"Julie had put on a cotton dress"
organize or present a play, exhibition, or event.
"the museum is putting on an exhibition of Monet's paintings"
increase in body weight by a specified amount.
"she's given up her diet and put on 20 lb"
assume a particular expression, accent, etc.
"he put on a lugubrious look"

Take on: engage an employee.


"he took me on as an apprentice"
become very upset, especially needlessly.
"don't take on so—no need to upset yourself"
acquire a particular meaning or quality.
"the subject has taken on a new significance in the past year"

Turn on: start the flow or operation of something by means of a tap, switch, or button.

"she turned on the TV"

suddenly attack someone physically or verbally.


"he turned on her with cold savagery
1. a person or thing that causes someone to feel excited or sexually aroused.
"tight jeans can be a real turn-on"
Bring on: encourage someone who is learning something to develop or improve.

"Mr Eden thought well of him, and was bringing him on"
cause something, typically something unpleasant, to occur.
"ulcers are not brought on by a rich diet"

Catch on: (of a practice or fashion) become popular.

"the idea of linking pay to performance has caught on"


understand what is meant or how to do something.
"I caught on to what it was the guy was saying"

Live on: have a particular amount of money with which to buy food and other necessities.
"how much money do you need to live on?"
subsist on a particular type of food.
"he used to lodge in a room with just a bed and a chair and live on bread and water"

Look on: watch without getting involved.


"Cameron was looking on and making no move to help"
think of or regard someone or something in a specified way.
"many scientists continued to look on such speculations as little more than science fiction"

Move on: leave.


"the Mounties briskly ordered them to move on"
 cause someone to leave, especially because they are causing an obstruction.
"they blocked road access before police moved them on"
start doing something new or making progress.
"I've been in this job long enough—it's time I moved on"
stop having romantic feelings about someone.
"he had already moved on and was busy flirting with someone else"

Pass on: To transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to


the next person in a series. To skip or decline. I'll pass on dessert, thanks. (idiomatic,
euphemistic) To die.
Stay on: continue to study, work, or be somewhere after others have left.
"75 per cent of sixteen-year-olds stay on in full-time education"
Work on: exert influence or use one's persuasive power on a person or their feelings.
"she worked on the sympathy of her associates"

Carry on: continue an activity or task.


"she carried on watching the TV"
continue to move in the same direction.
"I knew I was going the wrong way, but I just carried on"
behave in a particular way.
"they carry on in a very adult fashion"
be engaged in a love affair, typically one of which the speaker disapproves.
"she was carrying on with young Adam"

Count on: rely on someone or something.


"whatever you're doing, you can count on me"
Drag on: (of a process or situation) continue at tedious and unnecessary length.
"the dispute between the two families dragged on for years"
suck on the end of a lit cigarette so as to inhale the smoke produced by the burning
tobacco.
"she dragged on a low-tar cigarette"

Hit on: discover or think of something, especially by chance.


"she hit on a novel idea for fundraising

Hold on: grasp or support something with one's hands.


"it took all my strength to hold on"
keep or retain someone or something.
"the industry is trying to hold on to experienced staff"
wait; stop.
"Hold on! Slow down a bit!"
endure or keep going in difficult circumstances.
"if only they could hold on a little longer"

Lay on: provide a service or amenity.


"the council provides a grant to lay on a bus"
require someone to endure or deal with a responsibility or difficulty.
"this is an absurdly heavy guilt trip to lay on anyone"

Let on: reveal information.


"she knows a lot more than she lets on"
pretend.
"they all let on they didn't hear me"

Run on: continue without stopping; go on longer than is expected.


"the story ran on for months"
(of a person's mind or a discussion) be preoccupied or concerned with a particular subject.
"my thoughts always ran too much on death"

Tell on: inform someone of the misdemeanours of someone else.


"friends don't tell on each other"
(of an experience or period of time) have a noticeable, typically harmful, effect on someone.
"the strain of supporting the family was beginning to tell on him"

Ramble on: If
you say that someone is rambling on, you mean
that they have been talking for a long time in a boring and rather
confused way. She only half-listened as Ella rambled on.
Touch on: deal briefly with a subject in written or spoken discussion.
"her memoirs touch on her experiences in her long life"
come near to being.
"a self-confident manner touching on the arrogant"

Wave on: to make a movement with your hand that tells someone
or something to move in a particular direction: You'll have to
wait till the policeman waves the car on
Switch on: start the flow or operation of something by means of a tap, switch, or button.
"she switched on the light"

Send on: transmit mail or luggage to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival.
"I've got your catalogue—would you like me to send it on?"
send something on. to send something to a place so that it arrives before you get there.
We sent our furniture on by ship.

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