Phrasal Verb - M

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Phrasal Verb Significado

AGREE WITH To have the same opinion as

ASK someone OUT To invite someone on a date

BACK someone UP To support someone

BE OUT OF sthg To not have

BREAK DOWN To stop working

BREAK OUT To start suddenly (about something unpleasant)

BREAK UP To end a relationship

BRING ABOUT To cause something to happen

BRING someone DOWN To make someone feel sad or depressed

BRING sthg UP To mention casually

CALL OFF Cancel

CARRY ON Continue

CATCH UP WITH To update news with sb

CHECK IN To register at a hotel or airport

CHECK someone OUT To look at someone because you find them attractive

CLEAN something UP To tidy and clean

COME ACROSS To find by chance

COME DOWN To decrease or reduce

COME UP AGAINST To face a challenge

COOL OFF To become less angry or heated

COPE WITH To deal successfully with a difficult situation

COUNT ON somebody To rely on someone

COVER UP To hide a wrongdoing or mistake

CUT BACK ON something To reduce the amount of something

CUT DOWN To reduce the quantity of something

CUT something OFF To remove by cutting

DEAL WITH To resolve or take action

DO UP To fasten; to dress in a particular way

DROP IN To visit informally and unexpectedly

DROP BY To visit casually or unexpectedly

DROP somene OFF To take someone to a place and leave them there

DROP OVER To visit someone

DRY OUT To become completely dry

END UP To finally be in a particular place or situation

FACE UP TO To accept and deal with a difficult reality


FALL APART To break into pieces; also, to fail or collapse

FALL IN To collapse inwardly

FALL OUT OF To no longer be in love or in an agreement

FIGURE OUT To understand or solve something

FILL something IN To complete a form or document

FIND OUT To obtain knowledge of sth

GET AWAY To escape or go somewhere to relax or have fun

GET BACK AT someone To take revenge on someone

GET BETTER To improve in health or skill

GET BY To manage to live or do a particular thing using the money, knowledge, equipment,
etc., that you have

GET DOWN TO To start working on

GET LOST To go away; also used to tell someone to go away in a rude way

GET ON To enter a bus, train, plane, etc.

GET ON WITH To have a good relationship with someone

GET TO To arrive at a place

GET TOGETHER To meet and spend time together

GET UP To rise from bed

GIVE something AWAY To give something for free

GIVE something UP To quit a habit

GO AGAINST To oppose

GO IN To enter

GO OVER To review or check

GROW APART To become less close over time

GROW UP To become an adult

HAND something IN To submit

HAND something OUT To distribute

HANG ON To wait a short time

HOLD something BACK To restrain

JOIN IN To participate

KEEP something FROM To not tell someone about something


someone

KEEP UP WITH To stay at the same level as someone or something

LET someone DOWN To disappoint someone

LET OFF To not punish someone who has done something wrong, or to not punish them
severely

LOOK DOWN ON somebody To think that you are better than someone

LOOK INTO To investigate


LOOK FORWARD TO To feel excited about something

LOOK OUT To be careful or watchful

LOOK something OVER To examine or review

LOOK UP TO someone To admire or respect someone

MAKE something UP To invent a story or lie

MIX something UP To confuse one thing with another

PASS AWAY To die

PASS OUT To faint or lose consciousness

PICK something OUT To choose

PICK UP To lift; also to collect someone or something

PLUG IN To connect to a power supply

PUT something OFF To postpone

PUT something OUT To extinguish

PUT UP WITH To tolerate

RUN INTO someone To meet someone unexpectedly

RUN OUT OF something To use all of something and have no more left

SET OFF / SET OUT To start a journey

SHOW OFF To display in a boastful manner

SPLIT UP To end a relationship or partnership

STAY UP To remain awake

TAKE AWAY To remove

TAKE someone OUT To go on a date or outing with someone

TAKE BACK To retract a statement or to return something

TAKE OFF To remove something; also, for an aircraft to begin flight

TEAR something UP To rip into pieces

THINK something OVER To consider

THROW something AWAY To dispose of

TURN something DOWN To reject

TURN INTO To become or transform into

TURN ON To activate or start a machine; also to excite or interest someone

TURN UP To arrive, often unexpectedly; also, to increase the volume or intensity

TRY something OUT To test or experiment with something

USE something UP To use all of something

WORK OUT To exercise; also to solve a problem

WORK something OUT To devise or figure out

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