MOST COMMON PHRASAL VERBS | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Think about and find a solution / do exercise: ......................... out

Work out

Compensate for: .................... up for

Make up for

Explode or become bad (food): ..................... off

Go off

Remove or throw away sth unwanted / : ................ .......... of

Get rid of

Argue and stop being friendly with someone: ..................... ........ with

Fall out with

Stop taking part in (a competition, a university, etc.): ...................... out

Drop out

Appear suddenly: …………up

Turn up / Show up

Extinguish a fire : ................... out

put out

Something starts to become popular or fashionable / Someone begins to understand: ....... on

catch on

Become happier / make someone happier : ................... up

cheer up

Raise a child: : ....................... up

Bring up

Choose : ...................out

pick out

Change an opinion or see a new point of view / Visit a person / Recover consciousness: ....................... around/round

Come around

Separate or fall apart on its own or due to wear and tear. It often implies a natural or unintended process of disintegration: ....................... apart

come apart

Rip into small pieces : ................... up

Tear up

Not to do something, often because of fear or because you do not want to make a bad situation worse : ....................... back

hold back

Disappoint : ....................... down

let down

Be confident that you can depend on someone : ....................... on

Count/rely on

Raise or mention a topic / come near / a problem happens or occurs : ................... up

come up

Think less of a person : ....................... ...................... on

Look down on

Meet unexpectedly; collide with something : .......................into

Run into

Compare prices : .......................around

Shop around

Eventually reach some conclusion or destination : ....................... up

End up

Postpone: .......................off

Put off

Lose control emotionally / break into pieces or become unusable due to damage, wear and tear, or poor construction/ plans or relationships go wrong: ................... apart

Fall apart

Dispose of rubbish : ....................... away

Throw away

Finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left : ....................... out

run out

Share similarities or traits with one or both of their parents: take ....

Take after

Feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen : ................... to

Look forward to

Rush and not waste time : ....................... up

Hurry up

Not be punished for doing something: ................ ............. with

Get away with

Let someone get into your car and take them somewhere : ....................... up

Pick up

Have a holiday (often because you need a rest): ................... away

Get away

Manage to survive / live: .............................. by

get by

Leave a bus, train or plane : ....................... off

Get off

Start a journey : ....................... off

Set off

Make clothes wider : ................... out

Let out

Consider something : ...................over

Think over

Reduce the length of a piece of clothing : ....................... up

Take up

Make a piece of clothing narrower : ....................... in

Take in

Remove an item of clothing : ...................off

take off

Put something on a hook or hanger : ....................... up

Hang up

Fasten an item of clothing : ................... up

Do up

Stop trying something : ....................... up

give up

It stops working; be unable to control your feelings and to start to cry : ...................down

break down

Experience something, esp. something unpleasant or difficult : ....................... through

Go through

Become large, inflated or bulging : ....................... up

swell up - swelled - swollen

Vomit : ....................... up

throw up

Take something (or someone) to a place and leave it there: ......................... off

drop

Faint, lose consciousness : ....................... out

Pass out

Resist an illness : ................... off

fight off

Become sick but not seriously : ....................... ................ with

come down with

Die: ................... away

pass away

Find sth unexpectedly : ....................... across

come across

Use all of something, so that nothing is left : ................... up

use up

Decide if something is true : ....................... out

check out

Visit informally and unexpectedly: ................... by

drop by

Reduce the amount you consume: ....................... ...... on

cut down on

Deal in a satisfactory or successful way with a problem or situation : ................... out

sort out

Tolerate : ....................... ................. with

put up with

End a phone conversation: .................. up

hang up

Draw a line through something you have written, usually because it is wrong: ………… out

cross out

Investigate: ………… into

look into

Wait a short time: ………… on

hang on

Behave in a way that is intended to attract attention or admiration, and that other people often find annoying: ………… off

show off

Submit something; give something to someone in a position of authority: …………in

hand/turn/give in

Two people like each other and are friendly to each other: ………… on

get on

Cancel something: ………… off

call off

Use something so much that it is damaged and cannot be used any more: ………… out

wear out

Think of and express an idea: ...................... ............. with

come up with