Polysemy Phrasal Verbs | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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add up:

find the total OR make sense

break up:

end a personal relationship OR fall apart

show up:

arrive; appear. OR makes someone look bad by doing soimething much better

break down:

stop working or functioning OR explain something in detail

turn off:

stop by turning a handle or switch OR feel a sense of dislike

run into:

meet by chance. "Yesterday at the supermarket, Jan ran into her former roommate. Before yesterday, they hadn't seen each other for nearly five years."

pick up:

lift; take up. OR answer the phone

hold up:

delay OR commit robbery

check out:

follow procedures for leaving a hotel OR try something new

hang up:

end a phone conversation by replacing the receiver. OR (noun) something you don't like doing

catch up with:

stop being behind OR converse with someone to review recent events

make up:

invent imaginary information OR resolve an argument or falling out

get along:

have a friendly relationship with OR continue walking

fill in:

add information to a form OR do something in the place of someone else

care for:

take care of; supply care to; attend, watch OR like

run out of:

use the last of. "On the way home from work, Art ran out of gas."

take off:

remove something you're wearing. OR leave the ground and fly

turn in:

give, deliver, submit to someone OR got to bed

turn down:

decrease the volume. OR refusae an offer

work out:

exercise to build muscles, body tone, etc. OR solve a problem

call off:

cancel something that has been scheduled. "We don't have school today. The mayor called classes off because of the snow."

get rid of:

dispose of; give away or throw away. "That shirt is really ugly. Why don't you get rid of it?"

put on:

begin to wear. OR pretend

turn up:

appear unexpectedly. OR increase the volume

get by:

survive, financially, in a difficult situation. "It's going to be hard to pay the rent now that you've lost your job, but somehow we'll get by."

turn on:

start by turning a handle or switch.OR make s.o. excited

turn around:

move so that you are facing the opposite direction. OR turn something from a failure into a success

pull over:

drive a vehicle to the side of the rode. OR make someone else do the same

try out:

use a machine briefly to determine how well it works. OR try to join a musical group or sports team

blow up:

explode; destroy by exploding OR make something seem much more important than it is

take care of:

provide care for; watch one's health. OR resolve a situation