Phrasal Verbs Part 1 (1-25) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

To stand. "Can you please ______? I think you’re sitting on my glasses."

Get up

To leave your bed in the morning/after sleeping. "I always _______ at 7 a.m. – even on Saturdays."

Get up

To recover from a negative experience or an illness. "I know she’s mad at you now, but she’ll ______ it."

Get over

To be able to live through a difficult situation. "We don’t have a lot of money for food, but we’ll _____."

Get by

To go on holiday. "I really need to ______ for a week. Work has been very stressful lately."

Get away

To escape. "The police almost caught the bank robber, but he _______."

Get away ("got away")

To have a good, friendly relationship with someone. "I love my new coworker. We ______ with each other really well."

Get along

To discover. "I did a DNA test and ______ that I have a brother!"

Find out ("found out")

To collapse and fall to the ground. "That big storm last night caused the old tree in our garden to ________."

Fall down

To break into pieces. To stop working well due to too many problems. "I think I finally need to get new shoes – these ones are _______."

Fall apart ("falling apart")

To become less strict about something. "When I was younger, my mom didn’t let me see my friends on weeknights, but she has ______ on her rules lately."

Ease up on ("eased up")

To take something or someone to a specific place. "You forgot your jacket in my car. I’ll ______ at your house later."

Drop off ("drop it off")

To go somewhere (usually someone’s home) for a casual visit. "I’ll be home all day. You can _______ to see me whenever you’re free."

Drop by

To make something fall by cutting it at its base. "To build this housing complex, they had to _________ hundreds of trees."

Cut down

To do or use something less. "I’m feeling rather nervous lately – I think I need to ______ on coffee."

Cut down

To think of a plan or an idea. "Have you _____ with a good idea for our group project?"

Come up with

To enter. "You don’t need to knock – just _______!"

Come in

To return. "We had a lovely visit. We’ll ______ soon!"

Come back

To seem a certain way. "I’m sure he’s great, but he always _______ as an unfriendly person."

Come across ("comes across")

To find something unexpectedly. "When I was cleaning my room, I ______ my old photo album."

Come across ("came across")

To ask someone if something is okay or permitted. "I’m pretty sure I can come to your house. I just have to _______ my dad."

Check with

To pay your bill and leave (usually a hotel). "Have you packed yet? We have to _______ by 11 a.m."

Check out

To examine something to get information about it. "Before we decide on that apartment, we should _______ the neighborhood."

Check out

To ensure someone is okay or safe. "My friend broke her leg and she’s stuck inside. I ______ her every day. "

Check on

To cancel an event. "Because of the pandemic, we had to ________ our wedding."

Call off

To see or meet someone unexpectedly. "When shopping today, I ________ my old elementary school teacher!"

Bump into

To mention something. "He’s still very sad about his divorce, so don’t ________ his relationship."

Bring up

To suddenly stop functioning (used for machinery) "We were on our way to the party when our car ______".

Break down ("broke down")

To explode. "I saw the truck crash into the building and _________!"

Blow up

To stop; To admit you were wrong. "If we keep protesting this policy, the president will __________."

Back down