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C1 Phrasal Verbs

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  • give someone a lighter punishment than they expected
    let off
  • finish a supply of something
    use up
  • go towards
    head for
  • get rid of something you do not need any more
    throw away
  • support an idea or agree with someone's opinion
    go along with
  • use up (e.g. money, petrol, time)
    run out of
  • stop demanding something
    back down
  • announce or broadcast information
    give out
  • stop doing / eating something
    cut out
  • to visit informally or unexpectedly
    drop by
  • to hang clothes or an object on a hook or line; to end a phone call
    hang up
  • change to a different job, activity or place
    move on
  • fasten, button up clothes; repair, redecorate or modernize a building or room
    do up
  • finish paying for something; have a positive result from hard work
    pay off
  • get distant from someone, like a friend
    grow apart
  • continue
    carry on
  • to continue
    keep on
  • an end result of something planned or unplanned
    end up
  • accommodate (for the night)
    put up
  • organize an event
    put on
  • to meet someone unexpectedly
    bump/run into
  • find by chance
    come across
  • submit (homework, etc.)
    give/hand in
  • to draw attention to something or someone
    point out
  • think about and find a solution; do exercise
    work out
  • investigate
    look into
  • demand / request
    call for
  • to connect (e.g. the TV)
    switch/turned on
  • purchase
    pay for
  • put on different clothes in order to disguise yourself
    dress up
  • reject or refuse
    turn down
  • increase (weight)
    put on
  • find out more about something; take further action
    follow up
  • reduce the amount you consume
    cut down on
  • to understand/realise after a long time
    catch on
  • stop working
    break down
  • stop taking part in (a competition, a university, etc.)
    drop out
  • compensate for
    make up for
  • establish / start (e.g. a company)
    set up
  • lift into the air (your hand)
    put up
  • slowly become an adult
    grow up
  • to rely on
    count on
  • tolerate
    put up with
  • separate / isolate / interrupt
    cut off
  • take care of
    look after
  • stop living in a house or flat
    move out
  • inherit
    come into (money)
  • think of and suggest an idea
    come up with
  • feel happy about something that is going to happen
    look forward to
  • argue and stop being friendly with someone
    fall out
  • return towards the place you started from
    turn back
  • to continue
    go on
  • start to like, especially after only a short time
    take to
  • to take something (or someone) to a place and leave it there
    drop off
  • to end; to separate
    break/split up
  • explode; become bad (food)
    go off
  • reveal
    give away
  • meet (usually for social reasons)
    get together
  • be mentioned, arise or appear
    come up
  • come to your house
    come round
  • raise/educate/care for (a child)
    bring up
  • cancel (an event)
    call off
  • leave the ground (e.g. a plane)
    take off
  • go on a short holiday/break
    get away
  • place something on your body (clothes /make up)
    put on
  • be easy to see because of being different
    stand out
  • speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong
    tell off
  • to wait or spend time somewhere, doing nothing
    hang around
  • do something more quickly
    hurry up
  • recover after the end of a relationship with someone
    get over
  • start doing (a hobby)
    take up
  • take control of
    take over
  • eliminate/discard
    get rid of
  • to remove from a surface or your body (clothes)
    take off
  • to close
    shut down
  • find information about (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
    look up
  • invent (stories, excuses)
    make up
  • admire and respect
    look up to
  • to represent
    stand for
  • recover from an illness
    get over
  • try to find
    look for
  • agree to something you do not want to
    give in
  • not be punished for doing something
    get away with
  • have a good relationship with
    get along/on
  • meet / collect someone
    pick up
  • start a journey
    set off
  • complete a promise or plan
    go through with
  • return money
    pay back
  • become friends again
    make up
  • arrive, usually unexpectedly, early or late
    turn up
  • return
    give back
  • postpone
    put off
  • try to impress people by telling or showing them what you are capable of
    show off
  • spend time relaxing (informal)
    hang out
  • manage to survive / live
    get by
  • start or continue doing something (especially work)
    get on with
  • lose consciousness
    pass out
  • fall in love with
    fall for
  • to disconnect (e.g. a computer)
    turn/switch off
  • distribute to a group of people
    give/hand out
  • extinguish (e.g. fire)
    put out
  • produce and send into the air (a smell)
    give off
  • have a romantic relationship with someone
    go out with
  • make happier
    cheer up
  • to use something until it becomes unusable
    wear out
  • charge someone too much for something
    rip off
  • attempt something new; employ
    take on
  • put something back in the correct place
    put away
  • resemble a member of your family
    take after
  • disappoint
    let down
  • to stop trying to do something
    give up
  • arrange or order by classes or categories; find a solution
    sort out
  • to transform
    turn into
  • prevent someone from making progress
    hold back
  • discover
    find out
  • to become popular (an idea or a style)
    catch on
  • feel superior to
    look down on