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PHRASAL VERBS

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  • COME ABOUT
    To happen
  • GO AFTER SOMEONE
    To follow someone
  • TURN SOMETHING DOWN
    To decrease the volume or strength Not accept an offer or request
  • MAKE UP FOR
    To compensate for
  • PUT UP WITH SOMETHING /SOMEONE
    To accept someone or something unpleasant in a patient way; to tolerate
  • GO OVER SOMETHING
    To review
  • BUTT IN
    To interrupt
  • MAKE OUT
    To distinguish
  • TRY SOMETHING OUT
    To test
  • GO ON
    To continue To happen (usually negative)
  • BREAK DOWN
    To start crying (normally in public); to lose control of your emotions To stop functioning (for vehicles, machines, etc.)
  • PAY FOR SOMETHING
    To be punished for doing something bad
  • RUN OUT OF SOMETHING
    To have none left
  • MIX SOMETHING UP
    To confuse two or more things
  • RUN DOWN
    To criticize To lose power -electricity
  • LOOK SOMETHING UP
    Search and find information in a reference book or database
  • GET ALONG/ON
    To like each other
  • BACK SOMEONE UP
    To support
  • PUT SOMETHING OFF
    To postpone ; delay
  • CATCH UP (WITH)
    To get to the same point as someone else
  • SET SOMETHING UP
    To start a business, etc. /organize or plan
  • LOOK INTO SOMETHING
    To investigate; to try to discover the facts about problems, crimes…
  • DROP IN /BY / OVER
    To come without an appointment; to pay a visit (colloquial)
  • ASK AROUND
    To ask many people the same question
  • DO AWAY WITH
    To get rid of ( something)
  • STAND FOR
    To represent - initials
  • SHOW OFF
    To boast of what you have or what you can do
  • JOT DOWN
    To make a note of
  • GIVE UP
    To stop trying; to surrender
  • GIVE IN
    Reluctantly stop arguing or competing
  • GO OFF
    To explode (e.g. a bomb)
  • PUT ON
    To cover the body with clothing /accessories/ jewelry
  • FALL FOR
    To be deceived by (colloquial)
  • MAKE SOMETHING UP
    To invent; lie about something
  • COME DOWN WITH SOMETHING
    To become sick
  • BRING SOMEONE UP
    To raise a child
  • SHOW UP
    To turn up / arrive / come
  • STICK TO SOMETHING
    To continue doing something
  • LOOK AFTER
    To take care of
  • WEAR OFF
    To fade away; to lose effect ( especially a drug)
  • TAKE OVER
    To gain control of ..
  • ADD UP
    To make sense / To equal
  • TURN UP
    To arrive; come somewhere (often unexpectedly)
  • POINT OUT
    To draw attention to a fact
  • USE UP
    To finish the supply
  • FIGURE SOMETHING OUT
    To be able to understand something or solve a problem; find the answer
  • BUMP INTO
    To run into; meet someone unexpectedly
  • BREAK OUT
    Something bad (such as a war, a fight, a fire, riots, a row, violence…..) starts To escape
  • BREAK IN
    To enter a place to steal something To interrupt
  • GET DOWN
    To make somebody feel depressed (colloquial)
  • TELL OFF
    To criticize someone for doing something bad; to scold (colloquial)
  • LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING/DOING SOMETHING
    To feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen
  • SORT SOMETHING OUT
    To organize; to resolve a problem
  • CATCH ON
    To become popular (colloquial)
  • PASS AWAY
    To die
  • SHOP AROUND
    To compare prices
  • COME DOWN TO
    To be in the end a matter of…
  • ASK AFTER
    To inquire about
  • HANG OUT
    To spend time relaxing (informal)
  • TAKE AFTER SOMEONE
    To resemble a family member
  • RUN INTO SOMEONE
    To meet unexpectedly
  • RUN OUT OF
    To have none/nothing left
  • PASS OUT
    To faint
  • COME ACROSS SOMETHING/SOMEBODY
    To meet someone or find something by chance
  • MAKE UP
    To forgive each other
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