Phrasal Verbs

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Verb

Meaning

ask someone out

invite on a date

ask around

ask many people the same
question

add up to something

equal

back something up

reverse

back someone up

support

blow up

explode

blow something up

add air

break down

stop functioning (vehicle,
machine)

break down

get upset

break something downdivide into smaller parts

break in

force entry to a building

break into something

enter forcibly

break something in

wear something a few
times so that it doesn't
look/feel new

break in

interrupt

break up

end a relationship

break up

start laughing (informal)

break out

escape

break out in something

develop a skin condition

bring someone downmake unhappy

bring someone up

raise a child

bring something up

start talking about a subject

bring something up

vomit

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Example
Brian asked Judy out to
dinner and a movie.
I asked around but
nobody has seen my
wallet.
Your purchases add up to
$205.32.
You'll have to back up your
car so that I can get out.
My wife backed me up
over my decision to quit my
job.
Theracing car blew up
after it crashed into the
fence.
We have to blow 50
balloons up for the party.
Our car broke down at the
side of the highway in the
snowstorm.
The woman broke down
when the police told her
that her son had died.
Our teacher broke the final
project down into three
separate parts.
Somebody broke in last
night and stole our stereo.
The firemen had to break
intothe room to rescue the
children.
I need to break these
shoes in before we run
next week.
The TV station broke in to
report the news of the
president's death.
My boyfriend and I broke
up before I moved to
America.
The kids just broke up as
soon as the clown started
talking.
The prisoners broke out of
jail when the guards
weren't looking.
I broke out in a rash after
our camping trip.This sad music is bringing
me down.
My grandparents brought
me up after my parents
died.
My mother walks out of the
room when my father
brings up sports.
He drank so much that he

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call around

phone many different
places/people

call someone back

return a phone call

call something off

cancel

call on someone

ask for an answeror
opinion

call on someone

visit someone

call someone up

phone

calm down

relax after being angry

not care for someone/something

not like (formal)

catch up

get to the same point as
someone else

check in

arrive and register at a
hotel or airport

check out

leave a hotel

check someone/something out

look at carefully, investigate

check outsomeone/something

look at (informal)

cheer up

become happier

cheer someone up

make happier

chip in

help

clean something up

tidy, clean

come across something

find unexpectedly

come apart

separate

come down with something

become sick

come forward

volunteer for a task or to
give evidence

come from somewhere

originate in

2

brought his dinner up inthe toilet.
We called around but we
weren't able to find the car
part we needed.
I called the company back
but the offices were closed
for the weekend.
Jason called the wedding
off because he wasn't in
love with his fiancé.
The professor called on
me for question 1.
We called on you last
night but you weren't home.
Give me your phone
number and I will call you
up when we are intown.
You are still mad. You
need to calm down before
you drive the car.
I don't care for his
behaviour.
You'll have to run faster
than that if you want to
catch up with Marty.
We will get the hotel keys
when we check in.
You have to check out of
the hotel before 11:00 AM.
The company checks out
all new employees.
Check out the crazy hair
on that guy!
She cheered up when she...