Phrasal Verbs

8/25/12

Phrasal Verbs List

About | Join | Listen to News | This Week in History | Language Tools | Idiom of the Day | 7 Secrets | Power Of 7 | Joe's Cafe | Blog

Phrasal Verbs List (EnglishClub.com)
Phrasal verbs are usually two-word phrases consisting of verb + adverb or verb + preposition. Think of them as you would any other English vocabulary. Study them as you come across them,rather than trying to memorize many at once. Use the list below as a reference guide when you find an expression that you don't recognize. The examples will help you understand the meanings. If you think of each phrasal verb as a separate verb with a specific meaning, you will be able to remember it more easily. Like many other verbs, phrasal verbs often have more than one meaning. This list showsabout 200 common phrasal verbs, with meanings and examples. Only the most usual meanings are given. Some phrasal verbs may have additional meanings. As well as learning their meanings, you need to learn how to use phrasal verbs properly. Some phrasal verbs require a direct object (someone/something), while others do not. Some phrasal verbs can be separated by the object, while others cannot. Reviewthis phrasal verbs grammar from time to time so that you don't forget the rules! Verb ask someone out ask around add up to something back something up Meaning invite on a date ask many people the same question equal reverse 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 canget out. My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. The racing 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 andstole our stereo. The firemen had to break into the 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.
1/10

back someone up

support

blow up

explode

blow something up break down

add air stop functioning (vehicle, machine)break down

get upset

break something down break in

divide into smaller parts

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 interrupt

break in

break up

end a relationship

www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm

8/25/12

Phrasal Verbs List

breakup

start laughing (informal)

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.

break out

escape

break out in something bring someone down bring someone up

develop a skin condition

make unhappy raise a child

This sad music is bringing me down. Mygrandparents 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 brought his dinner up in the 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 calledon 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 in town. You are still mad. You need to calm down before you drive the car. I don't care for his behaviour.

bring something up

start talking about a subject

bring something up

vomit

call around

phone many different places/people

call someone...