Phrasal Verbs

do without | manage without | We`ll have to do without a holiday this year as money is so short. |
do away with | abolish, get rid of | It should be our ambition to do away with poverty in the world. |
do up | fasten, renovate, put into a bundle | I do up my house. |
make for | move in the direction of | Let`s make for the city centre and look for a restaurant there. |
make of | think(opinion) | What do you make of the new software? |
make off | leave hurriedly | He made off as soon as he heard their car turn into the drive. |
make up for | compensate for | The superb food at the hotel made up for the uncomfortable rooms. |
make out | claim, manage to see, understand | I make out the number. |
make up | compose, invent, constitute, form, puts cosmetics on, prepare bymixing together various ingredients, make something more numerous or complete. | |
bring up | raised | My father´s parents brought him up in the country because they thought that country life was better for children. |
bring off | succeed | Don´t give up. I´m sure you´ll bring it off in the end. |
bring on | cause to start | Cold winds always bring on her cough. |
bring about | cause tohappen | The strike brought about a change of government. |
bring out | introducing | Ford Motors are bringing out an interesting new model in the spring. |
bring back | re-introduce | I hope they don´t bring back capital punishment. |
bring down | lower | They promised to bring down taxes but they have actually raised them. |
bring down | destroy, remove from power | Inflation will probablybring down the government. |
bring round | persuade | Keep trying to persuade him and you´ll bring him round to your point of view. |
take after | resemble | Doesn´t he take after his father! They even sound the same. |
take back | withdraw | I wish I could take back what I said to her. |
take in | absorb, understand | It´s hard to take in his lectures – he speaks in such an abstract way.|
take in | deceived | She was completely taken in by him an agreed to give him all her money. |
take off | started to improve | Sales have really taken off now- we should make a good profit this year. |
take off | left the ground | The plane took off two hours late. |
take off | imitating | She´s very good at taking off her teacher – She sounds just like her. |
take on | employ, accept| We´ll have to take on more staff if we´re to take on more work. |
take over | start doing a job | Nelson is going to take over as manager in July. |
take to | formed an immediate liking for | She took to him at once and they soon became close friends. |
take up | start a hobby | When did you take up golf? |
get | receive, obtain, buy something | Please get me a newspaper when you´re intown. I got a text from John today. She got top marks in her exam. |
get | change position – move or be moved | How are you getting home tonight? |
get | change state – become or make | She´s ill but she´s getting better. |
get | prepare a meal | It´s my turn to get dinner tonight. |
get | understand | I don´t get it. Why did he speak like that? |
get | annoy | His behaviour really getsme at times. |
get | manage | I saw Andy´s new girlfriend at the party but I didn’t get to speak to her. |
get | become acquainted | Once we got to know each other, we became great friends. |
get | answer, respond to | The phone´s ringing and there´s someone at the door! You get the phone and I´ll get the door. |
get across | successfully communicate an idea | It was difficult to get mypoint of view across to the committee. |
get at | reach, find | I hope the enquiry will get at the truth. |
get behind with | fail to do something by a certain time | I´ve got terribly behind with my work. |
get down | depress | This weather is getting me down. |
get down to | begin to give some serious attention to | It´s time you got down to some work. |
get into | be successful with...