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……………..Phrasal Verbs - Ordered List by Verbs
|Phrasal Verb |Meaning |Examples |
|act like (inseparable)|behave in a way that's like _____ Note: |What's wrong with Bob? He's acting like an idiot. |
||This phrasal verb is very informal. | |
|act up (no object) |misbehave (for people); not work properly |The baby sitter had a difficult time. The children acted up all evening. "I guess I'd better|
| |(for machines) |take my car to the garage. It'sbeen acting up lately." |
|Add up |(make sense) |His evidence just doesn 't add up. |
|add up (1. no object) |logically fit together Note: This phrasal |His theory is hard to believe, but his research adds up. "His theory seems, at first, to be |
||verb is often negative |plausible, but the facts in his research don't add up." |
|add up (2. separable) |find the total. |What's the total of those bills? Could you add them up and see? |
|add up to |to total. |The bills add up to$734.96. That's more than I expected! |
|(inseparable) | | |
|Ask after |(inquire about) |Jim was asking after you. ||ask out (separable) |ask for a date. |Nancy has a new boy friend. Joe asked her out last night. |
|back down (no object) |not follow a threat; yield In an argument |Tom was going to call the police when I told him I'd wrecked his car, but he backed down |
| | |when Isaid I'd pay for the damages. Shella was right, so Paul had to back down. |
|back off (no object) |not follow a threat |Tom was ready to call the police when I told him I'd wrecked his car, but he backed off when|
| | |I said I'd pay for the damages.|
|back up (1. no object)|move backward; move in reverse |You missed the lines in the parking space. You'll have to back up and try again. "The people|
| | |waiting in line are too close to the door. We won't be able to open it unless they back up."|
|back up (2. separable)|drive a vehicle backwards (inreverse) |You're too close! Back your car up so I can open the garage door. |
|back up (3. separable)|confirm a story, facts, or information |If you don't believe me, talk to Dave. He'll back me up. |
|back up (4. separable)|make a "protection" copy to use if there |When my computer crashed, I lost many of my files. It's a goodthing I backed them up. |
| |are problems with the original | |
|Bargain for |(take into acount) |We hadn't bargained for there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane. |
|be off (1) usually |to be cancelled...