Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbSentenceText
LEAVE OUTThe organizer has left Bobby out of the team.
STOP OVERWe need two days for the journey, stopping over at a small town on the way.
LOOK INTOThe police are looking into the disappearance of your teacher.
SHOW OFFHe visited us just to show off his new car.
BLOW UPThe soldiers blew up the house.
SET OFFJohn set off for work an hour ago. Hasn't he arrived yet?
TELL APARTJim and Jack are so much alike that their own mother can hardly tell them apart.
TURN INTOThe city is turning into a meeting place for criminals.
DO AWAY WITHOur company has decided to do away with the old machinery.
LET DOWNI was depending on him but he let me down.
PULL TOGETHERWe must all pull together if we want to win.
COUNT DOWNThe spaceship is already being counted down.
WARM UPLet's sing a few exercises first to warm up.
HANG AROUNDDon't hang around; we have a train to catch.
FEEL BLUEI often feel blue when it rains.
BRING UPI was brought up to respect the law.
FALL BEHINDYour work has fallen behind that of the other students!!!
TALK BACKDon't talk back to your mother when she is giving you advice.
TRACK DOWNThe doctors were able to track down the cause of the infection.
COVER UPAre the governments of the world covering up the truth about UFOs?
CALM DOWNCalm down, there's nothing to worry about.
BREAK UPJohn and Alice broke up last month.
RAKE UPLina doesn't want to rake up her past.
HANG UPDon't hang up! I haven't finished talking to you.
BEAT ABOUT THE BUSHDon't beat about the bush, come straight to the point.
GO FORGo for it before it's too late!
HOOK UPAngelina and Brad hooked up in Morocco.
GO AGAINSTYou should never go against your client
RUN FORMr.Smith announces plan to run for senator in N.Y. next year
PUT IN A NUTSHELLPut in a nutshell, you've made a terrible mistake.
HOLD AGAINSTWhat do you actually hold against him?
DIE HARDEnergy crisis shows that old habits die hard.
COME TRUEMy dream has come true.
CALL OFFThe workers have called off the strike
BE ABOVEYou should be above all anger.
LOOK UP TOEvery child needs someone to look up to.
GET RID OFI don't know how to get rid of door-to-door missionaries.
SEE OFFAll the parents were at the station, seeing their children off to school.
COME UPI'm sorry. Something has come up. I have to cancel our meeting.
TAKE OFFWatch that bird taking off from the branch!
PUT OFFNever put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
PIN ONWhy did they pin the blame on me? I did not do it!
BE ON TOP OF THE WORLDI am on top of the world. I feel so great!
GET AROUND TOI should be able to get around to that job next week.
CHEAT ONShe has been cheating on me while I've been away.
CUT ACROSSI got here early by cutting across the field.
KISS UP TOYou should think of some ways to kiss up to your boss.
RUN AFTERAll the boys are running after the sexy new student.
KICK OUTIf the new actor is not good, kick him out.
LET OUTMary had accidentally let out that her mother telephoned.
TAKE UPThat big clock takes up too much space in the small hall. It will have to go.
LOOK DOWN ONWomen have grown tired of being looked down on by employers.
SLAVE AWAYBy slaving away for two hours, I at last got the carpet clean.
KICK OFFThe theatre company will kick off the season with a production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.
CUT DOWNThe factory's production has been cut down.
DRIFT APARTAfter twelve years of marriage, the two people began to drift apart.
CATCH ONI don't think this new fashion will catch on. It looks too strange!
GET ACROSSDid you get your message across?
GIVE AWAYDon't give away the ending of the story, it will spoil it.
DO WITHOUTThe director cannot do without a secretary.
BOSS AROUNDHe is just bossing everybody around. Nobody likes him.
HOUND OUTWhen his employers learned about his past, they hounded him out.
GET CARRIED AWAYShe got carried away while watching a soap opera.
DOLL UPJane dolled herself up for the party.
COUNT ONYou can always count on Bob, he will never fail you.
BACK OUTIf you back out from our contract, you will have to pay money to the firm.
DOZE OFFDid our boss notice that I dozed off in the middle of his speech?
PASS AWAYI'm sorry to hear that your uncle passed away last week.
WIPE OUTThese tropical diseases can wipe out the populations of whole villages.
GET EVENI'd like to get even with the man who damaged my car.
TURN UPSIDE DOWNThey turned the whole room upside down, but they didn't find the key.
TAKE AFTERThe boy takes after his mother. He has the same red hair and big blue eyes.
HIDE OUTYou'd better hide out here until the police have stopped trying to catch you.
BRUSH UPI should brush up my French before I go to Paris.
MIX UPMy papers are all mixed up.
COME ACROSSI came across this book under your bed.
