PHRASAL VERBS

PHRASAL VERBS

1. LOOK

   • INTO
     • to investigate or examine.
   • UP
     • to search for information (usually in a book)
   • DOWN ON
     • Opposite of look up to To regard oneself as superior to others and thus act in a haughty or snobbish manner.
   • AWAY
     •  to turn your eyes away from someone or something that you were looking at.
   • FOR
     • to search for something or someone.
   • OUT
     • to be careful
   • UP TO
     • to respect or admire someone
   • THROUGH
     •  to examine something, usually quickly.
   • AFTER
     • Take care of
   • BACK (ON)
     • remember, usually with nostalgia

2. PUT

   • OFF
     • postpone, leave until a later time.
   • PUT UP WITH
     • to tolerate
   • IN
     • install
   • ON
     • gain weight
   • OUT
     • extinguish (cigarette, fire etc.)
   • ASIDE/BY
     • To put something aside is to save it for future use.  The expression ‘set aside’ has the same meaning.
   • TOGETHER
     • assemble

3. GET

   • ON (WITH)
     •  to have a good / friendly relationship with someone.
   • DOWN
     •  to cause someone to be depressed. This awful weather is getting me down.
   • OUT OF
     •  to avoid something He always tells his parents he has homework to get out of doing the dishes.
   • OVER
     • to recover from something or return to your usual state of health or happiness.
   • AWAY
     • to escape from someone who is chasing you.
   • BY
     • have enough to survive
   • AT
     • Criticise His boss is always getting at him for arriving late.

4. GO

   • OFF
     • to make a loud noise or to explode.  My alarm clock went off at 7:00 a.m.
   • WITH
     • to match, to be similar to
   • OVER
     • to review
   • OUT
     • to stop working (machines or electrical things). The electricity went outlast night. I couldn't see anything.
   • WITHOUT
     • abstain from; not use or need A camel can go without water for many, many days.
   • ALONG WITH
     • accept something, agree with someone At the end of the meeting, everybody went along with the manager’s decision.
   • UNDER
     • go bankrupt After several years of making a loss, the business finally went under