Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs

1. Bring

   • up (something)
     • start talking about a subject
     • My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports.
   • up (somebody)
     • raise a child
     • My grandparents brought me up after my parents died.
   • down (somebody)
     • make unhappy
     • This sad music is bringing me down.

2. Call

   • back (Somebody)
     • return a phone call
     • I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend
   • off (something)
     • cancel
     • Juan called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé.
   • on (somebody)
     • ask for an answer or opinion
     • The professor called on me for question 1.

3. Check

   • out (somebody/ something)
     • look at carefully, investigate
     • The company checks out all new employees.
   • out
     • leave a hotel
     • You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM
   • in
     • arrive and register at a hotel or airport
     • We will get the hotel keys when we check in.

4. Come

   • across (something)
     • find unexpectedly
     • I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet.
   • apart
     • separate
     • The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough.
   • forward
     • volunteer for a task or to give evidence
     • The woman came forward with her husband's finger prints.

5. fall

   • out
     • separate from an interior
     • The money must have fallen out of my pocket.
   • down
     • fall to the floor
     • The picture that you hung up last night fall down this morning.
   • apart
     • break into pieces
     • My new dress fell apart in the washing machine.

6. cut

   • down (something)
     • make something fall to the floor
   • off (something)
     • remove with something sharp
     • The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured.
   • in
     • interrupt
     • Your father cut in while I was playing with your brother.
   • We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the storm

7. do

   • over (something)
     • do again
     • My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn't like my topic.
   • up (something)
     • fasten, close
   • over (somebody)
     • beat up, ransack
     • He's lucky to be alive. His shop was done over by a street gang.
   • Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing!

8. turn

   • turn out
     • quitting my job turned out the best decision I ever made.
     • result
   • turn over
     • The hardest part of making an omelette is turning it over
     • turn something horizontal
   • turn up
     • Could you turn the music up? I cant hear it
     • increase the volume or intensity of something

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10. Look

    • Look after
      • take care of someone
      • My husband looks after the children when im at work
    • Look at
      • look at something or someone
    • look for
    • look for something or someone
    • Im looking for my phone - have you seen it?

11. Take

    • take aback
    • to surprise or shock someone
    • we were taken aback by the news
    • Take apart
    • Take something apart or separate something into its different parts
    • he took my phone apart to fix it
    • Take away
      • to remove something
      • take that table away as we don´t need it in here

12. Give

    • Give away
      • give something without expecting something in return
      • I gave away all my kid´s clothes to charity since I had no use for them anyone
    • Give back
    • Give off
      • to emit
      • For some reason I don´t trust him - I think he gives off bad vibes
    • pay something back
    • She gave him back the money he had lent her

13. Get

    • after
      • chase
      • He took it from my pocket. Get after him
    • around
      • travel to different places
      • My job allows me to get around
    • away
      • escape
      • I have a bad feeling. I think we should get away from here

14. put

    • aside
      • lay aside
        • Put the books you need aside. I´ll take the rest to Bob
    • across
      • communicate
      • Dean´s triying to put his ideas across, but I can´t understand them
    • away
      • put in place
        • Once you put the toys away you can go outside with timmy

15. work

    • out
      • be successful
        • Our plan worked out fine
    • out (somebody)
      • exercise
        • I work out at the gym three times a week.
    • out (something)
      • make a calculation
        • We have to work out the total cost before we buy the house.

16. keep

    • up (something)
      • If you keep those results up you will get into a great college.
    • continue at the same rate
    • out (somebody/ something)
      • stop from entering
        • Try to keep the wet dog out of the living room.
    • (something) from (somebody)
      • not tell
        • We kept our relationship from our parents for two years.