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Phrasal Verbs

100 words and expressions, each with a learner-friendly meaning. Tap any term for its page.

• account forto explain or give a reason for
• back upto support; to make a copy
• bank onto rely on with confidence
• break downto stop functioning; to lose emotional control
• bring aboutto cause to happen
• bring upto raise a topic; to raise a child
• call offto cancel
• carry outto perform or complete a task
• catch onto become popular; to understand
• come acrossto find by chance; to give an impression
• come up withto think of an idea or solution
• count onto depend on
• cut down onto reduce
• deal withto handle or manage
• draw upto prepare a document or plan
• drop offto deliver; to fall asleep; to decrease
• figure outto understand or solve
• fill into complete a form; to substitute for someone
• find outto discover information
• follow upto pursue further after an initial action
• get acrossto communicate successfully
• get byto manage with difficulty
• get overto recover from
• give into yield or surrender
• give upto stop trying; to quit
• go overto review or examine
• go throughto experience; to examine carefully
• hold backto restrain; to hesitate
• hold onto wait; to grip firmly
• iron outto resolve difficulties
• keep up withto stay level with; to stay informed
• kick offto begin
• lay offto dismiss workers
• look afterto take care of
• look forward toto anticipate with pleasure
• look intoto investigate
• look up toto admire and respect
• make outto manage to see or hear; to fare
• make upto invent; to reconcile; to compensate
• narrow downto reduce a range of options
• opt forto choose
• pass outto faint; to distribute
• pay offto result in success; to settle a debt
• pick upto collect; to learn casually; to improve
• point outto indicate or draw attention to
• pull offto succeed at something difficult
• put offto postpone; to discourage
• put up withto tolerate
• rule outto eliminate as a possibility
• run intoto meet by chance; to encounter a problem
• run out ofto exhaust a supply of
• set upto establish or arrange
• sort outto organize; to resolve
• stand forto represent; to tolerate
• stand outto be noticeably better or different
• step downto resign from a position
• stick toto continue with; to adhere to
• sum upto summarize
• take afterto resemble a relative
• take onto accept a task; to hire
• take overto assume control of
• take upto begin a hobby; to occupy time or space
• touch onto mention briefly
• turn downto reject; to lower
• turn outto result; to happen in the end
• turn upto appear; to increase
• watch outto be careful
• wear offto fade gradually
• weigh upto consider carefully
• work outto solve; to exercise; to turn out well
• wind upto end up; to conclude
• wrap upto finish; to summarize
• zero in onto focus attention on
• back outto withdraw from a commitment
• brush up onto review and improve a skill
• chip into contribute
• come aroundto change one's opinion; to regain consciousness
• cut outto remove; to stop doing
• do withoutto manage in the absence of
• fall throughto fail to happen
• gear upto prepare
• get aroundto circumvent; to move about
• hand outto distribute
• hinge onto depend entirely on
• hold upto delay; to remain valid
• keep onto continue
• lash outto attack suddenly
• level offto stop rising or falling
• live up toto meet expectations
• map outto plan in detail
• own upto admit a fault
• phase outto discontinue gradually
• play downto make seem less important
• ramp upto increase
• reach outto make contact or offer help
• scale backto reduce in size or extent
• shrug offto dismiss as unimportant
• single outto select for special attention
• tone downto make less intense
• weed outto remove what is unwanted