Phrasal verb - Unit 8/10/12

bring up

start discussing a subject

come on

start to be broadcast

come out

be published

fill in

add information in the spaces on a document

flick through

turn and look at the pages if a magazine

go into

deal with sth in detail

hand out

give things to people in a group

look up

try to find information in a book or list, etc

make out

pretend that something is true, see, hear or understand sb or sth with difficulty

make up

invent an explanation, excuse, etc; create a story, poem, etc

see through

recognise that sth is not true and not be tricked by it

stand out

be easy to see because of being different

turn over

turn a page so that the other side is towards you

ask after

ask for news about

bring up

look after a child until he or she becomes an adult

fall for

fall in love with, believe (a lie/trick/etc)

get on (with)

have a good relationship (with)

grow up

become older

look down on

think that you are better than

look up to

admire and respect

make up

become friends again after an argument

pass away

die

pick on

keep treating someone badly or unfairly

put down

criticise, make someone badly or unfairly

settle down

become calm after being upset, etc; stay in one place or get married and live quietly

stand up for

support in an argument or fight

take aback

surprise (usually in passive voice)

back down

stop demanding sth, stop saying that you will do sth

break out

escape (from prison)

bring in

introduce a new law or system

chase after

follow sb/sth quickly in order to catch them

come forward

offer help or information

get away with

escape punishment for

go off

explode, be fired (for a gun, usually accidentally)

hand in

give to a person in authority

hold up

rob while threatening violence; delay

let off

give little or no punishment; make a bomb, etc explode

look into

investigate

make off

escape

take down

write down what someone says

take in

trick sb into believing sth that is not true