Common PHRASAL VERBS

be off

1 be cancelled / 2 leave

be over

be finished

be up to

1 be somebody's responsibility / 2 be doing or thinking of doing something bad

blow up

1 explode / 2 inflate / 3 become angry

break down

1 stop working / 2 lose control and cry

break up

end

bring up

take care of children until they're adults

brush up

revise something you've partly forgotten

call back

return a phone call or call later

calm down

relax

carry out

do a task

catch up

reach somebody or reach a certain level

check in

report that you have arrived at a hotel or airport

check out

1 check that something is true / 2 pay your bill and leave

cheer up

feel happier

come across

find by chance

come on

make progress

come round

1 visit / 2 recover consciousness

come up with

1 think of / 2 produce

cut down

reduce

cut off

disconnect

do up

improve

drop off

1 fall asleep / 2 take somebody in your car

fall out

stop being friends

fall over

fall to the ground

fill in

complete

fill up

become full

find out

discover

get in

1 enter / 2 arrive

get off

leave a vehicle

get on

1 have a good relationship / 2 go aboard a vehicle

get out

1 leave / 2 become known

get over

recover

get up

get out of bed

give away

give something for free

give out

distribute

give up

stop trying to do something or stop using something

go off

1 explode / 2 not good anymore

go through

pass

grow up

develop from child to adult

hold on

wait

hold up

1 delay / 2 rob

lay off

sack

let down

disappoint

let off

1 not punish or punish lightly / 2 make something explode

look after

take care

look forward to

be excited about something that's going to happen

look up

search for information

make up

invent

own up

admit you've done something wrong

pick up

1 lift someone or something / 2 collect / 3 win

put away

1 put something where it's usually kept / 2 eat or drink / 3 save / 4 send to prison

put down

stop holding

put off

do later

put on

wear

put out

extinguish

put up with

accept an unpleasant behaviour or situation

run out

use something until it's finished

sell out

sell something until it's finished

set off

start a journey

set up

start or prepare something

settle down

start living a quiet life somewhere

slow down

become slow or slower / move more slowly

sort out

find a solution

speak up

speak in a loud voice / speak without hesitation

take after

be like or look like a member of your family

take off

remove your clothes

take up

develop an interest

tell off

speak angrily to somebody when they have done something wrong

throw away

get rid of something

turn down

1 reduce the volume / 2 not accept

turn off

disconnect

turn on

start or connect

turn over

change something so that it faces a different direction

turn up

1 appear / 2 increase the volume or intensity

wake up

1 stop sleeping / 2 become aware

wear out

1 make you tired / 2 damage something after long use

work out

1 be successful or find a solution / 2 do exercise to get fit

write out

write something in detail or complete the information on something