phrasal verbs

Set up

Start or establish (e.g. a business)

Give up

Quit or stop doing something

Take off

Become successful; leave the ground (plane)

Look after

Care for someone or something

Look back on

Reflect on the past

Catch up with

Reach the same level or standard

Run out of

No longer have something

Pick up

Collect someone/something; improve

Turn into

Transform into

Get over

Recover from (illness, sadness)

Carry on

Continue doing something

Go off

Explode; stop working; start suddenly

Break down

Stop functioning (machine); become emotional

Find out

Discover something

Put off

Postpone

Come across

Find unexpectedly

Make up

Invent; reconcile after argument

Take after

Resemble a relative

Bring up

Raise (a child); mention a topic

Back out of

Withdraw from an agreement

Drop out of

Quit (school, competition)

Come up with

Invent or think of something

Turn down

Reject

Fill in

Complete a form

Get on with

Continue doing something

Check out

Look at or investigate

Look into

Research or examine

Set off

Start a journey

Drop by

Visit briefly

Hold on

Wait

Give in

Surrender

Put up with

Tolerate something