1ST TERM TEST PHRASAL VERBS (5-8)

Cheat out of

Prevent sb from having sth. usu. in an unfair way

Check in

Register as a guest at a hotel

Check out

Pay one’s bill and leave a hotel

Check up on

Investigate sb’s behaviour, etc.

Cut back

Reduce (outgoings)

Cut down on

Reduce (consumption)

Cut in

Interrupt sth

Cut off

Isolate

Disconnect

Cut out

Omit

Draw in

Shorten (of days)

Draw on

Use part of a reserve

Draw out

Extend

Draw up

Come to a stop (of vehicles)

Drop in

Visit unexpectedly

Drop off

Decrease

Drop out of

Withdraw from

Eat into

Consume part of sth

Fall back

Retreat

Fall back on

Turn to sth/sb for help when all else has failed

Fall for

Fall in love with sb

Fall in

Collapse

Fall in with

Agree to

Fall off

Decline

Fall on

Attack

Fall out with

Quarrel

Fall through

Fail to take place

Feel for

Sympathise

Fit in

Mix well with others

Fit up/out

Furnish/equip

Fly at

Attack (with blows or words)

Fold up

Collapse or fail

Head off

Prevent

Join up

Become a member of the military

Get about

Move about

Spread (of news, gossip, etc.)

Get across

Make understood

Get ahead

Succeed

Get along/on

Be on friendly terms with

Get at

Mean

Get at sb

Criticise, tease in an unkind way

Get away with

Escape punishment

Get by

Manage despite difficulties

Get sb down

Depress sb

Get off

Send

Get off with

Nearly escape punishment

Get on

Make progress

Get on with

Continue doing sth

Get out of

Avoid

Get over

Recover from

Get round

Persuade

Get round to

Find time

Get through

Contact by phone

Get up to

Be busy with sth surprising or undesirable

Give (oneself) up

Surrender

Give away

Reveal

Give freely as a present

Give in

Deliver

Yield

Give off

Send out/emit

Give out

Come to an end

Announce

Distribute

Give up

Stop doing sth

Admit defeat

Hype up

Exaggerate the value of sth

Go down

(of remarks, proposals, etc.) be received in a specified way

Go down with

Become ill

Go for

Be sold

Go in for

Take part in

Go off

Make a sudden loud noise

Go on

Happen

Go on with

Continue sth. esp. after a pause

Go round

Be enough for everyone to have a share

Go through

Examine sth closely or systematically

Consume

Go up

Be built

Go with

Be included in the price

Hold back

Prevent development

Delay

Withhold

Hold in

Control (feelings, oneself)

Hold off

Keep at a distance

Delay

Hold on

Wait

Hold out

Last

Resist

Hold out for

Wait to get sth desired

Hold out on

Keep a secret from sb

Hold over

Postpone to a later date

Hold up

Rob (a bank, vehicle)

Delay

Be kept in

Be detained after normal hours as a punishment

Keep at

Continue working at

Keep back

Hide

Keep down

Repress

Keep in with

Continue to be friendly

Keep on

Continue doing sth

Keep on at

Continue talking in an irritating way

Keep to

Follow

Keep up (with)

Progress at the same rate

Keep up with

Stay at an equal level with

Be informed about

Land in

Get into trouble, difficulties, etc.

Land up

End (usu. in difficulties)

Lay aside

Put aside

Lay into

Attack (with blows or words)

Lay off

Stop doing sth irritating

Lay out

Spend

Let down

Dissapoint

Lower sth

Let in for

Involve in trouble, etc.

Let it on

Allow sb to share a plan, secret, etc.

Let on

Reveal a secret

Let out

Make (a garment, etc) looser or larger (opp: take int)

Utter a cry