PHRASAL VERB

Look up to

Respect or admire

I ........ .... .... my father.

Put up with

Tolerate
If you live in England, you have to .......... ....... ......... terrible weather.

Cut down on

Reduce
I need to .......... ............ ........ the amount of coffee I drink.

Run out of

To not have any left
I didn't finish my exam because I ............ ........... ........... time.

Take after

To resemble/ be like
I ......... .......... my father because we both have a great sense of humour.

Came across

To find without expecting
Yesterday I ............. ............... a new cereal cafe in Barcelona.

Make up

To invent
I didn't have a good excuse for being late so I just ............ something ............

To show off

To boast/talk about yourself and your abilities
She is always ................ ............. on instagram.

Live up to

To meet your expectations.
I thought the film was rubbish. It didn't .............. .......... ......... my expectations.

To wear out

To feel tired/to be deteriorated from use.
I've been working really hard lately. I'm completely ............ ..........
I need to change my tyres. They're ............. ............

Pass out

To lose consciousness/ faint
I was feeling a bit light-headed in class and I .............. ...........

Pass away

to die
Unfortunately he ............... ................ peacefully in his sleep last night.

To drop out

To stop going/ give up
This course is really difficult so I'm thinking of ............... ...............

To call off

To cancel
Next week's class has been ................... ............

To dress up

To put nice clothes on.
Are you going to ............. .............. for my birthday party?

To let someone down

To disappoint
You really ............... ............ ............. when you didn't come to my wedding.

To stand someone up

To not appear at a meeting and leave someone waiting.
I can't believe he .................. me ............ on our first date.

To hang up

To put the phone down
I'm going to ................... ............. now. I don't need to upgrade my broadband.

To tell off

To scold someone
My teacher ........... me .......... in front of the whole class today.

fall through

To come to nothing/fail
We were in the process of buying a house but unfortunately our plans ........... ........................

To get someone down

To make you feel sad
This horrible English weather really ........... me ................

be off

To be cancelled (an event/an arrangement, etc.);
usually used in the present tense

be over

to be finished (an event or activity)

be taken aback

to be surprised and confused (stress the last word; used in the passive)

beat up

to hurt someone badly by hitting and punching.

blow up

to destroy (something or someone) by explosion; to
explode

blow up

to fill with air; to inflate a balloon / a tire / a football, etc.

break down

to stop working (machinery)

break down

to lose control emotionally or mentally

break in

to use a new (or reconditioned) engine carefully until it
is ready for normal use. _____ a motor cycle / a new car / a machine etc.

break into

to enter somewhere (e.g. a house) illegally, especially by
force

break off

to end; to interrupt; to discontinue. _______ talks / negotiations / an engagement / a relationship / an agreement / etc.

break out

to start, usually suddenly (about unpleasant things, e.g. wars, epidemics, fires, violence, etc.)

break out in

to become covered by (something) such as spots / a rash / a cold sweat [stress the 2nd word]

break up

to end; to separate (a marriage / a family / a relationship / etc.)

break up

to stop an activity such as a fight

bring up

to take care of a child until he/she is fully grown and able to
care for himself/herself; to train and prepare a child for adult life.

brush up

to improve your knowledge, skill, or memory of (something you used to know, or do, but have now partly forgotten).

burn down

to destroy with fire (usually buildings)

call off

to cancel something; to abandon something that has already begun, such as an event / an arrangement / an activity / etc. (often
used in the passive)

calm down

to become less excited and tense; to help someone (or a
difficult situation) to become less excited and tense.

carry out

to fulfill or perform (instructions / a duty / an order / a threat / a trial / etc.)

catch on

to become popular (an idea or a style)

check in

to report one's arrival (at a hotel, an airport, etc.)

cheer up

to become happier

come across

to find or meet (something or someone) by chance

come into

to receive something (usually money or property) after someone's death

come to

to regain consciousness (remember that you must stress the second word in order to be understood)

come up with

to think of; to produce (an idea / a plan / a suggestion / etc.)

cut down on

to reduce in size or amount (smoking / cigarettes / drinking / spending / production / etc.)

cut off

to disconnect, interrupt, or discontinue something or someone

die out

to disappear completely; to become extinct

drop in

to pay a short visit, often without warning

drop off

to stop a vehicle and let someone get out; to take something (or someone) to a place and leave it there

drop off

to fall asleep (often unintentionally)

drop out

to withdraw from, or stop taking part in (a competition, a social roup, a school, a university, a job, etc.).

fall out

to quarrel

fall through

to fail to happen or be completed (plans, arrangements, schemes, etc.).

fill in

to complete (a form, a questionnaire, etc.)

find out

to make an effort to discover or get to know something (the truth / a secret / an address / the time)

get away

to escape or reveal something

get away with

to do something wrong or illegal without being punished (usually without even being discovered or caught)

get over

to recover from (an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock / etc.)

get through

to successfully make contact with someone (usually by telephone)

get through

to finish; to complete (some work / a task / a book / etc.)

give in

to stop resisting; to surrender

give up

to surrender oneself (usually to someone).

give up

to stop trying to do something (often because it is too difficult).

give up

to stop doing or having (something, such as a habitual activity, smoking, drinking, a job, etc.)

go down

to become less swollen

go off

to explode (bombs); to fire (guns); to ring suddenly (alarms or alarm clocks)

go through

to examine (something)

go with

to match or suit (something) [in this phrase you must stress the first word]

grow up

to develop from a child into an adult

hold on

to wait (especially on the telephone)

hold up

to stop; to delay (usually used in the passive)

hold up

to rob, especially using a weapon (e.g. a gun)

lay off

to stop employing (a worker), often for a short time because there is not enough work (often passive)

let down

to disappoint someone (often by breaking a promise or an agreement)

let off

to excuse (someone) from (a punishment, a duty, or doing something)

let out

to allow (a person or an animal) to leave (a place); to release.

look after

to take care of someone or something

look back on

to remember and think about the past.

look down on

to think that someone (or something) is inferior, low or worthless; to disapprove of (someone or something).

look for

to try to find (something or someone), often a thing or person that is lost (in this phrase we stress the verb, not the particle)

look forward to

to think with pleasure about a future event that you expect to enjoy.

look into

to investigate; to carefully examine a situation or event and try to discover the reasons for it.

look over

to examine (someone or something) carefully and completely

look around

to visit and tour a place

look up

to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

look up to

to respect (someone); to admire (someone).

make out

to see, hear, or understand (something or someone), often with difficulty [Often used in negative with can't and couldn't]

make out

to write (a bank check)

make up

to become friends again after a quarrel.

make up

to invent, sometimes with the purpose of deception (a story / a
poem / an excuse / an explanation /etc.)

make up for

to compensate for (a mistake / doing or not doing something / etc.)

mistake for

to think wrongly that (one thing or person) is (another
thing or person). (in this phrase we stress the verb, not the particle)

own up

to tell (someone) that you have done something wrong or that you are at fault ("eat crow").

pass away

to die (usually a person)

pass out

to give (something or things) to each person in a group of people; to distribute (books / papers / etc.)