Phrasal Verbs

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about phrasal verbs.

Carry on

To continue doing something.

Send off

To make a player leave a game (football, etc.).

Take up

To start doing a new activity.

Turn down

To lower the volume of something.

Turn up

To increase the volume of something.

Cross out

To draw a line through something written.

Point out

To tell someone important information.

Rip up

To tear something into small pieces.

Rub out

To remove writing or marks with an eraser.

Turn over

To turn something to see the other side.

Get in (to)

To enter a car or building.

Get off

To leave a bus, train, or plane.

Get on (to)

To board a bus, train, or plane.

Set off

To begin a journey.

Take off

To leave the ground and begin to fly.

Fall out (with)

To have an argument and stop being friendly.

Get on (with)

To have a good relationship with someone.

Get out with

To be the boyfriend or girlfriend of someone; to date.

Let down

To disappoint someone.

Split up

To end a relationship.

Add up

To find the total of something; to calculate the sum.

Give away

To donate or give something for free.

Save up (for)

To keep money for a future purpose.

Take back

To return something to a store or to admit a wrong.

Take down

To write something down or remove something from a high place.

Come across

To find something by chance.

Cut off

To disconnect (phone, electricity etc.).

Hang up

To end a phone call.

Log off

To exit from internet, website…

Log on (to)

To access a computer system.

Break in (to)

To enter illegally or by force.

Get away with

To avoid punishment.

Move in

To begin living in a new home.

Call off

To cancel something.

Give back

To return something to its owner.

Take over

To take control of something (business).

Get over

To recover from something.

go off

no longer be fresh

do up

To fasten or renovate.

fill up

To make something full.

have on

To wear.

leave out

To not include.

blow up

To explode.

clear up

To tidy or improve.

put up

To hang or raise something.

speak up

To speak louder.

keep out

prevent from entering

hang on

wait

run out of

not have any left

share out

To divide something and give parts to others.

sort out

To solve a problem.

watch out

To be careful or alert.

work out

To do physical exercise or find a solution.

pull off

break by pulling

come out

To be published or become known.