Phrasal Verbs for Third Year Functional Grammar Course

A comprehensive set of flashcards covering a wide range of phrasal verbs and their meanings, designed for students in the Third Year Functional Grammar Course.

be about to

Be on the point of doing something.

be after

Chase or pursue.

be down with

Be ill with something.

be for

Be in favour of something.

be in for

Expect something, usually bad.

be off

Be absent from school or work.

be on

Be shown on TV, at the cinema, etc.

be out

Be unfashionable or have stopped burning.

be over

Have come to an end.

be through with

Have ended a relationship or job.

be up to

Be capable of or feel like doing something.

break down

Stop working or lose control of feelings.

break in

Enter by force or illegally.

break into

Enter by force or interrupt.

break off

End a relationship or agreement.

break out

Begin suddenly, typically referring to war.

break through

Advance despite opposition.

break to

Tell someone bad news in a kind way.

break up

Stop for holidays or end a relationship.

bring about

Cause to happen.

bring back

Cause to recall.

bring down

Cause to fall.

bring forward

Move something to an earlier date or time.

bring in

Create profit or money.

bring on

Cause, usually something unpleasant.

bring out

Put on the market.

bring round

Cause to regain consciousness or persuade someone.

bring up

Raise a child or mention a subject.

call for

Need something.

call in

Visit briefly.

call off

Cancel.

call on sb

Visit formally.

call out

Order to come to someone's help.

call up

Order to join the army.

be carried away

Be very excited.

carry off

Handle a difficult situation successfully.

carry on (with)

Continue with.

carry out

Conduct an experiment.

carry through

Complete successfully.

come across

Find or meet by chance.

come by

Obtain.

come down to

Be passed on to someone by inheritance.

come down with

Become ill.

come into

Inherit.

come off

Succeed.

come out

Begin to blossom or be published.

come round

Visit casually or recover consciousness.

come to

Amount to a total.

come up

Be mentioned or arise.

come up to

Approach or equal expectations.

come up with

Find an answer, solution, etc.

cut across

Take a shorter way.

cut back (on)

Reduce expenses or production.

cut in

Move suddenly in front of another car or interrupt.

cut into

Interrupt.

cut off

Disconnect or isolate.

cut out

Omit.

be cut out for/to be

Be suited for a profession.

cut up

Cut into small pieces.

do away with

Abolish.

do down

Speak badly of someone.

do in

Kill.

do up

Fasten or tie.

do with

Want.

do without

Live or continue without having something.

draw back

Be unwilling to fulfill a promise or move away.

draw in

Arrive at a station or pull in.

draw out

Encourage someone to be less shy or take money out.

draw up

Stop or write out.

fall apart

Come to pieces.

fall back on

Turn to someone or something for help when plans fail.

fall behind

Fail to keep up.

fall for

Fall in love or be deceived.

fall in

Collapse.

fall in with

Agree with.

fall into

Be divided into categories or begin a state.

fall on

Attack or eat hungrily.

fall out (with)

Quarrel.

fall through

Fail to be completed.

get across

Successfully communicate ideas.

get along

Continue despite difficulties.

get along with

Be on friendly terms with.

get at

Mean.

get away with

Escape punishment for a wrongful act.

get back

Recover possession of something.

get down

Swallow with difficulty or depress someone.

get down to

Start doing something seriously.

get on

Enter (bus, tram, etc.) or make progress.

get on with

Be on good terms with.

get out

Become known.

get over

Recover from.

get round

Persuade.

get round to

Find time to do something.

get through

Finish a piece of work.

get through to

Reach by phone.

get up

Rise from bed.

give away

Reveal or give something free of charge.

give back

Return.

give in

Surrender.

give off

Emit.