100 Most Common Phrasal Verbs List with Meaning

English 100 Most Common Phrasal Verbs List with Meaning

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English 100 Most Common Phrasal Verbs List with Meaning


Catch out

to show that sb is doing wrong

One day he caught her out when he found some letters she’d written.

 

Catch up on (sth)

to deal with a special activity to complete it.

You have to catch up on your reading.

 

Catch (sb) up on (sth)

to give sb the latest news or  information about sth

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Can someone catch us up on the latest news?

 

Catch on

to become popular

This game will catch on among young people.

Catch up (sb)

to reach sb by walking faster

John caught up with you later.

 

Catch up in (sth)

to be involved in sth  unwillingly

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Theweren’t part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it.

Clear away

Meaning: to take away sth to clear a place

Example Sentence: You should clear away all your toys before bedtime.

 

Clear out (of)

Meaning: to leave a place

Example Sentence: She’ll clear out of the house in two weeks.



 

Clear sb off

Meaning: to make sb go away from a place

Example Sentence: The police’ll use dogs to clear the protesters off the road.

 

Clear up

Meaning: to solve or explain

Example Sentence: I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days.

 

Check off

to mark with a tick

Let’s check off the names of the people to be invited.

 

Knock off

to stop working at the end of the day

What time will they knock off?

 

Knock back

to quickly drink sth

We have knocked back  two double rums.

 

Knock up

to build or assemble  sth quickly

He knocked up a bed out of  some old pieces of wood?
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Carry over

Continue past a certain point

The meeting carried over into lunch time.

 

Carry out

Perform a task

I would like to carry out the plan.

 

Carry on with

Continue

I want you to carry on with the work while I am out of country.

 

Get on

Enter a trainbusplane etc… to climb on board

I think they get on the wrong train.

 

Drop off

Take somebody to a place

Where do you want me to drop you off?



 

Check in

Confirm you are taking a flight

I usually check in online.

 

Touch down

Land (planes)

Our flight touched down before night.

 

Hold up

Delay when travelling

I’m sorry, I am late but I was help up at work.

 

Set off

Start a journey

They set off for London just after five.

 

Stop over

Stay at a place for a night on the way to somewhere else

They stopped over in Singapore on their way to Australia.

 

Get away

Take a vacationespecially because you need a rest

I would love to get away and go to the beach next month.

 

Hang around

to move or to do sth slowly

Don’t hang aroundyou have a train to catch!

 

Hang on

to wait for a short time

Hang on a minute; I’m just coming.

 

Hang out

to spend a lot of time in a place

We  will spend the whole day hanging out by the pool.

 

Hang over

to hover over

The clouds of war will hang over the east.

 

Keep from

refraincontrol yourself

I couldn’t keep from playing football.

 

Keep in

not allow someone out.

Children were kept in after school.

 

Keep off

to not touch something

He kept off the subject of his divorce.

 

Keep away

to avoid someone or something

You must keep away medicines from children.

 

Make after

to chase or follow

The policeman made after the thief.

 

Make up

to make peace

Please come back. I want to make up.

 

Make out

to succeed in business

How are you making out in your new job?

 

Make up for

to recovermake sth better

Nothing can make up for the loss of a child.

 

Make into

to change sth into sth else

We had made the living  room into an office.

 

Read back

to read something again

Please read back the text of the message.

 

Read up on sth

to read a lot about in order to learn about it

read up on the history of the World War II.

 

Read over

look for mistakes or check details

I asked her to read over my essay.

 

Read through

to read quickly beginning to the end

Always read through your work when you’ve finished.

 

Look ahead

to think about future

The past is past. Let us look ahead.



 

Look back

to think about past

When I look back I can see where we went wrong.

 

Look after

to take care of sb/sth

He’s not competent to look after young children.

 

Look round

to visit a place and look at the things in it

I will spend all day looking round the city.

 

Look on

to watch sth happen without taking part in it

Look on the bright side –no one was badly hurt.

 

Look forward to

something that is going to happen

He had worked hard and was looking forward to his retirement.

 

Look in

to pay a short visit

You’ll look in and say hello when you have time.

 

Take over

to get control of sth

He can take over the business when I’m away.

 

Take away

to remove sth/sb from

Take away the glasses and the tray.

 

Take in

to allow sb to stay in your home

My house is full; I can’t take in any more guests.

 

Take against

to start to dislike

Why have you suddenly taken against her?

 

Take down

to remove sth from a high position

Take down this book and read slowly.

 

Cut back

to reduce

The Government will cut  back on defence spending.

 

Cut in

to interrupt

When you cut in on our conversationwe were talking.

 

Cut into

to shortening into parts or to make sth smaller

Knives easily cut into the cake.

 

Cut across

to make a shorter route

If I cut across the field, it’ll save time.

 

Cut through

to go through by cutting

Wcut through the solid rock to build the tunnel .

 

Cut up

to cut into pieces

My mother cut up the onionand put them in the pot.

 

Cut out

to stop working

There are two enginesOne of them cut out yesterday.

 

Let in

Meaning; to allow sth/sb to enter

Example Sentence; She opened the window to let in some fresh air.

 

Let into

Meaning; to put into the surface of sth

Example Sentence; A skylight had been let into the roof.

 

 

Let in on

Meaning; to allow sb to know sth

Example Sentence; I‘m going to let him in on a little secret.

 

Let off

Meaning; to allow sb to leave

Example Sentence; They‘ll let you off if you apologize.

 

Let through

Meaning; to allow to pass

Example Sentence; He was let through to the front of the queue.

 

Let up

Meaning; to stop or to diminish

Example Sentence; When the rain lets upyou can go to  outside.

 

Run across

Meaning:

to meet or to find unexpectedly

Example Sentence:

ran across some old friends at the party.

 

Run away

Meaning:

to leave a place or sb

Example Sentence:

The prisoners ran away from the prison.

 

Put up with

Meaning:

to tolerate

Example Sentence:

 I can’t put up with it any longer.

 

Put away

Meaning:

to clean up, to tidy

Example Sentence:

Put away any valuable or breakable objects.

 

Put across

Meaning:

to explain sth clearly

Example Sentence:

He was trying to put across a serious point.

 

Put out

Meaning:

to stop burning

Example Sentence:

It took two hours to put out the fire

 

Put down

Meaning:

to write

Example Sentence:

Put down your name in capitals.

 

Put on

Meaning:

to wear

Example Sentence:

 She put on a new pair of nylon socks.

 

Run into

Meaning:

to experience sth unexpectedly

Example Sentence:

I’ve run into difficulty  with the project.

 

Run against

Meaning:

to oppose towards sb or sth

Example Sentence:

Luck was really running against you yesterday!

 

Run around

Meaning:

to be very busy doing lots of things

Example Sentence:

The child ran around all day in the garden

 

Run over

Meaning:

to look at quickly

Example Sentence:

We‘ll just run over the main points again.



 

Run on

Meaning:

to continue without interruption

Example Sentence:

The discussion ran on for hours.

 

Run down

Meaning:

to decline in number or size

Example Sentence:

The battery has run down it needs recharging.

 

Set about

Meaning:

to begin doing something

Example Sentence:

She set about studying.

 

 

Set forth

Meaning:

to start a journey

Example Sentence:

They set forth on their travels in early June.

 

Set off

Meaning:

to initiate sth working

Example Sentence:

Someone set off a fire extinguisher.

 

 

Set up

Meaning:

to place or to build sth

Example Sentence:

The travelers set up a camp on the river bank.

 

Set to

Meaning:

to make sb feel sad

Example Sentence:

When my work gets me down,  want to resign.

 

Set aside

Meaning:

to keep sth available for a purpose

Example Sentence:

We set aside some money for repairs.

 

Set in

Meaning:

to take root, start and continue

Example Sentence:

 The rainy season has set in.

 

 

Set on/upon sb

Meaning:

to attack sb

Example Sentence:

He was set on by a vicious dog.

 

 

Set down

Meaning:

to write

Example Sentence:

The rules for service have been set down.

 

Set back

Meaning:

to delay sth or sb

Example Sentence:

The government will set back the reforms.

 

Get along

to have a friendly relationship

It’s impossible to get along with her.

 

Get out

to become known

I don’t want it to get out that I’m leaving.

 

Get across

to make sb understand

Your meaning didn’t really  get across.

 

Get away

to escape from sb/sth

She‘ll get away from work as soon as she can.

 

Get (sbdown

to make sb feel sad

When my work gets me downwant to resign.

 

Get through

to be connected by phone

I tried to call her but couldn’t get through.

 

Get around

to visit lots of places

It’s quite easy to get around London.

 

Get over

to overcome

How would you get over that problem?

 

Get ahead

to be success

He wants to get ahead in his career.

 

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