English Most Important Phrasal Verbs, Meaning & Example Sentences
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| Take up | To begin a new hobby | I’m not very good at basketball. I only took it up recently. |
| Get around | To travel to different places | I will get around from town to town. |
| Go along | To continue to happen or to develop | He is under the radar but he is going along well. |
| Back out | Withdraw from something one has agreed to do | He backed out of the agreement. |
| Wipe out | To destroy
something completely |
People worry that climate change will wipe out coffee crops in certain countries. |
| Use up | Finish a supply of something | I’ve used up all my holiday entitlement. |
| Set aside | To reserve
something for a particular aim |
John set aside some money fo his kid’s future. |
| Get up | Stop sleeping and leave bed | I first thing I do when I get up is go to the toilet. |
| Wake up | Stop sleeping, or make someone stop sleeping | They often wake up at 7. am. |
| Ask after | To ask for information about someone | Tell your mother I was asking after her. |
| Come across | Discover by
Accident |
I came across a car I’d never seen before. |
| Let on | Make clear, evince | You don’t want to let on how rich you really are. |
| Keep in | Not allow
Someone out. |
Children were kept in after school. |
| Hold on | To wait particularly on the phone | They’ll hold on another minute, then They’ll have to go. |
| Break into |
Interrupt | Samuel break into the conversation and told us. |
| Check off | Make a mark next to | Check each name off the list. |
| Read off | Read aloud
from a list |
I read the number off the cargo. |
| Pass out | Become unconscious |
He passed out because the room was too hot. |
| Carry on | Continue | Carry on. I didn’t mean to interrupt you. |
| Make for | Move
towards |
He already made for home when I arrived. |
| Run over | Read through or practise something quickly | He ran over his notes before going the home. |
| Keep to | Persist in,
Continue |
He kept to puzzle until it was done. |
| Check back | Return to seeif everything is Ok | They will check back next week to make sure the report. |
| Come back | Return | What time are you coming back? |
| Do down |
Criticize
someone or Something |
My son, stop doing yourself down. |
| Give forth | Emit or release
something |
The roses give forth a very heady scent at this time of the year. |
| Bring back | Fetch something | Should I bring the car back with a empty tank? |
| Look back | To think about something that happened in the past | When I look back, I’m filled with happiness. |
| Let down | Lengthen | My father is a tailor, so he can let my pants down. |
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