Phrasal Verbs, Meaning & Example Sentences

English Most Important Phrasal Verbs, Meaning & Example Sentences

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.