Phrasal verbs

PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition, a verb and an adverb, or a verb with both an adverb and a preposition, any of which are part of the syntax of the sentence, and so are a complete sementic unit

A verb followed by an adverb or a preposition becomes phrasal verbs. The particle and the verb together have a meaning this is different from the meaning of the verb when it stands alone.

Eg: "PUT" means to place. But when we add "OFF" to put and we will get a phrasal verb "PUT OFF".

It means to postpone

in our daily life we use normal verbs.. similarly we use phrasal verbs... there is no special occasion to use phrasal verbs

there r some verbs containing 2 words such as break up, look after, put on etc.....these are called phrasal verbs..

see the below examples.

I protect my mother when I get job. u can say the same thing like ...I "look after" my mother when I get job. protect is a normal verb, "look after" is a phrasal verb.

A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition, a verb and a adverb, a verb with both an adverb and a preposition.

Example:

Call on: the prime minister called on the president

Call Off: The workers Called off their strike

Call up on: (Invite) I called upon the principle to address the people

Phrasal verb is also a verb. normal verb consists of only 1 word. ex: eat, look, dance, throw, drink etc......but phrasal verbs consist of 2 words in it.

Eg: look in, put on, etc….

PHRASAL VERBS MEANINGS

account for: provide an explanation for something


agree with: suit somebodies help, character


amount to: may be interpreted as something, expecially after all details have been considered


ask for: invite or encourage something unpleasant to happpen to you by your behaviour


attened to: give somebody or something your time and attention


back out: with draw from a plan or an arrangement, often breaking a promise


bear with: be patient with or tolerate somebody or something


blow with: destroy something by the use of explosives


break away: leave or escape from subject


break down: suddenly develop a fault and stop working


break in/ into: force your way into a room or building, often with a criminal purpose


break off: unexpectedly end or discontinued relationship or association


break out: start or arise suddenly especially of fire, disease or war


break through: force a way through a wall


break up: dissolve or come to an end especialy of a marrage


bring about: cause something to happpen


bring along: come with


bring down: reduce the price


bring out: express or show something clearly


bring up: provide a home


build up: increasing size, strength or intensity


burn out: over exert yourself


burst into: do something suddenly, especially laugh, sing etc


burst out: suddenly sing, laugh or cry


call by: make a short visit


call for: collect or demand


call in: to stop somewhere on the way to somewhere else


call off: cancel


call on: visit


calls up: telephone somebody or recall


call upon: invite


carry on: continue


carry out: perform


catch on: understand


catch up: overtake


check in/ out: departure


check off: makrk as correct on a list


clear off: go away


come across: to meet or find by chance or understand clearly


come along: to come with someone else who takes the lead


come back to: to return to


come down with: talk contract illness


come down: to lead to the final result or punish somebody


come off: take place


come out: result


come to: regain consciousness


come up: to climb


cut in: interupt someone while speaking


cut off: separate or turn


cut out: cut to give a proper shape or stop functioning


cut short: reduce


cut up: cut into pieces or upset


dash off: produce hurriedly


dawn on: become clear after a certain length of time


draw in: get shorter


dream up: use once imagination to create a story


drop by/in/over: pay a casual visit


drop off: fall asleep


drop out: stop doing


dwell on: spend too much time or discussion on a topic


ease off: decrease tension


eat into: to take away a large part of one's savings, time etc


eat up: to worry


end up: to finally, especially without having planned


enquire after: to ask for information


face up: accept or confront problems or difficulties


fall apart: to break into pieces


fall back on: to go back for help when there are no other choices


fall for: to be attracted to somebody


fall on/ upon: a job or duty becoming one's responcibility


fall out: to argue with somebody


fall through: fall to happen


feel up: feel capable of physically or mentally


fight back: to try hard not to show one's emotion


fill in: complete with written information


find out: to get information about someothers because one wants to know more about it


finish off: to complete the last part of somebody that one is doing


fix up: to repair


forge ahead: to make a lot of progress


get across: communicate


get along: to make progress


get away with: to escape from punishment


get by: manage


get over: over come a crises


get on: have a friendly relationship


give away: distribute


give in: surrender


give up: to stop doing


go ahead: advance


go about: move one place to another


go against: go contrary


go back on: fail to keep a promise


go by: pass near


go down: to fall ill


go off: explode


go on: continue talking


go out: stop to burn


go through: examine thoroughly or carefully read something


grow up: became an adult


hand out: circulate


hang up: to end a telephone conversation


have on: to wear clothes


head off/ out: to start on a journey


hear from: to receive news or information from somebody


hear of: something as a result of having read


hold back: not to give information to somebody


hold off: to prevent somebody from attacking


hold on: to wait for a short time


hurry up: to do something very quickly


impact on: to have an effect on something or somebody


impose on/ upon: to punish


impress upon: to make one understand the importance of something


improve on/ upon: to do something in a better way


insist on/ upon: to demand something


iron out: to settle differences


join in: to become involved in an activity with other people


join with: to stay or do something with other people


jot down: to write something quickly on a piece of paper so that you remember it


jump at: to eagerly accept a chance to do or have something


jut out: stick out from a surface


keep at: persevere with something


keep away: not to go somewhere or avoid someone


keep back: not to tell someone everything you know about a situation


keep down: to stop the number, level of something from increasing


keep from: not to tell someone about something


keep off: remain at a distance


keep on: to continue to do something


keep out of: not to become involved in something


keep up: to go at the same speed as somebody or something that is moving forward, so that you stay level with them


knock about/ around: to spend time relaxing and doing very little


knock down: to keep someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them


lash out: to criticise angerly


lay by: keep for future use


lay down: to officially establish to rule


lead to: to cause something to happen or exist


leave out: not to include somebody or something


lead down: to disappoint somebody by falling short of one's expectations


let off: not to punish somebody


log in/ on/ onto: put one's name into a computer to start using it


log off/ out: to finish using a computer system


look after: to take care of somebody or something


look down on: to think somebody is less important then oneself


look for: try to find somebody or something


look forward to: to anticipate something with excitement


look into: examine thoroughly


look through to carefully examine the contents of


look out: be on the watch


look up: to find a piece of information in a book, etc


make away/ off/ with: to steal something


make for: to go in the direction of a place


make off: escape


make out: understand


make over: legally transfer to


make up: invent


mess about/ around: waste time


mess up: spoil


move in: settle in


move out: vacate


move down: to kill people


name after: to give somebody or something the same name as somebody or something


narrow down: to reduce a large number


nibble away at: to slowly reduce something


nod off: to fall asleep


notch up: to achieve something


object to: say that you oppose or dislike somebody or something


offer up: praying to god or sacrificing something


open up: lose one's reserve or shyness


order about/ around: to tell somebody what they should do all the time


part with: to give something away


pass around: to offer something to each person in a group


pass away: to die


pass by: to go pass a person or place without stopping


pass off: to happen


pass on: to tell somebody something that has been told to one by somebody else


pass out: to become unconcious


pay for: to suffer for a mistake made or be punished for doing something bad to somebody


pick on: keep treating someone badly


pick out: select or to choose something from among many


pick over: examine thoroughly


pick up: improvement or to collect


point out: to make one notice something


pull back: to decide not to do something that will probably have bad effects


pull down: to destroy a building or anyother structure


pull on: to put on clothes quickly


pull out: to leave


pull through: to manage to stay alive after you been very ill


pull up: to stop for a short time


put across: to express


put aside: to save money for a particular purpose




put down: to put something down on the floor or anyother surfac


put forward: to state an idea


put in: contribute


put off: to delay something


put on: to switch on a device


put out: to switch off a device


put through: to connect somebody on the telephone


put up: to stay for a short time


put up with: endure


quarrel with: to disagree with an idea




queue up: to stand a line in order to wait for something


rain down: to fall suddenly in large amounts


rally down: try to help somebody who has problems




reach out: to stretch one's arms in order to take something


read into: to interpret something wrongly


read out: to read something aloud for others to hear


read upon: to improve one's knowledge on a particular subject by reading


reason out: to thing carefully and try to understand something before deciding what to do


reduce to: to destroy something


refer to: to mention somebody or something


remind of: to cause somebody to think of something


rent out: to allow somebody to pay money and use something that you own


result in: to cause something to happen or exist


ring up: to telephone somebody


roll on: time or event that continues to happen


round off: to finish something in a satisfactory way


run after: to chase somebody




run down: to hit somebody with a vehicle and injure or kill them


run into: to meet somebody unexpectedly




run into: the amount or cost of something that reaches a level


run out: come to an end


run over: to practise


save on: to avoid using something


save up: to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future




seal off: to prevent people entering or leaving a place


see about: to deal with




see off: to accompany one to the place of departure


see over: to walk around a place or building and look at what is there




see through: to recognize the true nature of something deceptive


see to: atten to well


send back: to return something to the company one bought it from because it is unsuitable or damaged


send for: to call somebody in


set about: to start doing something, especially something that uses a lot of time




set against: to be opposed to doing or having something


set down: to make a record


set in: to begin to establish itself


set off: to start a journey


set on: to attack somebody


set out: to begin with the intention


set up: to establish oneself in a business or profession


settle for: to be prepared to accept something




settle down: to start to feel happy and confident with a new situatio


show up: appear


shut down: to close permenently


sink in: to be grasped


sit in: to substitute for somebody


sit on: to be an official member of a group of people thatt represents or controls an organisation


slow down: to become slower


speak up: to publicity or express one's opinions especially in support of somebody


spead up: to happen or move more quickly


spring up: to suddenly appear




stand by: be near/ or to be present and look on but remain inactive


stand in for: to do someone else job temporarily while they are not available to do




stand out: to be much better than other similar things or people




stand up: to give moral support to somebody or to raise on their fee


stay away: not to get to a place


stay behind: not to leave a place when others do so




stay over: to sped the night somewhere instead of returning home


stay up: to go to bed later then usual




step in: to intervene to help or to prevent something happening


stop by: to visit a person or place for a shor time




subject to: to make somebody experience something unpleasant


subscribe to: to have a particular belief




succeed in: to achieve something that one has been trying to get or d




switch off: to trurn of an electrical device by using a switch


switch on: to turn on a electrical device using a switch




switch over: to change from one method or situation to others


take a back: to shock


take after: to resemble


take along: to take somebody or something with you when you go somewhere




take apart: to separate something into its different parts


take around: to show somebody around a building




take away: to remove something from one place and put it elsewhere


take down: to write something that one says


take in: to be admitted in a school




take off: to remove something that which one wears or left


take on: to accept something




take out: to make somebody suffer unfairly because one is angry


take over: to take control


to form a liking for something


take up: to begin or to pursue a job


talk back: to reply rudely to somebody


talk into: to persuade somebody to do something




talk out: to discus something and come to an agreement


team up: to form a group to do something together


tell on: to have a bad effect on somebody


think about: to consider something


think out: to think carefully about something


think over: to consider something carefully


throw away: to get rid of something unwanted


throuw up: to abandon something


throw in: to force somebody to go prison


throw out: reject something


thrust on: to force somebody to accept something




urge on: to encourage someone to achieve something


use up: to finish a supply of something




usher in: an event which causes something to happen


venture forth: to leave one's house or a safe place and go somewhere else


vest in: to give power officially to a person or organisation


vie for: to compete for someone


vie with: to compete with someone


visit on: to cause damage to a person or place


vote out: to remove someone from power


wait around: expecting something to happen




wait behind: to stay somewhere after everyone else has left


wait for: waiting for someone or something


wait on: accompany




wait up: stay out of bed untill someone comes home


wake up: realize the truth of something


warm up: become lively


wash out: spoil


wear off: lose interest


wear on: pass


wind down: relax


wind up: to end something


work on: try to influence by persuasion


work out: succeed


work up: stimulate




wrestle with: to try very hard to deal with a difficult problem or decision


write off: regard someone as no good




x out: to cover a word with x in order to show that it is a mistake




yank off: to quickly pull of a piece of clothing that you are wearin


yell out: to shout in a loud voice


yield up: to give something to someone else


zero in on: to direct all of your attention towards a particular thing or person


zoom off: to go somewhere quickly