Phrasal verbs (0)

Act out – to copy actions in a theatrical manner
act up – to misbehave/not work
act upon – to affect
Break away – te detach from
break down – to stop/to malfunction
break in – to enter a building by force
break into – to suddenly start doing sth
break off – to terminate
break up – to erupt
Call for – to require , need
call off – to cancel
come about – to happen
come across – to find by chance
come forward – to present oneself
come in for – to be subject to
come into – to inherit
Do away with – to dispose with
do down – to critisise
do out – to decorate
do out of – to deprive of
do over – to ransack
do without – to manage despite not having
Done for – doomed
Drive at – to allude to
drive away – to discourage
drive off – to repel
Fall apart – to break into pieces
fall back on – to resort to
fall in with – to agree with
fall into – to engage (in conversation )
fall through – to fail (of agreement etc)
fall to – to become so’s duty
Get about/ around – to circulate
get along – to leave
get around to – to eventually do sth
get away – to take a holiday
Hold back – to detain, retard
hold down – to retain
hold out (for) – to insist on sth
hold up – to delay
hold with – to subscribe to
Keep down – to limit, control
keep on – to continue to employ
keep on at – to nag
keep to – to follow
keep up – sustain
Look back – to think about the past
look out for – to protect
look to – to expect from sb
look upon – to consider
Make for – to go in the direction of
make of – to have an opinion on
make out – to discern
make up – to apply cosmetics;
to compensate
make up (of) – to consist of
Put down to – to be explained by
put in – to expend time or effort
put up – to provide
Run away with – to win decisively
run into – to encounter; to reach ,
to amount to
run through – to explain
run up – to incur (expenses)
run up against – to encounter
See about – to arrange for sth to be done
see sb off – to say goodbye to sb
see through – to understand sth clearly
see to – to attend to
Settle down – to lead a stable life
settle down to – to begin (work) in earnest
settle for – to accept
settle in – to become established
settle up – to pay
Take in – to deceive
take on – to challenge
take out on – to behave badly towards
take over – to gain control
take up – to start doing
take sb up on sth – to question, challenge
Tell against – to spoil any chance of success
tell apart – to distinguish between
tell off – to rebuke
tell on – sth to have a bad effect on sb,
to inform on sb
Turn around – to change for the better
turn off – to switch off, stop working
turn out – to happen; to end up
turn over – to give sb responsibility for sth
turn to – to change to sth new
Wear away – to gradually disappear
wear down – to gradually become smaller
or thinner
wear off – to slowly disappear ( feeling , effect)
wear on – to go by slowly (time)
wear out – to use sth until it can’t be used