English Grammar : Phrasal Verbs English Grammar : Phrasal Verbs


English Grammar : Phrasal VerbsEnglish Grammar : Phrasal Verbs



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  • Account for : Explain, Give a reason
  • Agree with : Have the same opinion as others
  • Blow up : To destroy by an explosion, Inflate with air or gas
  • Break down : Lose control
  • Break into\in : Enter by force
  • Break out : Start suddenly
  • Break up : Come to an end
  • Bring back : Return
  • Bring down : Reduce
  • Bring in : Introduce, yield\earn
  • Bring out : To appear, publish, produce
  • Call at : Visit a place
  • Call for : Demand (LDC Thrissur, Kasaracode, Kollam, 2017)
  • Call in : Send for
  • Call off : Cancel
  • Call on : Visit a person
  • Call upon : Appeal
  • Carry on : Continue
  • Carry out : Do and complete a task
  • Carry through : To help, complete, fulfill
  • Come across : Find by chance
  • Come down : Collapse, humiliation
  • Come out : Be published, become known, To appear
  • Cut in : To interrupt
  • Deal with : Handle, take care of
  • Do away with : Abolish
  • Fall in : Collapse
  • Get away : Escape
  • Get back : Return
  • Get down : Descend
  • Get in : Enter, To arrive
  • Get off : Leave, remove
  • Get rid of : Eliminate
  • Give in : Surrender
  • Give out : Distribute, become exhausted
  • Give up : Abandon
  • Go into : Examine
  • Go on : Continue
  • Go through : Examine carefully
  • Hang up : End a phone conversation
  • Hold on : Wait, grip tightly
  • Keep on : Continue
  • Keep up : Maintain
  • Knock out : Defeat, Destroy
  • Lay down : Sacrifice
  • Lay off : Dismiss from work
  • Lay on : To supply
  • Let down : Disappoint
  • Look after : Take care of
  • Look for : To seek, Search
  • Look into : Examine, Investigate
  • Look over : Examine
  • Look up : Search for
  • Make out : Understand
  • Make over : To change, transform, to convert
  • Pass away : Die
  • Pass by : Pay no attention to
  • Pass off : Take place
  • Pull back : Retreat
  • Pull down : Demolish
  • Pull out : Withdraw
  • Pull up : To bring up to a stop
  • Put across : Communicate
  • Put aside : Keep, suggest
  • Put back : Restore
  • Put by : Save
  • Put down : Suppress
  • Put forth : Produce, use
  • Put forward : Suggest, to propose
  • Put in : Do
  • Put off : Postpone
  • Put on : Switch on, wear
  • Put out : Extinguish, Annoyed
  • Put up : Raise\build\erect
  • Put up with : Tolerate (LDC 2017 Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram)
  • Relay on : Depend on\trust
  • Rule out : Eliminate
  • Run after : Chase
  • Run down : Criticize, weaken
  • Run out : Come to an end, exhausted
  • Run through : To use, examine
  • Set aside : Reserved
  • Set back : Delay or hinder
  • Set off : To start a journey, a race
  • Set up : To establish
  • Stand by : To side with one, to support
  • Stand for : Support
  • Stand up for : Maintained
  • Take after : Resemble
  • Take care of : Look after
  • Take in : To deceive
  • Take on : To employ, to undertake
  • Take over : Take charge, assume charge
  • Take up : Absorb, accept, occupied by
  • Turn against : Become unfriendly
  • Turn down : Refuse, Reject
  • Turn off : Stop functioning
  • Turn on : Start functioning
  • Turn out : Expelled from, assembled, manufactured, proved
  • Turn over : Hand over
  • Turn up : Appear
  • Wipe out : Destroy, remove
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