MindMap Gallery PHRASAL VERBS
English verbal perfrases listed by elements that accompanies
Edited at 2021-01-31 17:47:58PHRASAL VERBS
AGAINST
speak up against - speak publicly against the idea
ABOUT
bring about: make something happen; cause it
AWAY
go away: disappear, leave
moving away: using a different system
sneak away: leave secretly or quietly
throw away: put in the bin
AWAY WITH
got away with it: it's on the table again
ACROSS
come across: meet or find by chance
put across - communicate
AROWND
be around: have exist
hang around: spend time somewhere doing nothing
sneaking around, lurk around: moving quietly or secretly
BACK
coming back
hold back: not say what you think, stop it from having an effect (back means controlling)
looking back: remembering
BY
stand by: ignore one problem
DAWN TO
come down to: reduced to that
DOWN ON
cut down on: reduce the amount we use
DOWN
break down: stop working, fail
jot down: write
marking down: reducing the price
scale it down: reduce sth
settle down: remain stable
track down: search and find
turn down: reject or not accept sth
FOR
call for - demand sth, asking
fall for: believe what they do is true
IN
bring in: introduce
fit in: feel part of the group
is in: is the new way of doing things; is popular
sneak in: break into a space secretly
slip in: climb through windows (not negative as sneak in
INTO
burst into: suddenly start doing sth, changing very quickly from one state to the other
getting into: place sbdy in the situation
pop into: informal way to say go inside
step into: go inside
turn into - became, turning into: becoming
talking you into: convincing you
trick you into: make you believe sth using tricks
OFF
bunking off - not go to school
drop off: leave someone or something at a destination
fight off: stop the fire
put you off: discourage you
OVER
hand over: give or transfer money (over means changing from hand to hand)
taking over: it will soon be
ON
carrying on: continuing
catching on: becoming popular
going on: happening; taking place
settle on: decide
OUT
break out: leave a place illegally or using force
carry out: implement; put into practice, do
find out: discover
hang out: spend time with
is out: is not done any more
losing out: be the one to suffer the consequences
phased out: we should gradually stop using it
pointed out: what happens in the end
pay out: provide the money to someone
run out: be finished
root out: search or find the right companies, searching or finding
rolling out: making it available
spell out - explain in detail
stub out: extinguish
sneak out, slip out: leave secretly or quietly
stressed out: very stressed
seeking out: searching or finding.
set out: prepare and organize, establishing
turns out - in the end; after all, the result is, apparently, that's what happens
thought out: planned very carefully
walk out: leave the shop
walk out - go on strike (huelga)
working out: thinking of a way to trick you
work out: find a way to do sth
ONTO
hold onto: keep; remember it
hop onto: get on the bike (saltar sobre)
OFF
be off: leave a place.
call off: cancel or decide not to do sth
THROUGH
following through: someone is actually going ahead and doing sth, (hrough means completing)
go through: experience
sweep through: move quickly
think it through: consider it carefully
UP
beat yourself up: blame yourself
beat yourself up: blame yourself
backed up: supported with laws
builds up: increases
back up: make a copy of sth
coming up: becoming, happening soon
conjure up: make you think of something
come up with: create or appear with sth
drawn up: written and made
end up: finally do it
ends up: what happens in the end
flagged up: idea of improving or emphasizing sth
giving up: stopping
is up: up is used quite often with the idea of something improving or increasing.
live up to: do what they promised
light up: light a cigarette
look up: improve or get better
line up: make sure it's ready
make up: forme sth, make part of sth
pick up: buy, to get the mortgage (hipoteca)
picking them up: learning them
pump up: increase
sum up: summarize
set up: make the arrangenments
saving up
step up: take more responsibility and do something
taking up: starting
take up: accept and become involved, start doing sth
top up: refill or put more water in it
takes up: it has that place
washing up
weighing up: considering
WITH
stick with: continue doing it as planned
come up with: think of, invent, develop