Phrasal verb | Meaning | Example |
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Run over | Drive a vehicle over a person or thing | I accidentally ran over your bicycle in the driveway. |
Run through | Rehearse, review | Let's run through these lines one more time before the show. |
Run away | Leave unexpectedly, escape | The child ran away from home and has been missing for three days. |
Send back | Return (usually by mail) | My letter got sent back to me because I used the wrong stamp. |
Set up | Trick, trap | The police set up the car thief by using a hidden camera. |
Show off | Act extra special for people watching (usually boastfully) | He always shows off on his skateboard |
Sort out | Organize, resolve a problem | We need to sort the bills out before the first of the month. |
Switch off | Stop the energy flow, turn off | The light's too bright. Could you switch it off. |
Switch on | Start the energy flow, turn on | We heard the news as soon as we switched on the car radio. |
Take after | Resemble a family member | I take after my mother. We are both impatient. |
Take apart | Purposely break into pieces | He took the car brakes apart and found the problem. |
Take back | Return an item | I have to take our new TV back because it doesn't work. |
Take off | Start to fly | My plane takes off in five minutes. |
Take off | Remove something (usually clothing) | Take off your socks and shoes and come in the lake! |
Take out | Remove from a place or thing | Can you take the garbage out to the street for me? |
Take out | Pay for someone to go somewhere with you | My grandparents took us out for dinner and a movie. |
Tear up | Rip into pieces | I tore up my ex-boyfriend's letters and gave them back to him. |
Throw away | Dispose of | We threw our old furniture away when we won the lottery. |
Turn down | Decrease the volume or strength (heat, light etc) | Please turn the TV down while the guests are here. |
Turn down | Refuse | I turned the job down because I don't want to move. |
Turn off | Stop the energy flow, switch off | Your mother wants you to turn the TV off and come for dinner. |
Turn on | Start the energy, switch on | It's too dark in here. Let's turn some lights on. |
Turn up | Increase the volume or strength (heat, light etc) | Can you turn the music up? This is my favourite song. |
Turn up | Appear suddenly | Our cat turned up after we put posters up all over the neighbourhood. |
Try on | Sample clothing | I'm going to try these jeans on, but I don't think they will fit. |
Try out | Test | I am going to try this new brand of detergent out. |
Use up | Finish the supply | The kids used all of the toothpaste up so we need to buy some more |
Wake up | Stop sleeping | We have to wake up early for work on Monday. |
Warm up | Increase the temperature | You can warm your feet up in front of the fireplace. |
Wear off | Fade away | Most of my make-up wore off before I got to the party. |
Work out | Exercise | I work out at the gym three times a week. |
Work out | Make a calculation | We have to work out the total cost before we buy the house. |
Phrasal verbs list with examples and pronunciation
Phrasal verb list with interactive pronunciation and examples of use.
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