Complete Phrasal Verbs List Phrasal Meaning …

1 Complete Phrasal Verbs ListPhrasal VerbMeaningExampleAbide byAccept or follow a decision or have to ABIDE BY what the court forTo had to ACCOUNT FOR all the money that had gone forWant something or someone a partner's been away for a fortnight- I am ACHING FOR onTo take action because of something like information police were ACTING ON a tip from an informer and caught the gang medicine only ACTS ON infected outPerform something with actions and ACTED OUT the story on outExpress an emotion in your anger is ACTED OUT in their antisocial upBehave badly or computer's ACTING UP; I think I might have a uponTo take action because of something like information police were ACTING UPON a enzyme ACTS UPON certain onInclude in a have to ADD the VAT ON to the price they upTo make a mathematical ADDED UP the bill to check it was upBe a satisfactory explanantion for explained why the work wasn't ready, but her story doesn't ADD up toHave a certain delays are getting worse and with the high fares, it all ADDS UP TO misery for the up toCome to a certain amount or total costs ADD UP TO several million withAffect- usually used in the negative to show that something has had a negative effect.

2 Especially is it makes you feel feel terrible- that food didn't AGREE WITH my atTo magazine is AIMED AT atIntend to 're AIMING AT reducing costs by ten forInclude something in a plan or should ALLOW FOR delays when planning a ofMake possible, rules don't ALLOW OF any forTry to get something indirectly, by hinting or 's been ANGLING FOR an invitation, but I don't want him to To reply rudely to someone in mother was shocked when she started backANSWERING her BACK and refusing to forBe held responsible for a government should be made to ANSWER FOR their failure to sort out the forSpeak on behalf of someone or from knowing can ANSWER FOR my partner because I know her position on this downBeat someone in a debate, discussion or teacher tried to ARGUE the girl DOWN, but she couldn' downPersuade someone to drop the price of something they're ARGUED him DOWN ten downTry to persuade people not to accept a proposition, motion, tried to ARGUE DOWN the outArgue about a problem to find a we can't ARGUE our differences OUT, we'll have to take them to aboutAsk how someone is doing, especially professionally and in terms of ASKED ABOUT my afterEnquire about someone's health, how life is rang earlier and ASKED AFTER you, so I told her you were aroundAsk a number of people for information of have no idea.

3 But I'll ASK AROUND at work and see if anyone can aroundInvite ASKED them AROUND for forTo provoke a negative 're ASKING FOR forRequest to have or be ASKED FOR the inTo invite somebody into your house.'Jon's at the door.' 'ASK him IN.'Ask outTo invite someone for a wanted to ASK her OUT but was too have ASKED us OVER for drinks on roundInvite ASKED John ROUND for offSell something in an AUCTIONED OFF their property as they were heavily in awayRetreat or go crowd BACKED AWAY when the man pulled a downRetract or withdraw your position or proposal in an refused to BACK DOWN and was intoEnter a parking area in reverse prefers to BACK his car INTO the police told the protesters to BACK outFail to keep an arrangement or BACKED OUT two days before the holiday so we gave the ticket to his sisterBack out ofFail to keep an agreement.

4 BACKED OUT OF the agreement at the last out ofExit a parking area in reverse BACKED the Rolls OUT OF its parking upMake a copy of computer should always BACK UP important files and documents so that you won't lose all your work if something goes wrong with the rest of the staff BACKED her UP when she complained about working upDrive a vehicle BACKED UP without looking and ran over his 't bag out BAG OUT Australian outSave, government had to BAIL OUT the airline because it was losing so much outRemove water from something that is boat was leaking so they had to BAIL it outJump out of a plane because it is going to pilot BAILED OUT when he saw that the engines had out ofPay a bond to release someone from must BAIL my drunken brother OUT OF out onStop supporting someone when they are in BAILED OUT ON him when the scandal upTalk to someone and delay was late because he BAILED me UP on the phone and wouldn't shut upRob someone at was BAILED UP by a couple of muggers as he came out of the upConfuse or make things new project has BALLED me UP- I have no idea what to upRoll or form into a round BALLED UP his napkin when he had finished upSpoil.

5 BALLSED the presentation aboutMove in a place making a lot of 's BANGING ABOUT in the aroundMove in a place making a lot of can hear him BANGING ABOUT onTalk at great BANGED ON for half an hour but no one was on aboutKeep talking about 's always BANGING ON ABOUT outPlay a musical instrument BANGED the tune OUT on the upPut someone in judge BANGED him UP for eight upDamage BANGED his car UP last onCount or rely 'm BANKING ON your help; I can't do it downPersuade someone to drop the price of something they're BARGAINED her DOWN to half what she originally forExpect something to happen (usually I hadn't BARGAINED FOR so many negative).people onExpect something to happen (usually negative).I hadn't BARGAINED ON him inEnter a place and keeps BARGING IN and asking stupid questions when I'm trying to intoEnter a place and interrupt people BARGED INTO my office without knocking and started talking even though I was on the aboutMistreat you BASH your monitor ABOUT like that, it won't last inBreak, damage or injure by burglars BASHED the door IN to enter the outWrite something quickly without much BASHED the essay OUT the night before I had to hand it upBreak, damage or hurt by BASHED him UP in the fight in the pub last week and he had to go to outScold.

6 Shout at BAWLED me OUT for coming home BAWLED Raj OUT for getting there outSing or shout unpleasantly BAWLED OUT our names at the top of his afterTry to find or police ARE AFTER him because of the next bus should BE ALONG in the next quarter of an hour or awayBe elsewhere; on holiday, 's AWAY on business for three cut out forBe suitable, have the necessary 's not CUT OUT FOR this kind of cut upBe was very CUT UP about coming second as she thought she deserved to downBe 's BEEN DOWN since his partner left downBe reduced or firm's profits ARE DOWN by ten percent this down onHave negative feelings toward the argument, James is DOWN ON his down withBe is DOWN WITH some bug and is off work fed upBe bored, upset or sick of AM FED UP of his inBe at home or at ARE never IN; I always get their inBe submitted, application form must BE IN by 3pm on in onBe involved was the only one who WASN'T IN ON the not onBe way he's behaving IS just NOT offBe bad (of food).

7 This yoghurt must BE OFF; it smells offDepart, 'm OFF home; it's five o' onBe functioning (of machines).The computer IS onTake show IS ON for the next three onTake medication or drugs, especially when they affect the person IS ON anti-depressants and has become very difficult to onBe at the top of one s game, performing very IS really ON right now- three goals in five minutes!Be on aboutMean, try to couldn't understand what he WAS ON ABOUT- it made no ontoPursue, be aware of someone's true 's being very careful because he thinks the police ARE ONTO outBe absent from a IS OUT on a visit for the out ofHave no more 're OUT OF coffee so I'll have to go and get out IS OUT TO get him sacked because she hates snowed underHave too much 're completely SNOWED UNDER at work because it's the end of the tax taken abackBe shocked or WAS TAKEN ABACK when I saw him because he's lost all his taken withLike WAS very TAKEN WITH the performance- it was upBe out of 's not UP upHave increased or company's profits ARE UP by fifteen upWhen the time for something finishes or 's UP.

8 Please finish your drinks and up forBe enthusiastic about an upcoming you UP FOR the climb of Mt. Blanc?Be up toBe good 's not UP TO the job; get someone up toDoing something naughty or are those kids UP TO?Bear down onMove spotted him on the other side of the room and BORE DOWN ON onInfluence, judge's character may well BEAR ON the final outConfirm that something is BEAR OUT the government's positions on the upResist are you BEARING UP under the strain?Bear up underCope with something difficult or 's BEARING UP UNDER the withBe BEAR WITH me a moment while I finish this downStrong sun WAS really BEATING DOWN and we couldn't stay downGet someone to lower the price of managed to BEAT him DOWN to fifty outNarrowly win in marathon runner barely BEAT OUT his rival at the upAttack mugger BEAT him UP and stole his awayWork 's BEAVERING AWAY before her away atWork hard doing have to BEAVER AWAY AT it or else I will fail the downSleep somewhere less comfortable than had to BED DOWN on the floor for the downBecome established or successful over new government has found it hard to BED DOWN and become outMove a plant BEDDED the plants OUT when the weather warmed upMake

9 Something stronger or more company BEEFED UP their case when they saw that the public wouldn't accept their first explanation of the toBe a BELONGS TO a secret toBe connected to a time, place, belief, thing, ideas BELONG TO the nineteenth century and seem old-fashioned withBe in the correct or appropriate location with other this disc BELONG WITH those on the shelf?Belt outSing something BELTED OUT the national anthems before the upBe told the students to BELT UP because they were making so much upFasten your told the kids to BELT UP before I started the downLower the top half of your BENT DOWN to pick it up off the overLower the top part of your BENT OVER to do my shoes over backwardsDo a lot to try to help or please BENT OVER BACKWARDS for them and they didn't even thank upExaggerate the BIGS himself UP all the upIncrease the size of muscles by work out a lot to BIG themselves upSpoil or ruin BITCHED UP the outFall BLACKED OUT and collapsed on the outLose BLACKED OUT when the power supply outCensor text so that words cannot be email addresses were BLANKED OUT in the

10 Documents shown to the outHave a temporary memory was so nervous in the interview that I just BLANKED OUT and couldn't answer their questions outA loud sound or music was BLARING OUT and I couldn't get to offLeave the ground- spaceship or space shuttle BLASTED OFF on schedule awayFire a gun shooters BLAZED AWAY at the outCause sufficient blood loss to result in BLED OUT their outBe extremely relaxed and BLISSED OUT on the beach all inPark a car and obstruct another couldn't drive here this morning because someone had BLOCKED me inShade or fill BLOCKED IN the events in his offObstruct an exit to prevent people from police BLOCKED OFF the road after the outStop light from entering or trees BLOCK the sun OUT most of the outTry not think about or feel something because it is upsetting or was so unpleasant that I try to