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It's impossible to provide a complete list of phrasal verbs and their meanings because the English language is constantly evolving, and new phrasal verbs are created all the time. Additionally, the same phrasal verb can have multiple meanings depending on the context.
However, I can provide you with a comprehensive list of common phrasal verbs and their meanings to get you started.
Here's a breakdown by category:*1. Phrasal Verbs with Prepositions (e.g., "look up")
Break down: To stop working, to fail
Break in: To enter a place illegally, to interrupt
Break out: To escape, to start suddenly
Bring about: To cause
Bring up: To mention, to raise (a child)
Call off: To cancel
Carry on: To continue
Carry out: To complete, to perform
Catch up: To reach the same level as someone else
Check in: To register at a hotel or airport
Check out: To leave a hotel or airport
Come across: To find something by chance
Come around: To change your opinion, to regain consciousness
Come up with: To think of, to invent
Count on: To rely on
Cut down: To reduce
Deal with: To handle, to manage
Do away with: To get rid of
Drop by: To visit briefly
Fall behind: To be late or behind schedule
Find out: To discover
Get along: To have a good relationship
Get away with: To escape punishment
Get over: To recover from
Give up: To stop trying
Go through: To experience
Go over: To review
Hang out: To spend time with friends
Hold on: To wait, to stay on the phone
Keep up with: To stay at the same pace or level
Let down: To disappoint
Look after: To take care of
Look forward to: To anticipate with pleasure
Look into: To investigate
Look out: To be careful
Make up: To invent a story, to forgive someone
Move on: To go on to something else
Pick out: To choose
Pick up: To collect, to learn
Point out: To show or mention
Put off: To postpone
Put up with: To tolerate
Run into: To meet someone unexpectedly
Run out of: To have no more of something
See to: To take care of
Set up: To establish, to arrange
Show off: To boast, to try to impress
Stand up for: To defend
Take after: To resemble
Take off: To leave the ground (for airplanes), to become popular
Take out: To remove, to date
Take up: To start a hobby or activity
Think over: To consider
Try out: To test something
Turn down: To refuse
Turn up: To appear, to increase
Wait on: To serve (in a restaurant)
Work out: To exercise, to find a solution
2. Phrasal Verbs with Particles (e.g., "give in")
Back down: To give up
Break down: To cry, to lose control of your emotions
Break in: To interrupt, to train
Break up: To end a relationship
Bring in: To earn money
Call on: To visit
Come in: To enter
Drop out: To quit a school or activity
Fill out: To complete a form
Get in: To enter a car or building
Get off: To leave a bus or train
Get on: To board a bus or train
Go off: To explode, to sound an alarm
Hold up: To rob
Jump in: To interrupt
Let in: To allow someone to enter
Log in: To access a computer system
Log out: To exit a computer system
Move out: To leave a house or apartment
Pick up: To lift something from the ground
Put in: To invest time or effort
Put out: To extinguish a fire
Run away: To escape
Sign in: To register
Sign out: To leave a building or event
Sit down: To take a seat
Stand up: To get to your feet
Take off: To remove clothing
Turn off: To switch off a device
Turn on: To switch on a device
Wake up: To stop sleeping
Walk out: To leave a building or event
3. Phrasal Verbs with Prepositions and Particles (e.g., "look out for")
Catch up on: To get up to date on something
Get along with: To have a good relationship with someone
Get away with: To escape punishment for something
Get back at: To take revenge
Get out of: To avoid doing something
Go back on: To break a promise
Look out for: To be careful of
Put up with: To tolerate
Run away from: To escape from
Stand up to: To resist someone
Talk someone into: To persuade someone to do something
Talk someone out of: To dissuade someone from doing something
Important Notes:
Transitive and Intransitive: Phrasal verbs can be transitive (they take a direct object) or intransitive (they don't take a direct object).
Transitive Example: "I
put off my exam."
Intransitive Example: "The meeting broke up early."
Separable and Inseparable: Some phrasal verbs are separable (the object can come between the verb and preposition/particle), and some are inseparable (the object cannot come between the verb and preposition/particle).
Separable Example: "I turned on the lights." (or "I turned the lights on ")
Inseparable Example: "I look forward to** seeing you."
This list gives you a good starting point for understanding phrasal verbs. To truly master them, you need to read and listen to native English speakers and practice using them in your own writing and speaking.
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