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Alessia, Friday, 8 February: Phrasal Verbs - Set A-D

Terms in this set (80)

go on
Happen, take place, continue
pick up
collect (or go and get) someone or something
come back
to return to the place where you are right now
come up with
to think of; to produce.
an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.
go back
return to a place
find out
To get or discover information about something
come out
Be published
go out
to leave a place in order to go somewhere else
point out
to draw attention to something or someone.
grow up
to develop from a child into an adult.
set up
establish
turn out
Develop in a particular way or have a particular result
get out
to move out of something, especially a vehicle
come in
enter
take on
employ
give up
stop doing something
make up
invent
end up
finish
get back
return
look up
find information
figure out
understand, find the answer, similar to work out.
sit down
take a seat
get up
get out of bed
take out
to remove something from somewhere
come on
develop or make progress
go down
decrease
show up
appear unexpectedly
take off
to rise from the ground.(of an aeroplane)
work out
calculate
stand up
to rise to a vertical position on your feet from sitting or lying down
come down
to become lower / to change to a lower level (prices, temperatures...)
go ahead
to proceed,
Be allowed to happen
go up
increase, rise
look back
remember the past
wake up
stop sleeping
carry out
complete; accomplish (plans, research...)
take over
to get control of something (government, a company, the situation...)
hold up
to stop, delay (traffic, the flight)
pull out
stop being involved in an activity (organisation, initiative...)
turn around
change to the opposite direction
take up
Begin to do something, normally a hobby
look down on
think that you are better than
put up with
endure, tolerate, accept (you, the weather, the situation)
bring back
reintroduce (capital punishment, military service)
bring up
mention, make a comment on
look out
Watch out, be careful
bring in
introduce (change, new law, rules)
open up
become available (opportunities)
check out
Have a look at something to see if it is good
move on
keep going
put out
extinguish, turn off
look around
to visit and tour a place
catch up on
spend time doing an activity you have not had time to do recently
go in
enter
break down
stop working
get off
disembark from a bike, bus, train, plane, etc.
keep up
stay up to date with something that is changing
put down
criticise
reach out to
to contact somebody in order to get help
go off
explode, start to ring,
Cut off
to disconnect, interrupt or discontinue something or
someone. C
Turn back
to ​return in the ​direction you have come from. T
pull up
slow down and stop. P
set out
begin a journey. S
clean up
to make a person or place clean and tidy. C
shut down
v. to turn off; to cease operation. S
Wind up
To bring to an end. W
Turn up
Appear, arrive. T
slow down
the opposite of speed up. S
Line up
Get/put into lines. L
take back
v. to return something, to withdraw or retract. T
Lay out
arrange, order design, display. L
go over
examine, study, review, revise. G
hang up
What do you do when you finish a telephone call?
go through
suffer, experience, bear, endure an experience, a difficult time. G
hold on
to keep or retain. H
pay off
to pay the money you owe. P
Hold out
offer, give, present, extend. H
break up
to end a relationship. B
turn over
move something so that the top is facing up and the bottom is facing down. T
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