Meaning: Such words which are formed by the combination of adverbs or a preposition are known as Phrasal Verbs. (also called a two-word verb). A to z 100 most common phrasal verbs list with meanings and sentences.
For example – Keep on – continue to do something., Get Along – to leave a place., Give up – to accept that you cannot do something., Ask for – say that one wants to speak to someone.
List of 100 phrasal verbs and their meaning
Phrasal | Meanings |
Act for | represent someone on a contractual, legal, or paid basis. |
Act upon | take action according to or in the light of. |
Answer for | being responsible or to blame for something. |
Ask after | inquire about the health or well-being of someone. |
Ask for | say that one wants to speak to someone. |
Attend on | to go officially and usually regularly to a place |
Back out | withdraw from a commitment. |
Be off | go away; leave. |
Bear with | being patient or tolerant with someone. |
Beat off | succeed in resisting an attacker or attack. |
Bind over | (of a court of law) require someone to fulfill an obligation |
Blow over | to disappear without having a serious effect |
Break away | escape from someone’s hold. |
Break Down | (used about a vehicle or machine) to stop working |
Break in | to enter something without consent |
Break into | enter or open a place, vehicle, or container forcibly |
Break loose | to suddenly become loose |
Break off | to suddenly stop doing or saying something |
Break out | to start suddenly |
Break up | to end or finish |
Break off | to suddenly stop doing or saying something. |
Bring about | cause something to happen. |
Bring forward | propose a plan or idea for consideration. |
Bring in | introduce a new law or product. |
Bring on | cause something |
Bring out | make something more evident; emphasize something. |
Bring to | restore someone to consciousness. |
Bring up | look after a child until it is an adult. |
Build up | an increase of something over a period |
Burn down | to be completely destroyed by fire |
Call at | to stop at a place for a short time |
Care for | to be worried about or interested in somebody |
Catch on | understand what is meant or how to do something. |
Catch up | succeed in reaching a person who is ahead of one. |
Close down | cause a company or business to cease operation, especially permanently. |
Close up | shut down for a while. |
Come about | to happen |
Come along | to arrive or appear |
Come into | reach or be brought to a specified situation or result. |
Come to | to arrive somewhere. |
cry out | to shout or make a loud noise |
Cover for | to provide an excuse for someone |
Cut down | reduce the size, amount, or quantity of something. |
Cut in | interrupt someone while they are speaking. |
Deal in | to buy and sell (something) as a business |
Deliver from | to carry (goods, etc) to a destination |
Die away | to slowly become weaker before stopping or disappearing |
Die out | to stop happening or disappear |
Do for | defeat, ruin, or kill someone or something. |
Drive at | to try to explain or say something |
Drop in | an informal visit to a person or place. |
Drop out | a person who leaves school, university, etc. before finishing his/her studies. |
Explain away | at a particular distance from a place |
Fall back | move or turn back; retreat. |
fall in | take one’s place in a line or formation. |
fall on | take hold of someone suddenly |
Feel like | an inclination or desire for |
Figure on | expect something to happen or be the case. |
Figure out | solve a problem or discover the answer to a question. |
Fill in | put material into a hole, trench, or space so that it is completely full. |
Fix up | to arrange for something to happen. |
Fly at | attack someone verbally or physically. |
fly off | to go away quickly or suddenly |
Front for | to represent a person indirectly |
Fool away | to waste away |
get about | begin to walkable to get about again. |
Get across | (of an idea) be communicated clearly. |
Get ahead | to progress and be successful in something. |
Get Along | to leave a place |
Get around | deal successfully with a problem. |
Get down | got down on. |
Get over | recover from an ailment or an upsetting or startling experience. |
Get around | allow something that they initially do not want to. |
Get up | to stand up |
Give away | to tell information or facts that you should keep secret |
Give up | to accept that you cannot do something |
Go back | To go back on a promise. |
Go down | trust someone or to be. |
Go on | to start working (used about lights, heating, etc.) |
Go with | Give your assent to any person or proposal. |
Hand over | (person or thing) to entrust or to hand over to the authority |
Hang on | to hold something tightly |
Happen on | find or meet (someone or something) by chance |
Hit upon | discover or think of something, especially by chance. |
Hold on | Wait or stop for a moment. |
Hold off | cause something to remain united. |
Hold together | cause something to remain united. |
Join in | to become involved in an activity with other people |
Join with | say or do something with someone else. |
Jump to | to move quickly and suddenly |
Keep at | persist with something. |
Keep away | make someone stay away. |
Keep on | continue to do something. |
Keep up | continue a course of action. |
Knock down | to fall down. |
Lay out | to create someone. |
Look after | take care of someone or something. |
Look into | investigating something. |
Look up | to move your eyes upwards to look at somebody/something |
Make after | pursuing someone. |
Make for | to produce or create something. |
Occur to | to happen, especially in a way that has not been planned |
Pass away | used as a polite way of saying ‘die’ |
Pass out | to become unconscious |
Pay attention | take notice of someone or something. |
Pay off | To settle the account. |
Pick up | to become better; to improve |
Put on | cause a device to operate. |
Put up | display a notice, sign, or poster. |
Reason with | try to explain something. |
Relate to | to show or make a connection between two or more things |
search out | to find (something or someone) by carefully looking. |
See about | attend to or deal with something. |
Send away | to banish from a place |
Show up | to arrive, especially when somebody is expecting you |
Stand by | to be ready to act. |
Stand for | be on someone’s side |
Stay with | remain in the mind or memory of someone. |
Stick around | to stay somewhere, waiting for something to happen |
Succeed to | to manage to achieve what you want. |
Take off | to leave the ground and start flying. (used about an aircraft) |
Wait for | a period of time when you wait |
Wind up | to bring to a conclusion |
Work out | to develop or progress, especially in a good way |
Yield up | to stop refusing to do something or to obey somebody |
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