Phrasal Verbs in English Grammar

Phrases are the group of  verbs and prepositions that change the meaning of the combined group of words.

Examples -

Look after - Meaning take care.
In above phrase, we have used 2 words look and after. The meaning of each word is different but if we combine these 2 words, the meaning changes drastically. That's called as a phrase.

Put someone down - Meaning insult someone
In above phrase, we have used 2 words Put and down. The meaning of each word is different but if we combine these 2 words, the meaning changes drastically. That's called as a phrase.

1. get to - to reach a place
2. get up - to wake up and rise
3. to put up with - bear/tolerate
4. get on - to board the bus/train/plane
5. get off - to alight from the bus/train/plane
6. to pass away - die
7. get in - to board the car
8. get out - to alight from the car
9. get along - to enjoy the companionship of someone.
10. give up - abandon
11. give in - surrender
12. turn down - refuse, to decrease the volume
13. work out - exercise
14. take off - remove something.
15. put on - wear something
16. sort out - solve the problem
17. run out - left with a few quantity of something
18. to run over - meet with auto accident
19. to look up to someone - to revere someone

Let us now see some of the sentences using above phrasal verbs.
I got up early in the morning. My wife poured the coffee in the cup. The cup ran over when I alerted her to stop pouring.  I got on the bus bound to Station and got off near post office and got to Gym for the work out. After  reaching gym I took off my clothes and put on outfit suitable for gym. Then I got a call from my relative saying that common friend has passed away. I called up my wife requesting her to come and pick me up. Wife drove to the Gym to take me home. I got into the car and headed home. I got out of the car and rushed to attend the funeral function.
The friend who expired was a very close friend of mine and we used to get along very well. He was very hard working and never gave up his efforts to excel in his work. He never gave in to the challenges he faced during his struggle. He attended many interviews but was turned down by each company. He was married and had a tiff with his wife. He was unable to put up with her misbehavior. But he had sorted out all the differences in recent times. He was facing financial crisis as well and ran out of money in last month. He looked up to his mother to draw an inspiration to do well in life. Unfortunately, he was ran over by a truck during morning walk.

More Phrasal verbs are given below ordered alphabetically.

1.To back away or back out or back off – to move back or retreat

2.To back up – support someone

3.To bail out – to save person or organisation from financial crisis

4.To bear with – to endure with someone

5.To beef up – to enhance  or heighten something

6.To blow up – Burst out, explode

7.To bring up –raising someone

8.To bring up – to point out -  to raise the point to drag the attention

9.To burn out – to get fed up with heavy work.

10.To brush up on – to revise something.

11.To break down – malfunction, glitch

12.To break into – to get into by force.

13.To break up – to end the relations between lovers

14.To break out – to happen unexpectedly and surprisingly.

15.To call off – Cancel or annul or stop

16.To call upon – to invite or request

17.To calm down – to cool down 

18.To come up with – to introduce an idea

19.To chip in – to help someone to finish the work

20.To carry on – to go on – to continue

He carried on his studies despite the disturbance from loud sound of TV coming from adjacent room. His sister chipped in to help him with some complex mathematical problems. He was very irritated with the neighbor. His sister calmed him down and she came up with an idea to shift to different room to avoid loud noise. She also called upon neighbor to turn down the volume.
He was very tense due to exam pressure. He was not confident enough to appear for the exam. Fortunately surprising news broke out stating exam was called off due to paper leaks.

21.To count on – to Bank on - to hinge on – to rest on - to depend – to rely on

22.To deal with – to tackle the situation

23.To dress up – to put on clothes

24.To drag on – to prolong something say meeting or seminar or movie

25.To drop in – stopover 

26.To drop out – to cut short studies 

27.To end up – to get somewhere at the end.

28.To fall apart – to break into pieces– break up

29.To fall through – fail, miscarry

30.To figure out – to try to comprehend

31.To fix up – repair

32.To fizzle out – to wane – to end slowly

33.To freak out – to be in horror

34.To frown on – dislike or detest or hate or disapprove

35.To fuss over – to give more consideration or attention needlessly.

36.To dig into – to get to the root of the problem

37.To make out – understand, comprehend

38.To get along with someone – to have a friendly relations with someone 

39.To get away – to run away

40.To get in – To enter something, Board something, 

41.To get on – To get in to something, 

42.To get off  - Alight from something

43.To get after  someone– to get the work done by putting pressure on someone

44.To get back to something or someone – to return to something or someone

45.To get up – to wake up in the morning

46.To get over – to recover from

47.To get to – to reach somewhere

48.To get rid of – to free from something

49.To give in – To surrender

50.To give up – to abandon

51.To go on – Continue – to keep up – to keep on

52.To go under – suffer a loss

53.To go through – to experience

54.To hang on – to ask someone to wait

55.To hand in – to Hand over – to submit

56.To hang out – to stroll or roam with friends

57.To hang up – to end the conversation on phone

58.To hit back – to retaliate or to react

59.To hit upon – to strike an idea

60.To hold on – to wait

61.To hold on - to clamp something 

62.To indulge in something – to involve oneself in some activity

63.To jot down – to take down important points

64.To kick off – to start or begin something

65.To knock down – to hit someone down

66.To knock out – to get a defeat in the tournament

67.To laugh off – not to take the matter seriously

68.To lay off – giving employees pink slips, to cut the jobs

69.To leak out – to become known to public 

70.To let down - disappoint

71.To look after – To take care of something

72.To look ahead – to ponder about upcoming plan

73.To look up to – to hold someone with respect.

74.To look for – to search something

75.To look out – watch out – be careful

76.To lose out – to suffer from a loss

77.To make up – to excuse by pretending something

78.To make up with – to break the ice – to end the fight and come together 

79.To make up for – to pay off - reimburse 

80.To miss out – lose the chance

81.To move in – to shift to new place

82.To move out – to leave existing place

83.To narrow down – to come closer to the goal by removing unnecessary things

84.To note down – to take down

85.To opt out – not to participate

86.To pass away – to die

87.To pass on - transfer

88.To pick on – to tease

89.To pick up – lift something or someone

90.To pick up – to grasp or learn

91.To pick out – to select or choose something

92.To play down – to make something look minor or insignificant

93.To Put on – Wear something

94.To pop in – to visit for a short time

95.To pop up – arise

96.To pull through – to overcome difficult situation

97.To point out – to drag the attention to the issue

98.To Put out – to extinguish

99.To put someone down – To insult someone

100.To put down – write down

101.To put forward – to propose plan

102.To put off – to put over -  postpone

103.To put up with – to suffer without complaining

104.To rule out - eradicate

105.To see off – to take leave of 

106.To see about – to take care of

107.To see out – to escort someone

108.To set off – start a journey

109.To set up – to start a business

110.To show off – to boast of something 

111.To show up – to turn up -  attend

112.To shut up – to be silent

113.To single out – to pick up specific things or people

114.To sort out – resolve the problem

115.To stick to – to continue to follow same opinion or plan

116.To stand up – to rise

117.To sit down – to sit on something

118.To take off X to touch the ground

119.To take out – To remove something

120.To take on someone – to confront someone

121.To take back – to retract

122.Take over – to take the responsibility of someone

123.Take up – Raise

124.Take down – to write down something

125.To turn down – to decrease the volume of something

126.To turn down – to reject someone something  say job, not to offer

127.To turn on – To switch off 

128.To turn off – to switch off 

129.To run into someone – to bump into - to come across - to meet unexpectedly

130.To wash up – to clean the utensils

131.To watch out – be cautious

132.To work out  - to do exercise

133.To work out – sort out

134.To wrap up – to wind up – to end some task

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