Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
Summary:
Provides an overview and lists of phrasal/two part verbs.
Contributors:Allen Brizee
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 05:51:40
| back out of desert; fail to keep a promise |
bear down on lean on; browbeat |
bear on have to do with |
| bear up under endure |
break in on interrupt |
break into interrupt |
| call for come to get; require |
care for like; guard; supervise; maintain |
carry on with continue |
| catch up with cover the distance between oneself and |
check up on examine; verify |
come across find accidentally |
| come along with accompany; make progress |
come by find accidentally |
come down with become ill with |
| come out with utter; produce |
come up with utter; produce |
count on rely on |
| cut in on interrupt |
disagree with cause illness or discomfort to |
do away with abolish |
| do without deprive oneself of |
drop in at/on visit casually without planning |
drop out of leave; quit |
| face up to acknowledge |
fall behind in lag; not progress at required pace |
fall back on use for emergency purpose |
| fall out with quarrel with |
fill in for substitute for |
get ahead of surpass; beat |
| get around evade; avoid |
get away with do without being caught or punished |
get by with manage with a minimum of effort |
| get down to become serious about; consider |
get in enter (a vehicle) |
get off descend from; leave |
| get on enter (a vehicle); mount |
get on with proceed with |
get through with terminate, finish |
| go back on desert; fail to keep (a promise) |
go for like a great deal |
go in for be interested in; participate in |
| go on with continue |
go over review |
go with harmonize with; look pleasing together |
| go without abstain from |
hang around remain idly in the vicinity of |
hear from receive a communication from |
| hear of learn about (sometimes accidentally) |
hit on discover accidentally |
hold on to grasp tightly |
| hold out against resist |
keep at persevere at |
keep to persist in; continue |
| keep up with maintain the pace of |
lie down on evade; fail to do |
live on support or sustain oneself by means of |
| live up to maintain the standard demanded of |
look after take care of |
look back on remember nostalgically |
| look down on feel superior to |
look forward to anticipate |
look up to respect; admire |
| make up for compensate for |
pass on transmit |
pick on tease; bully |
| play up to flatter for personal advantage |
put up with tolerate |
read up on search out information on |
| run against compete against in an election |
run away with leave; escape from |
run for campaign for |
| see about consider; arrange |
see to arrange; supervise |
settle on decide on; choose |
| stand for represent; permit |
stand up for support; demand |
stand up to resist |
| stick to persist |
stick up for support; defend |
take after resemble |
| talk back to answer impolitely |
talk over discuss |
tell on report misbehavior to authority |
| touch on mention briefly |
turn into become |
wait on serve |
| wait up for not go to bed while waiting for |
watch out for be careful for |
