Separable Phrasal Verbs
Summary:
Provides an overview and lists of phrasal/two part verbs.
Contributors: Allen Brizee
Last Edited: 2010-11-02 11:47:44
| add up add |
back up cause to move backwards; support |
blow up cause to explode; destroy by explosives |
break down analyze; list the parts of separately |
| bring about cause to happen |
bring off accomplish |
bring on cause |
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| bring out publish; emphasize |
bring over bring |
bring to revive |
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| bring up raise; care for from childhood |
brush out brush the inside of |
burn down destroy by burning |
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| burn up consume by fire |
buy out by the other person's share of a business |
buy up buy the whole supply of |
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| call off cancel; order away |
call up telephone; summon for military service |
calm down become calm |
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| carry on continue |
carry out fulfill; complete; accomplish; perform |
carry over carry; continue at another time or place |
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| cheer up cause to become cheerful |
chew up chew thoroughly |
chop up chop into small pieces |
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| clean off clear the surface of |
clean out clean the inside of |
clean up tidy |
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| clear out clear the inside of |
clear up clarify; clear the inside of |
close down close permanently |
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| close up close temporarily |
count in include |
count out exclude |
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| count up calculate; count; add to a total |
cross out eliminate |
cut off interrupt; sever; amputate |
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| cut out eliminate; delete |
cut down reduce in quantity |
draw up write; compose (a document) |
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| dress up put clothes on; adorn |
dust out dust the inside of |
eat up eat completely |
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| figure out interpret; understand |
figure up compute |
fill in complete (a printed form) |
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| fill out complete (a printed form) |
fill up fill completely (a container) |
find out discover |
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| fix up repair; arrange in a suitable manner |
get across cause to be understood |
give back return |
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| give out distribute; announce |
give up surrender something |
hand down deliver; pronounce formally; leave as an inheritance |
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| hand over yield control of |
hang up suspend |
have on be dressed in |
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| have over entertain someone informally at one's home |
hold off delay; restrain |
hold up delay; rob; threaten with a weapon |
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| keep up continue; keep the same pace |
leave out omit |
let down disappoint |
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| let out release from confinement; make larger (in sewing) |
light up light; illuminate thoroughly |
live down live in such a way as to cause something to be forgotten |
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| make over remake |
move over move to the side |
pass out distribute |
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| pass up not take advantage of (as an opportunity) |
pass on transmit |
pay back repay |
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| pay off discharge a debt completely; give someone his final pay |
pick up come to meet an escort; lift with hands or fingers; learn casually;initiate an association publicly |
play down minimize |
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| play up emphasize |
point out indicate |
pull down pull in a downward direction; raze |
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| push across cause to be understood or accepted |
put off postpone |
put on dress in; deceive or fool |
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| put up preserve (food); receive as an overnight guest |
quiet down be quiet |
ring up the telephone |
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| rinse off rinse the surface of |
rinse out rinse the inside of |
rule out eliminate |
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| run down trace; disparage; hit with a vehicle |
run off cause to depart; reproduce mechanically |
save up accumulate |
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| see through complete; in spite of difficulties |
see off accompany someone to the beginning of a trip |
send back send to a place where formerly located |
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| send over send to where someone is |
set up arrange |
show off exhibit ostentatiously |
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| shut off cause to cease functioning |
slow up cause to move more slowly |
spell out enumerate; state in detail |
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| stand up fail to keep an appointment with |
sweep out sweep the inside of |
take back return; retract a statement |
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| take down remove from a high position; write from dictation |
take in understood; fool; deceive; make smaller (in sewing) |
take over take; assume command of |
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| tear down destroy |
tear up tear into small pieces |
tell off scold; reprimand |
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| think over consider |
think through consider from beginning to end |
think up create; invent |
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| throw away discard |
throw over reject |
tie up tie securely or tight |
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| tire out cause to be exhausted |
touch up repair |
try on put on a garment to verify the fit |
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| try out test |
turn down refuse; lower the volume |
turn out produce; force into exile, extinguish (a light) |
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| wash off wash the surface of |
wash out wash the inside of |
wear out use until no longer usable; tire greatly |
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| wind up finish, tighten the spring of a watch or machine |
wipe off wipe the surface of |
wipe out wipe the inside of; decimate |
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| work out solve |
write down record |
write out write down every detail; spell out |
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| write up compose; prepare (a document) |
