Plomomedia; Phrasal Verbs

PLOMOMEDIA: phrasal verbs

come, do, make, take, feel, get, put, let, look, hold, bring, stand, run, cut, blow, show, kick, pick

phrasal verb	meaning	example

come out with	release commercially	Radiohead just came out with a new album
come out	exit; declare homosexuality	Will you come out tonight? / He came out in high school
come up	go north, ascend; surface, like an issue	Come up to see me some weekend. / When you arrive, come up the stairs. I can't make the party tonight, something came up.
come up with	invent	How did you come up with that answer?
come in	enter	Come in!
come on	Come on, let's go! I'm starving.	let's go!
come-on (n)	something said to court someone	Remarking positively on one's style of dress can be perceived as a come-on.
come down	descend from a high (drugs)	Coming down from extasy can be difficult for some people.
come down with	catch (sickness)	I came down with the flu.
come through	succeed

do over	retry
do up	embellish, elaborate; put make-up on
do without	abstain from
do in	ruin
done for	ruined
do away with	get ride of, eliminate

feel up to it	to feel ready and animated for something	I'm sure the show will be great, but I dont feel up to it today.
feel up	to grope	the TSA guard inappropriately felt up the female traveller.


get back at (for)	achieve revenge
get over	transcend, rise above	She still hasn't gotten over the break-up.
get with	agree; hook-up (sexually); hurry; smarten	That is a policy I cannot get with. / They got with each other. / Get with it! (2)
get on	coalesce[BRITAIN] , hurry	They never got on very well. Get on it!
get it over with	relieve oneself promptly	Why not wash the dishes now and get it over with?
get along	coalesce	We get along better when we dont have to see each other every day.
get on, get in	board	Get in the truck! Get on the train!
get ready	prepare	Get ready to go, the taxi will be here in 10 minutes.
get away with	to pass, manage something	He got away with lying to this girlfriend; she never found out.
get around to	to finally manage to	The dishes need to be washed; I'll get around to it sooner or later.

give up	quit, resign	Dont give up yet, there is still time to finish the project.
give in	fall victim	Dont give in to temptation!
give out	distribute; fail to support	At the movie theatre, they gave out 3d glasses. / My knees give out if I try to run more than 3 miles.

go in on	contribute money to	Do you want to go in on a pizza?


have at (it)	to engage fully in something (usually a command)	You want to play my Xbox? Have at it.

put up with	tolerate, stand	I can't put up with her anymore.
put through	to make endure	The soldiers were put through a rigorous test.
put down	cease to use	Put down your weapons.
put on	dress oneself	Put on a coat, it's cold outside.
put out	submit to; release	She wont put out on the first date / Pearl Jam put out a new album.
put away	restore to proper location	Put away the dishes after they dry.
put in (the time, hours)	dedicate time	To get good at the guitar, you have to put in the hours.
put up	restore to proper location (regional)	Put up the dishes after they dry.
put up	hospedar

take in	adopt (a stray animal, for ex)	I took in the stray cat and fed him until he regained his weight.
take out	kill; bring forth	The CIA took him out before he could get to the President. / Take out the trash, please.
take-out (n.)	food ordered to go (either delivered or picked up)	I dont want to cook tonight, let's get take-out!
take up	adopt an instrument	i took up the saxophone in sixth grade, and dropped it in 7th.
take over	assume by force	The Taliban took over Afghanistan in 197?
take [it] up with	confront a problem with someone	You have a problem with the service? Take it up with the manager.

let up	lessen	the rain won't let up.
let down	disappoint	I promise i wont let you down.
let in	allow to enter	it's cold out here, will you let me in?

look at	watch	Look at the clouds, aren't they beautiful?
look for	search	I'm looking for the right shoes.
looking up	getting better	Things are looking up.
look up	search the meaning of	"What does defer mean?" - "Look it up!"
look around	explore	The police looked around but found nothing.
look out!	watch out! careful!	Look out! There's a train coming.
look-out (n)	a space from which to conduct surveillance	There's a 'look-out' tower at the top of the treehouse.
look into	research	I'll look into why the concert was cancelled.
look to	aspire to	I'm looking to buy a new car.
look to	respect, defer	I look to him for guidance.
look forward to	anticipate	I'm looking forward to our meeting


hold down	to manage not to vomit, digest properly; fasten [something]	He was sick and unable to hold down his food. / He held her down and slapped her.
hold up	wait, support [physically]	Hold up! Can hold me up so I can reach the top shelf?
hold on	wait, fasten oneself	Hold on! He held on to the back of the bicycle while she pedaled
hold over	satisfy temporarily	the bagel was not a full meal but it held her me over
hold forth	speak lengthily (very proper)	He held forth on jobs and the economy, knowing it was a matter of much interest.

bring about	make happen	"It brought about a lot of confidence" - (rogaine commercial)
bring up	introduce a topic
break out	produce acne; escape
break up	separate [relationship]
break in	loosen; enter unlawfully	I bought a baseball glove, but I still need to break it in. / The thief broke in and took the jewelry.
break down	stop functioning [MACHINERY]; cry	The dryer broke down, so we'll have to hang our clothes to dry. / When I heard the news of her death, I broke down.

stand down
stand for (a belief, or meaning)
stand up for
stand up
stand in for
stand by (one word?)

run up (the bill)	raise, increase in price excessively	She ran up the bill on my credit card - bitch!
runner up (n.)	second place	The runner up will receive two tickets to the opera.
run after	chase	The police officer ran after the theif on foot.
run down	catch	The police officer ran down the theif on foot.
run through	stab [archaic]	in Shakespearian times, people got run through all the time
run [it] off (food)	increase metabolic speed via exercise	I ate a lot of tacos, I'll have to run it off.
run-in (n.)	argument; fight	He had a run-in with the cops.
run away	flee	Let's run away to Costa Rica!
run over	flatten with a car	I ran over your dog. Sorry.
run-around (n.)	elusion, trickery	I gave him the run-around.
the run-up to...	events previous to	In the run-up to the Iraq war, there were many protests all over the world.

kick it with	hang out with
kick in	begin to work
kick up	increase in activity, as a cowboy does to his horse; make dust rise

show [someone] up	prove wrong or make someone look bad	I'll show him up with my awesome dance moves.
show up	arrive, attend	I showed up at the meeting even though I was not required to.

blow up	explode
blow over	subside

cut [someone] off	pass in front of, while driving; interrupt in conversation	The car pulled ahead and cut me off. / Don't cut me off while I'm talking!
cut in	interrupt during a dance	I was dancing with a hot chick but then some asshole cut in.
cut up	a rug; anything else that can be cut into pieces	You can really cut it up! You can really cut up the rug! Please cut these pieces into smaller ones.
cut it out	stop doing whatever you're doing, because it's annoying	Cut it out!
cut down	edit, trim	I need to cut the video down from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.

pick up on	to finally understand	he picked up on the joke.
pick off	shoot one by one, as a sniper	I'll pick them off one by one!

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