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| phrasal verb | example | meaning |
| look at look for looking up look up look around look out! look-out (n) look into look to look to look forward to |
Look at the clouds, aren't they beautiful? I'm looking for the right shoes. Things are looking up. "What does defer mean?" - "Look it up!" The police looked around but found nothing. Look out! There's a train coming. There's a 'look-out' tower at the top of the treehouse. I'll look into why the concert was cancelled. I'm looking to buy a new car. I look to him for guidance. I'm looking forward to our meeting |
watch search getting better search the meaning of explore watch out! careful! space from which to conduct surveillance research aspire respect, defer anticipate |
| put up with put through put down put on put out put away put up |
I can't put up with her anymore. The soldiers were put through a rigorous test. Put down your weapons. Put on a coat, it's cold outside. She wont put out on the first date / Pearl Jam put out a new album. Put away the dishes after they dry. Put up the dishes after they dry. |
tolerate, stand to make endure cease to use dress oneself submit to; release restore to proper location restore to proper location (regional) |
| get over get with get on get it over with get along get on, get in get ready |
She still hasn't gotten over the break-up. That is a policy I cannot get with. They got with each other. Get with it! They never got on very well. Get on it! Why not wash the dishes now and get it over with? We get along better when we dont have to see each other every day. Get in the truck! Get on the train! Get ready to go, the taxi will be here in 10 minutes. |
transcend |
| come out with come out come up come up with come in come on come-on (n) come down come down with |
Radiohead just came out with a new album Will you come out tonight? He came out in high school Come up to see me some weekend. When you arrive, come up the stairs. How did you come up with that answer? Come in! Come on, let's go! I'm starving. Remarking positively on one's style of dress can be perceived as a come-on. Coming down from extasy can be difficult for some people. I came down with the flu. |
release, commercially exit; declare homosexuality go north; ascend invent enter let's go! something said to attract someone sexually descend from a high (drugs) catch (sickness) |
She still hasn't gotten over the break-up. (superar)
That is a policy I cannot get with. They got with each other. Get with it! (agree; hook-up; hurry!)
They never got on very well. Get on it! (coalesce[BRITAIN] , hurry)
Why not wash the dishes now and get it over with? (relieve oneself promptly)
We get along better when we dont have to see each other every day. (coalesce)
Get in the truck! Get on the train! (board)
(prepare to)
do over (retry)
do up (embellish, elaborate)
do without (abstain from)
do in (ruin)
do away with The old-style videos they used to make have been done away with. (get rid of, eliminate)
take in (adopt a stray animal)
take out (kill; bring forth to exterior; order food for pick-up)
take up (adopt an instrument)
take over (assume by force)
take up with (confront a problem)
let up The rain won't let up. (lessen)
let down (disappoint)
let in (allow to enter)
hold down (stomach, fasten [something]
hold up (wait, support [physically])
hold on (wait, fasten onself)
hold [you] over (satisfy temporarily)
hold forth (speak lengthily)
give up Dont give up yet, there is still time to finish the project. (quit, resign)
give in Dont give in to temptation! (fall victim)
give out At the movie theatre, they gave out 3d glasses. My knees give out if I try to run more than 3 miles. (distribute; fail to support)
bring up (introduce a topic)
break out (produce acne; escape)
break up (separate [relationship])
break in I bought a baseball glove, but I still need to break it in. The thief broke in and took the jewelry. (enter unlawfully; loosen)
break down 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. (stop functioning [MACHINERY], become upset emotionally)
have at (it)
stand down
stand for (a belief, or meaning)
stand up for
stand up
stand in for
stand by (one word?)
run up (the bill)
run down (catch)
run through (archaic, stab)
run it off (food)
run-in (argument; fight)
run away (flee)
run over (flatten with your car)
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run-around (a elusion, trickery)
runner up (second place)
the run-up to.... (the events previous to...)