English Grammar

List of phrasal verbs: SEND =========================== 🪡Send away Meaning: Dismiss from one’s presence Example: The salesman was taking up too much time with his nonsense, so I sent him away. 🪡Send away Meaning: Send to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc. Example: We are going to send our son away to live with his uncle in America for a year. 🪡Send away for Meaning: Write to a business or other organisation, requesting a thing Example: You can send away for a brochure about this hotel, if you like. 🪡Send back Meaning: Return (something) to its origin Example: I sent the video back to the store, as it was damaged. 🪡Send back Meaning: Remind (someone) of a previous time in the past Example: That song sends me back to the 1970s. 🪡Send down Meaning: Suspend or expel (an undergraduate) from university Example: He was sent down from Oxford for theft. 🪡Send down Meaning: Commit (someone) to a prison term Example: Eventually she was caught, and sent down for twelve years. 🪡Send down Meaning: Demote a player within the levels of professional baseball Example: After performing poorly for the first month of the season, he was sent down to the minor leagues. 🪡Send off Meaning: Send; to dispatch Example: Have you sent off your application yet? 🪡Send out for Meaning: Make an order for something to be delivered, especially takeaway food Example: There’s nothing in the fridge. Let’s send out for pizza. 🪡Send up Meaning: Imitate someone or something for the purpose of satirical humour Example: The programme accurately sends up the British Civil Service system at Whitehall. 🪡Send up Meaning: Put in prison Example: The judge sent him up for three years. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of phrasal verbs: SET =========================== 🌂Set about Meaning: Initiate or begin some action Example: He set about designing his homepage. 🌂Set about Meaning: Attack Example: Two youths set about him. 🌂Set aside Meaning: Separate and reserve something for a specific purpose Example: Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum. 🌂Set back Meaning: Delay or obstruct Example: I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile. 🌂Set back Meaning: Remove from or allow distance Example: Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet. 🌂Set back Meaning: Cost money, as Example: How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back? 🌂Set down Meaning: Write Example: I set down this account so others may benefit from my experience. 🌂Set forth Meaning: Begin a journey or expedition Example: Columbus set forth with three small ships. 🌂Set in Meaning: Take root, become established Example: That was the point at which the rot set in. 🌂Set off Meaning: Leave; to begin a journey or trip Example: He set off in search of better opportunities. 🌂Set off Meaning: Begin; to cause; to initiate Example: I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument. 🌂Set off Meaning: Cause to explode, let off Example: What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place. 🌂Set off Meaning: Make angry Example: Don’t set him off or he won’t shut up all day. 🌂Set off Meaning: Offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect Example: My taxes did not increase because the amount of my raise was set off by my losses in the stock market. 🌂Set on Meaning: Encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone Example: I will set the dogs on you, if you don’t leave right now! 🌂Set out Meaning: Explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing Example: This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we discussed. 🌂Set out Meaning: Go out, leave Example: Tomorrow we set out for America. 🌂Set out Meaning: Start an activity with the intention of finishing it Example: Many young people set out to change the world. 🌂Set up Meaning: Ready something for use Example: We set up the sprinkler. 🌂Set up Meaning: Logically order Example: Set up my CD collection. 🌂Set up Meaning: Cause to happen Example: Even a minor change can set up new bugs. 🌂Set up Meaning: Trap or ensnare Example: I’ve got to set up that tasty rabbit. 🌂Set up Meaning: Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig Example: The election was set up! 🌂Set up Meaning: Gel or harden Example: Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it. 🌂Set up Meaning: Provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity Example: A good breakfast really sets you up for the day. 🌂Set up Meaning: Establish someone in a business or position Example: She set herself up as an interior designer. 🌂Set up Meaning: Trick someone in order to make them do something Example: They claimed that they weren’t selling drugs, but that they’d been set up by the police. 🌂Set upon Meaning: Attack someone Example: I was set upon by a couple of young thugs. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

🏃‍♂️Run past Meaning: Bring an idea or proposal to the attention of someone in order to obtain their opinion Example: Let me run that idea past the boss before we spend too much time on it. 🏃‍♂️Run to Meaning: Reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc. Example: The repairs ran to 1,200 Euros. 🏃‍♂️Run to Meaning: Reach the limit of one’s abilities or tastes Example: I don’t think my carpentry runs to making a window. 🏃‍♂️Run up Meaning: Hasten to a destination Example: The dog ran up under the table to get his doggie-bowl. 🏃‍♂️Run up Meaning: Make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly Example: I’ll run you up a skirt for tomorrow evening. 🏃‍♂️Run up Meaning: Bring a flag to the top of its flag pole Example: Stand quietly while the honor guard runs the flag up the pole. 🏃‍♂️Run up Meaning: Rise; to swell; grow; increase Example: Accounts of goods credited run up very fast. 🏃‍♂️Run up Meaning: Accumulate a debt Example: He ran up over $5,000 in unpaid bills. 🏃‍♂️Run up Meaning: Thrust up, as anything long and slender Example: The fence runs up along the edge of the pasture. 🏃‍♂️Run up against Meaning: Begin to encounter problems with someone or something Example: The latest model has run up against the limits of its technical capacity. 🏃‍♂️Run up on Meaning: To confront someone with hostility Example: He gonna run up on me talking about I owe him some money. 🏃‍♂️Run with Meaning: Proceed with; accept Example: We do lots of tests before we run with a product. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of phrasal verbs: MESS =========================== 💍Mess about Meaning: Misbehave Example: Kids! Stop messing about and do your work! 💍Mess about Meaning: Be in a casual non-committal relationship Example: Anna and I are just messing about; this isn’t going to last. 💍Mess about Meaning: Play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person) Example: Stop messing me about and give me a straight answer! 💍Mess around Meaning: Fiddle idly Example: These guys don’t mess around! They finished the whole job in ten minutes. 💍Mess around Meaning: Joke, kid, or play Example: Don’t mess around with electricity if you don’t understand it. 💍Mess around Meaning: Have a sexual relationship, especially one which is non-committed Example: Rumor has it that he’s messing around with his secretary. 💍Mess up Meaning: Make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss Example: The afternoon breeze messed up my hair. 💍Mess up Meaning: Cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin Example: The change messed something up, and it’s not working anymore. 💍Mess up Meaning: Botch, bungle; to perform poorly on Example: Well, I messed up my solo, but otherwise it was a good concert. 💍Mess up Meaning: Make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly Example: She messed up on her final exam. 💍Mess up Meaning: Cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior Example: Stop bumping me! You keep messing me up! 💍Mess up Meaning: Damage; injure Example: He messed up his elbow at the track meet. 💍Mess up Meaning: Manhandle; beat up; rough up Example: Her brother’s friends messed him up a little after he cheated on her. 💍Mess up Meaning: Discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray Example: That girl totally messed me up, man. I’m not sure who I am anymore. 💍Mess with Meaning: Interfere with Example: Don’t mess with the controls. I just got everything adjusted correctly. 💍Mess with Meaning: to put down Example: Hey! Quit messing with my brother. 💍Mess with Meaning: Joke around with or dupe someone, in either a friendly or unfriendly manner Example: Don’t worry, I’m just messing with you. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

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Call on Meaning: Correct; to point out an error or untruth Example: The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it. Call out Meaning: Specify, especially in detail Example: They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum. Call out Meaning: Order into service; to summon into service Example: The Governor called out the National Guard. Call out Meaning: Challenge; denounce; point out; charge Example: She called them out on their lies. ==================

List of phrasal verbs: CARRY ================================= 🏵Carry off Meaning: Transport away Example: I need a truck to carry off all this furniture. 🏵Carry off Meaning: Act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity Example: The actress carried off a difficult performance. 🏵Carry off Meaning: Cause death Example: Malaria carried off many people. 🏵Carry on Meaning: Continue or proceed as before Example: I’ll be gone for a few days, but I hope you will carry on in my absence. 🏵Carry on Meaning: Take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it Example: You may only carry on items that are smaller than a certain size. 🏵Carry on Meaning: Have or maintain Example: It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions. 🏵Carry on Meaning: Act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention Example: I really wish you wouldn’t carry on like that in public! 🏵Carry on Meaning: Have an illicit sexual relationship Example: I thought he was my friend, but all the time he was carrying on with my wife! 🏵Carry out Meaning: Hold while moving it out Example: We’ll have to carry the piano out of the shop. 🏵Carry out Meaning: Fulfill Example: She finally carried out her lifelong ambition when she appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster. 🏵Carry over Meaning: Transfer (something) to a later point in time Example: The rent was carried over to December. 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of phrasal verbs: CALL =========================== 🏵Call away Meaning: Summon; to cause to depart Example: I was called away from the meeting to deal with a medical emergency. 🏵Call down Meaning: Pray for; to request from God Example: I shall call down God’s wrath upon you! 🏵Call for Meaning: Shout out in order to summon (a person) Example: I went out of the back door and called for Lucy. 🏵Call for Meaning: Ask for in a loud voice Example: We finished the main course in short order and called for more wine. 🏵Call for Meaning: Request, demand Example: The government has called for an end to hostilities in the region. 🏵Call for Meaning: Necessitate, demand Example: This situation calls for a high degree of courage. 🏵Call for Meaning: Stop at a place and ask for (someone) Example: I’ll call for you just after midday. 🏵Call in Meaning: Communicate with a base etc, by telephone Example: I was too unwell to work yesterday so I called in sick. 🏵Call in Meaning: Summon someone, especially for help or advice Example: The government called in the army to deal with the riots. 🏵Call off Meaning: Recall; to cancel or call a halt to Example: If you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land. 🏵Call on Meaning: Visit (a person); to pay a call to Example: I really should call on my aunt more often. 🏵Call on Meaning: Select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer Example: He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him. 🏵Call on Meaning: Request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task Example: The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom. 🏵Call on Meaning: Have recourse to; to summon up Example: Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength. 🏵Call on Meaning: Correct; to point out an error or untruth Example: The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it. 🏵Call out Meaning: Specify, especially in detail Example: They call out 304 stainless steel in the drawing, but the part was made from aluminum. 🏵Call out Meaning: Order into service; to summon into service Example: The Governor called out the National Guard. 🏵Call out Meaning: Challenge; denounce; point out; charge Example: She called them out on their lies. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ Example: He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him. Call on Meaning: Request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task Example: The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom. Call on Meaning: Have recourse to; to summon up Example: Exhausted, he called on his last ounce of strength.

List of phrasal verbs: BEAT ================================= 🌼Beat down Meaning: Strike with great force Example: It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets. 🌼Beat down Meaning: Haggle with someone to sell at a lower price Example: I managed to beat him down to half his original asking price. 🌼Beat off Meaning: Waste time Example: I beat off at work all day; I didn’t get anything done. 🌼Beat out Meaning: Sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum Example: The drummer beat out a steady slow march. 🌼Beat out Meaning: Extinguish Example: He managed to beat the flames out with a blanket. 🌼Beat out Meaning: Defeat by a narrow margin Example: She beat out three other contenders to claim the prize. 🌼Beat up Meaning: Give a severe beating to, to assault violently hitting the victim repeatedly Example: I got beaten up by thugs on my way home. 🌼Beat up Meaning: Feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something Example: Don’t beat yourself up over such a minor mistake. 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 List of phrasal verbs: BLOW ================================= ☘️Blow away Meaning: Cause to go away by blowing, or by wind Example: He blew away the dust which had collected on the book. ☘️Blow away Meaning: Disperse or to depart on currents of air Example: I didn’t have to rake. The leaves just blew away. ☘️Blow away Meaning: Kill (someone) by shooting them Example: The kid just blew the clerk away. ☘️Blow away Meaning: Flabbergast; to impress greatly Example: The critics were blown away by their latest album. ☘️Blow down Meaning: Knock over with an air current, most often wind Example: I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down. ☘️Blow off Meaning: Let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose Example: The engine or steamer is blowing off. ☘️Blow off Meaning: Shirk or disregard Example: I decided to blow off the meeting and leave early. ☘️Blow off Meaning: Forcibly disconnect something by use of a firearm or explosive device Example: Her leg was blown off by a landmine. ☘️Blow out Meaning: Extinguish something, especially a flame Example: He blew out the match. ☘️Blow out Meaning: Deflate quickly on being punctured Example: The tire blew out on a corner. ☘️Blow out Meaning: Be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour Example: A steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. ☘️Blow over Meaning: Blow on something causing it to topple Example: The wind blew over the pole. ☘️Blow over Meaning: Be knocked down by wind Example: The tree blew over in the storm. ☘️Blow over Meaning: Pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down Example: They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over. ☘️Blow past Meaning: Easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit Example: I’ve just blown past my calorie limit for the day. ☘️Blow up Meaning: Explode or be destroyed by explosion Example: Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff? ☘️Blow up Meaning: Cause (something or someone) to explode Example: We had to blow up the bridge before the enemy army arrived. ☘️Blow up Meaning: Inflate or fill with air Example: Let’s blow up the balloons for the party. ☘️Blow up Meaning: Enlarge or zoom in Example: Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces. ☘️Blow up Meaning: Suddenly get very angry Example: Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

Phrasal Verbs Used in Sentences: 3 ================================== 101. The bakery turns out (produce) three hundred pies each day. 102. The bomb went off (explode) right after the president left his office. 103. The books on finance take up (occupy) three shelves. 104.The company came down on (punish) him very hard after he was found skipping work. 105. The cup just came apart (break) in my hands. 106. The dam can’t hold back (stop) that much water. 107. The factory puts out (produce) 5000 units each day. 108. The government has called for (request) an end to hostilities in the region. 109. The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in (arrest). 110. The latest budget reforms are intended to bring down (reduce) the level of inflation. 111. The men made off (escape) as the police arrived. 112. The millennium passed off (happen) without any disasters. 113. The new computers make for (contribute) much greater productivity. 114. The new garden is coming on (develop) nicely. 115. The option will run out (expire) next week and I can’t get it extended. 116. The rain shows no sign of letting up (stop). 117. The rent has been kicked up (increase) again. 118. The storm put the game off (delay) by a week. 119. The team came through (succeed) in the end and won the pennant. 120. The team threw away (waste) its chance at the semi-finals. 121. The train got away (depart) exactly on time. 122. They knocked out (complete) the entire project in one night. 123. Thieves made away with (steal) £30,000 of jewellery in last night’s heist. 124. Two youths set about (attack) him. 125. We checked by (visit) the office to see if the stuff was ready. 126. We need to cut back heavily on (reduce) office supplies. 127. We put down (pay) a $1,000 deposit. 128. We will have to hold over (save) these files until tomorrow. 129. We won’t stand for (tolerate) that type of behaviour. 130. We’ll pass out (distribute) copies of the agenda. 131. We’re going out to lunch. Do you want to come with (join)? 132. What he did goes against (violate) the rules. 133. Your English is really coming along (make progress)! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

Phrasal Verbs Used in Sentences: 2 ================================== 51. I need a truck to carry off (transport away) all this furniture. 52. I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down (disappoint). 53. I put in (contribute) an extra hour at work today. 54. I think you are down with (be ill) the flu. 55. I want to pass over (ignore) this quite quickly. 56. I was very ill today; I kept bringing up (vomit) everything I ate. 57. I will answer for (guarantee) his debt, if he can’t pay on the day. 58. I‘m fed up (be bored) with my job. 59. I‘ve got some things to do for about an hour. After that, get at (contact) me. 60. I’d like you to come along (accompany) with me to the opera. 61. I’ll let you know if any vacancies come up (happen). 62. I’ll pass on (skip) dessert, thanks. 63. I’ll take off (quantify) the concrete and steel for this construction project. 64. I’m calling him, but he just isn’t picking up (answer)! 65. I’m going to stay at home on Saturday and just kick back (relax). 66. I’m going to take off (depart) now. 67. I’m sorry; I’m not with (agree with) you on this point. 68. I’m trying to get over (overcome) my fear of flying. 69. I’ve decided to break it off (end a relationship) with her. 70. I′m not going to come at (try) that again. Too risky. 71. If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off (fall asleep) again. 72. If we cut out (remove) the middle-man, we will both have better profits. 73. In case of fire, get out (escape) by the nearest exit. 74. It is difficult to carry on (maintain) a conversation with so many distractions. 75. It seemed like a good idea, so we fell in with (accept) it. 76. It’ll be warmer once the sun comes up (rise). 77. Jane’s always getting down on (criticise) the kids. 78. Kids! Stop messing about (misbehave) and do your work! 79. Let’s kick off (start) this project with a planning meeting. 80. Let’s take up (resume) where we left off. 81. Malaria carried off (cause death) many people. 82. Management won’t go for (accept) such a risky project now. 83. Nothing gets me down (discourage) so much as a rainy day. 84. Please come in (enter) and look around. 85. Please go out (leave) through the back door. 86. Please hold the line a moment while I put you through (connect) to the sales office. 87. Please take out (remove) the trash before the whole house starts to smell. 88. Put down (write) the first thing you think of on this piece of paper. 89. Real estate prices have come down (decrease) since the peak of the boom. 90. Sam was sure he could bring them around (convince) to the deal. 91. She claims the publishers never really got behind (support) her new book. 92. She did well enough bringing up (raise) two sons and a daughter on her own. 93. She finally carried out (fulfil) her lifelong ambition when she appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster. 94. She got through (finish) her book this morning! 95. She was brought up in a very religious household, but broke away (leave suddenly) from the church in her teens. 96. That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up (moving backwards). 97. That dog will get hurt if he continues to run after (chase) cars. 98. That flight just came in (arrive). 99. That is where your reasoning falls down (fail). 100. The baby threw up (vomit) all over my shirt. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

61. I’ll let you know if any vacancies come up (happen). 62. I’ll pass on (skip) dessert, thanks. 63. I’ll take off (quantify) the concrete and steel for this construction project. 64. I’m calling him, but he just isn’t picking up (answer)! 65. I’m going to stay at home on Saturday and just kick back (relax). 66. I’m going to take off (depart) now. 67. I’m sorry; I’m not with (agree with) you on this point. 68. I’m trying to get over (overcome) my fear of flying. 69. I’ve decided to break it off (end a relationship) with her. 70. I′m not going to come at (try) that again. Too risky. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

Phrasal Verbs Used in Sentences ================================== 1. After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away (die) yesterday. 2. After his father died, he came into (inherit) a large fortune. 3. As I backed away, he came at (attack) me with a knife. 4. Because of the big sale, the price of these shirts is now down to (be reduced) four dollars 5. Before we start the project, let’s just run over (describe briefly) who is doing what. 6. Can you tell me how the accident came about (happen)? 7. Careful, he’ll go for (attack) your throat! 8. Children may act up (cause trouble) in class in an effort to get attention. 9. Children who do not receive enough attention may begin to play up (misbehave). 10. Could you back off (lower the setting of) the volume a bit? It’s really loud. 11. Could you speak up (talk more loudly)? I can’t hear you. 12. Did the trip to Paris ever come off (take place)? 13. Did you pick up (notice) his nervousness? 14. Different drugs act on (affect) different parts of our body in many different ways. 15. Don’t bring up (mention) politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy. 16. Don’t mess around (play) with electricity if you don’t understand it. 17. Don’t try to come after (follow) me. 18. F comes before (precede) G in the alphabet. 19. Give me back (return) my book! 20. Hang on (wait a moment). Let me check 21. He accidentally let out (disclose) the location for the meeting. 22. He came up (appear) before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars. 23. He checked out (investigate) the rumour, and managed to verify that it was true. 24. He got up (criticise) me about the mess I made in the kitchen. 25. He has his work cut out (arrange) for him. 26. He has the ability to bring forth (create) new ideas when they are needed. 27. He passed up (refuse) my invitation for dinner. 28. He pulls in (earn) a lot of money. 29. He tried to keep away from (avoid) danger. 30. He turned down (refuse) all our offers of help. 31. He went off (leave) without a word. 32.He went on (proceed) to win a gold medal. 33. Hold up (wait) a minute. I want to check something. 34. How are you getting along with (handle) your schoolwork? 35. How long can they hold out (survive) without water? 36. How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back (cost money)? 37. Hundreds of people turned out (attend) to see the parade. 38. I apologise for my behaviour last night. I don’t know what came over (affect) me. 39. I beat off (waste time) at work all day; I didn’t get anything done. 40. I can’t find my keys, so I’ll look around (search). 41. I can’t simply stand by (do nothing) and watch you ruin your life. 42. I couldn’t see how to finish the project, so I backed up (undo) and tried it another way. 43. I don’t understand. What are you getting at (mean)? 44. I expect John will be along (arrive) soon. 45. I finally broke into (opened) the second package of cookies. 46. I got some bad news this morning, so I‘m a bit down (depressed) at the moment. 47. I held down (continue) that job for years. 48. I hope to bring about (achieve) a successful conclusion. 49. I left work and came back (return) home early. 50. I looked at (consider) the possibility of buying a new car. 51. I need a truck to carry off (transport away) all this furniture. 52. I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down (disappoint). 53. I put in (contribute) an extra hour at work today. 54. I think you are down with (be ill) the flu. 55. I want to pass over (ignore) this quite quickly. 56. I was very ill today; I kept bringing up (vomit) everything I ate. 57. I will answer for (guarantee) his debt, if he can’t pay on the day. 58. I‘m fed up (be bored) with my job. 59. I‘ve got some things to do for about an hour. After that, get at (contact) me. 60. I’d like you to come along (accompany) with me to the opera.

List of commonly used phrasal verbs: T ==================================== Talk down: Negotiate a lower price Talk into: Convince (someone) by talking and suggesting Talk out of: Talk to someone in order to dissuade them from doing something Talk over: Persuade someone; to talk around Talk over: Interrupt the speech of with one’s own speech Talk through: Tell someone step by step how to do something Talk through: Comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it Think back: Think about a time or experience; to recall Think over: Ponder or reflect on a subject Think up: Create in one’s mind; to invent Tip off: Alert or inform someone, especially confidentially Try out: Undergo a test before being selected; to audition 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 List of commonly used phrasal verbs: U, W & Y. ============================================ Used to: Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of Wait for: Wait until the specified event occurs Wait for: Await the arrival of Wait for: Wait for an event Wait for: Wait for a person to do something Wait for: Serve someone Wait up: Wait Wait upon: Wait on; to serve Wake up: Awaken somebody Wake up: Become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand Warm up: Make an audience enthusiastic or animated before a show Warm up: Become warmer Warm up: Prepare for executing an already-learned activity by a limited amount of additional practice Watch out: Be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution Watch over: Guard and protect Wipe away: Remove or erase with a wiping motion Wipe down: Clean the exterior surface of an object, typically by hand using a damp dishcloth or other cleaning cloth Wipe up: Dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed Wipe up: Completely remove spilled liquid or solids, typically by hand using a dishcloth Wipe up: Clean thoroughly, particularly with a dishcloth or rag Wipe up: Thoroughly defeat an opponent Write in: Write a letter to, e.g. a publication Write in: Fill in something required, by writing Write off: Assign a low value to something Write out: Write at full length or in expanded form Yield up: Give something against one’s will Yield up: Disclose something hidden 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

Sort out: Organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy Sort out: Separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from Sort out: Attack physically Sort out: Provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem Sound off: Hold forth about something in an opinionated manner Speed up: Accelerate; to increase speed Speed up: Increase the speed of something; to make something go faster Spell out: Form (a word) from its component letters Spell out: Explain in clear and simple terms Split up: Cease to be together, break apart from the group Split up: Separate, disassociate, cause to come apart Spread out: Become further apart Spread out: Place items further apart Sump up: Summarize Start afresh: Start or restart doing something from the beginning or with a clean sheet Start off: Begin Start off: Set out on a trip Start off: Begin one’s life, or occupation Start off: Begin again; to return to the beginning Start up: Rise suddenly Start up: Begin to operate Start up: Begin Stay in: Remain at home, to not leave one’s home Stay on: Continue in a place or situation, while others leave Stay up: Remain in a raised or upright position Stay up: Remain awake, to not go to bed Stay up: Maintain an erection Step back: Stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation Step back: Prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation Step on it: Drive fast; to step on the accelerator Step on it: Act quickly Step up: Increase speed or rate Stick around: Stay; to linger; to remain Stick at: Continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult Stick down: Cause to stick to a surface Stick down: Stick to a surface Stick down: Write something casually Stick it out: Persist or continue Stick out: Pprotrude; to extend beyond Stick out: Be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive Stick to: Persist; to continue (to use, do, etc. Stick up: Put up by sticking Stick up: Rob at gunpoint Stick up: Be prominent; to point upwards Stick up: Speak or act in defence Stick up for: Defend or protect Stick with: Follow or adhere to Stick with: Follow loyally Stick with: Persist in using or employing Stick with: Endure in the memory of’ ====================

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with S. Scale back: Make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something Scare off: Cause (something) to flee by frightening it Scare off: Deter Scarf down: Eat something quickly Sell down: Become less by being sold Sell out: Sell all of a product that is in stock Sell out: Abandon or betray one’s supporters or principles to seek profit Sell out: Betray a person, usually a close friend or family member, for personal gain Settle down: Become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness Settle down: Get comfortable with one’s new accommodation or circumstances Settle for: Accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable Settle in: Get comfortable or established, as in a new place Settle on: Make a decision or selection; to decide, arrange, or agree on Shake off: Remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking Shake off: Dissociate oneself from Shake off: Lose someone who is tracking you Shake off: Rid oneself of a malady or its symptoms Shake up: Agitate by shaking Shake up: Upset or distress Shake up: Reorganize, to make reforms in Shade up: Improve; to correct one’s bad habits or behavior Shade up: Take shape; to transform into or become Show in: Lead or direct someone to an enclosed space, usually a room Show off: Exhibit the best attributes of something Show off: Attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism Show off: Show someone the important parts of something (a building, town etc.) Show up: Appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically Show up: Make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by comparison Shower with: Give to someone an abundance of (something) Shut down: Close, terminate, or end Shut down: Turn off or stop Shut in: Lock in Shut out: Hide from sight Shut up: Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise Shut up: I don’t believe it!, no way! Sign off: Log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc., especially to stop talking Sign off: Cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day Sign off: Give one’s official approval to something for which it is needed Sign out: Sign one’s name as an indication that one is leaving some location Sign up: Add a name to the list of people who are participating in something Sign up: Add one’s own name to the list of people who are participating in something Sign up: Agree to purchase some good or service Sing along: Sing some music while someone else is singing Sink in: Become clear in one’s mind Sit back: Recline while still in a seated position, with one’s back on the frame of the seat Sit down: Assume a low or sunken position Sit on: Block, suppress, restrain Sit on: Restrain (a person) Sit on: Take no action on Sit on: Be a member of Sit out: Decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance Sit through: Unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event Sit up: Assume a sitting position from a position lying down Sit up: Sit erect Sit up: Show sudden interest or surprise Sit up: Not go to bed (notionally remaining in a sitting position) Skip out: Shirk; to avoid attending or to leave early, especially without permission Sleep in: Sleep late; to go on sleeping past one’s customary or planned hour Sleep on: Postpone (a decision) at least overnight Sleep with: Share a bed or bedroom with Slide off: Leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off Slow down: Decelerate Smoke out: Drive out (something or somebody) using smoke Smoke out: Expose (something or somebody) Smoke out: Offer to smoke cannabis with someone; to smoke cannabis with someone Smoke out: Smoke too much (usually cannabis); to become too stoned Smoke out: Run out of tobacco or cannabis; to be emptied of tobacco or cannabis Smooth down: Render smooth, to remove roughness from Sort out: Clarify by reviewing mentally Sort out: Arrange Sort out: Fix, as a problem

List of commonly used phrasal verbs: Q and R ============================================ Quiet down: Become quieter Quiet down: Make someone or something become quieter Quiet down: Diminish in intensity Read in: Accept as input Read off: Dictate from a list Read out: Read something and say the words to inform other people Read out: Read some data and inform the person using the device Rely on: Be confident in Rely on: Be dependent upon Roll around: Move about on the ground while rotating and turning one’s body Roll around: Be considered, without much coherence, in someone’s mind Roll around: Indulge in sexual intercourse (with) Roll around: Return to a prior state Roll around: Postpone Roll in: Arrive casually at a place Roll in: Come in an unstoppable flow Roll out: Deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.) Roll over: Make a rolling motion or turn Roll over: Cause a rolling motion or turn Roll over: Give in to Roll up: Make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like Roll up: Arrive by vehicle, usually by car Round out: Make more complete by adding details Rule in: Consider (something) as a possible option among others Rule out: Make a decision in an official capacity regarding some matter Rule out: Reject an option from a list of possibilities Rule out: Make something impossible Rush off: Produce in great haste 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of commonly used phrasal verbs: M and N ============================================ Meet up: Meet somebody, by arrangement Miss out: Miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed Mix up: Mix or blend thoroughly and completely Mix up: Prepare something from ingredients that are mixed Mix up: Confuse or reverse Mix up: Combine thoroughly Mix up: Become involved with, especially socially or romantically Monkey around: Act foolishly Narrow down: Make more specific 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of commonly used phrasal verbs: O and P ============================================ Open up: Open Open up: Reveal oneself; to become communicative Open up: Commence firing weapons Pack away: Store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term Pack away: To eat (a great deal of food) Pack off: Send away, with belongings, for a long time Pack out: Fill with spectators Pack up: Move one’s residence Pay back: Pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay Pay back: Exact revenge Pay for: Exchange for, especially money for goods or services Pay for: Be punished or held accountable for Pay off: Bribe, especially to deter oversight Pay off: Become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit Pay off: Pay back; to repay Pay off: Pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on Phase in: Introduce something little by little Phase out: Remove or relinquish the use of something little by little Plan on: Expect; to anticipate future actions based on Plough back: Reinvest profits into a business Plough back: Continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring Plough through: Persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively Plough through: Forcefully make a passage to move through Point out: Identify among a group of similar subjects Point out: Tell, remind, indicate Pour out: Serve a drink into a cup or glass Pour out: Leave a place quickly, and in large numbers Pour out: Talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth Press out: Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of commonly used phrasal verbs: H and K ============================================ Hand in: Give something to a responsible person Hand off: Pass or transfer Hand over: Relinquish control or possession of something to someone Hand round: Pass something to everyone in a group Hash out: Work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties Head off: Begin moving away Head off: Intercept Head off: Avoid some usually negative consequence Knuckle down: Get to work; to focus on a task 🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠 List of commonly used phrasal verbs: L ==================================== Lead in: Introduce, to mark the beginning of something, especially in music Lead off: Be the first batter of an inning Lean on: Put pressure on; to attempt to compel a person to do something; to exert influence on Leave behind: Abandon Leave behind: Forget about Leave behind: Not live longer than; to be survived by Leave behind: Leave (a trace of something) Leave behind: Outdo; to progress faster than (someone or something else) Leave behind: Pass Leave off: Desist; to cease Leave out: Omit, to not include, to neglect to mention Leave out: Allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed Lie around: Do nothing in particular, to be idle Lie around: Be in an unknown place Lie before: Put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to Lie down: Assume a reclining position Lie down: Be lazy or remiss Lie in: Stay in bed (longer than usual) Lie low: Conceal oneself; to remain hidden Lift up: Lighten the mood of someone Light up: Show an increase in activity or mood Light up: Light a cigarette, pipe etc. Lighten up: Become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax Liven up: Improve a person’s mood by making them more energetic Liven up: Become more happy, energetic or positive Lock in: Fix the value of something potentially variable Lock out: Prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently Lock out: Prevent from accessing a data structure Log in: Gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously agreed upon username and password Log on: Visit a Web site; construed with to Log out: Exit a user account in a computer system Luck out: Experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky Luck out: Run out of luck 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ