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Sep Phrasal Verbs
40 Common separable phrasal verbs
Verb | Meaning |
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call off | to cancel |
cheer up | to make someone happy |
charge up | to put electricity into a battery |
ask out | to ask someone on a date |
bring up | 1. to raise children 2. to raise a topic |
call back | to return someone's phone call |
clean up | to make something tidy or clean |
cross out | to eliminate |
cut out | 1. to remove something (usually by cutting) 2. to stop doing something (eliminate a routine) |
do over | to repeat |
drop off | to leave something somewhere (brief delivery) |
figure out | to resolve, discover, determine |
fill out | to complete a form |
fill up | to fill something |
give back | to return |
give up | to stop trying |
hand in | 1. to deliver 2. to give an assignment to a teacher or supervisor |
hang up | to stop a telephone conversation |
kick out | to be asked to leave, to throw out |
look up | to search for |
make up | 1. to constitute 2. to invent |
pick up | 1. to lift 2. to take up |
point out | to call attention to |
put away | to store something in the proper place |
put on | to get dressed |
shut off | to stop something from running |
take off | to remove |
take over | to take control |
think over | 1. to consider 2. to ponder |
throw away | to discard |
throw up | to vomit |
try on | to test |
turn on | to start a machine |
turn off | to stop a machine |
turn down | 1. to lower in intensity 2. to refuse |
turn up | to increase in intensity |
keep out | not enter |
take out | remove / go on a date |
fill in | complete spaces on a form |
pass out | distribute |