Phrasal Verbs

Front 1

Make sense

Back 1

Add up

Front 2

Inquire about

Back 2

Ask after

Front 3

Yield in an argument

Back 3

Back down

Front 4

Take into account

Back 4

Bargain for

Front 5

Confirm the truth

Back 5

Bear sth out

Front 6

Lose control of the emotions

Back 6

Break down

Front 7

Stop talking

Back 7

Break off

Front 8

Come to an end

Back 8

Break up

Front 9

Cause to happen

Back 9

Bring sth about

Front 10

Succeed in doing sth

Back 10

Bring sth off

Front 11

Cause the onset of an illness

Back 11

Bring sth on

Front 12

Cause trouble to happen to oneself

Back 12

Bring sth on

Front 13

Influence sb to your point of view

Back 13

Bring sb round

Front 14

Mention

Back 14

Bring sth up

Front 15

Complete successfully despite a problem

Back 15

Carry sth off

Front 16

Complete a plan

Back 16

Carry out

Front 17

Become popular

Back 17

Catch on

Front 18

Happen

Back 18

Come about

Front 19

Be in the end a matter of

Back 19

Come down to

Front 20

Receive criticism, blame

Back 20

Come In for

Front 21

Take place successfully

Back 21

Come off

Front 22

Appear

Back 22

Come out

Front 23

Occur - usually a problem

Back 23

Come up

Front 24

Meet a difficulty

Back 24

Come up against

Front 25

Equal - expectations, standard

Back 25

Come up to

Front 26

Think of a plan, an answer, a solution

Back 26

Come up with

Front 27

Think of a plan, an answer, a solution

Back 27

Come up with

Front 28

Rely on

Back 28

Count on

Front 29

Happen unexpectedly

Back 29

Crop up

Front 30

Abolish

Back 30

Do away with

Front 31

Murder

Back 31

Do away with

Front 32

Decorate

Back 32

Do sth up

Front 33

Come to a stop

Back 33

Draw up

Front 34

Organise a document

Back 34

Draw up

Front 35

Pay a visit

Back 35

Drop in

Front 36

Fall asleep

Back 36

Drop off

Front 37

Finish in a certain way or place

Back 37

End up

Front 38

Have courage to deal with (responsibilities)

Back 38

Face up to

Front 39

Show amusement

Back 39

Fall about

Front 40

Use as a last resort

Back 40

Fall back on

Front 41

Be deceived by

Back 41

Fall for

Front 42

Fall in love with

Back 42

Fall for

Front 43

Quarrel with

Back 43

Fall out with

Front 44

Fail to come to completion

Back 44

Fall through

Front 45

Feel capable of doing

Back 45

Feel up to

Front 46

Act upon a suggestion

Back 46

Follow up

Front 47

Be understood

Back 47

Get sth across

Front 48

Imply about personal matters

Back 48

Get at

Front 49

Make to feel depressed

Back 49

Get sb down

Front 50

Begin to seriously deal with

Back 50

Get down to

Front 51

Avoid punishment

Back 51

Get off (with sth)

Front 52

Approach a certain time/age/number

Back 52

Get on for

Front 53

Make progress in life

Back 53

Get on

Front 54

Be surprised

Back 54

Get over

Front 55

Come to be the end of sth, usually unpleasant

Back 55

Get sth over with

Front 56

Find time to do

Back 56

Get round/around to

Front 57

Do sth (bad when about children)

Back 57

Get up to

Front 58

Betray

Back 58

Give away

Front 59

Send off a smell or gas

Back 59

Give off

Front 60

Be exhausted

Back 60

Give out

Front 61

Abandon, devote, stop

Back 61

Give over

Front 62

Surrender

Back 62

Give up

Front 63

Believed to be dead or lost

Back 63

Give up

Front 64

Break a promise

Back 64

Go back on

Front 65

Make a habit of

Back 65

Go in for

Front 66

Enter competition

Back 66

Go in for

Front 67

Become bad

Back 67

Go off

Front 68

Happen

Back 68

Go on

Front 69

Be enough

Back 69

Go round

Front 70

Complete a promise or plan - usually unwillingly

Back 70

Go through with

Front 71

Become more liked

Back 71

Grow on

Front 72

Keep

Back 72

Hang onto

Front 73

Be deliberately unkind to sb

Back 73

Have (got) it in for

Front 74

Express feelings so as to settle a problem

Back 74

Have it out with

Front 75

Deceive

Back 75

Have sb on

Front 76

Get on well with

Back 76

Hit it off

Front 77

Discover by chance

Back 77

Hit upon/on

Front 78

Offer - especially with hope

Back 78

Hold out

Front 79

Delay

Back 79

Hold up

Front 80

Agree with an idea

Back 80

Hold with

Front 81

Use as an example

Back 81

Hold up

Front 82

Continue

Back 82

Keep up

Front 83

State a rule

Back 83

Lay down

Front 84

Disappoint, break a promise

Back 84

Let sb down

Front 85

Allow to be part of a secret

Back 85

Let in on

Front 86

Excuse from punishment

Back 86

Let sb off

Front 87

Inform about a secret

Back 87

Let on

Front 88

Suffer a loss of reputation

Back 88

Live it down

Front 89

Reach an expected standard

Back 89

Live up to

Front 90

Investigate

Back 90

Look into

Front 91

Consider

Back 91

Look on

Front 92

Visit when in the area

Back 92

Look sb up

Front 93

Result in

Back 93

Make for

Front 94

Run away with

Back 94

Make off with

Front 95

Pretend

Back 95

Make out

Front 96

Manage to see or understand

Back 96

Make out

Front 97

Understand sb's behaviour

Back 97

Make sb out

Front 98

Invent

Back 98

Make sth up

Front 99

Compensate for

Back 99

Make up for

Front 100

Fail to include

Back 100

Miss sth out

Front 101

Lose a chance

Back 101

Miss sth out

Front 102

Confess

Back 102

Own up

Front 103

Stop an activity

Back 103

Pack in

Front 104

Take revenge

Back 104

Pay sb back

Front 105

Improve

Back 105

Pick up

Front 106

Force to give a clear statement

Back 106

Pin sb down

Front 107

Behave or work badly

Back 107

Play up

Front 108

Draw attention to a fact

Back 108

Point sth out

Front 109

Manage to succeed

Back 109

Pull sth off

Front 110

Continue with some effort

Back 110

Push on

Front 111

Communicate ideas

Back 111

Put across

Front 112

Explain the cause of

Back 112

Put down to

Front 113

Apply for a job

Back 113

Put in for

Front 114

Take trouble

Back 114

Put oneself out

Front 115

Discourage, upset

Back 115

Put sb off

Front 116

Offer accommodation

Back 116

Put sb up

Front 117

Tolerate, bear

Back 117

Put up with

Front 118

Charge too much

Back 118

Rip sb off

Front 119

Criticize

Back 119

Run sb down

Front 120

Lose power, allow to decline

Back 120

Run down

Front 121

Meet

Back 121

Run into

Front 122

Reach an amount/have enough money

Back 122

Run to

Front 123

Check

Back 123

Run over/through

Front 124

Let a bill get longer without paying

Back 124

Run up

Front 125

Encounter a problem

Back 125

Run up against

Front 126

Go to airport to say goodbye to sb

Back 126

See sb off

Front 127

Realize the truth about

Back 127

See through

Front 128

Make fun of by imitating

Back 128

Send sb up

Front 129

Start working

Back 129

Set about

Front 130

Establish itself

Back 130

Set in

Front 131

Give in detail in writing

Back 131

Set out

Front 132

Arrange

Back 132

Set out

Front 133

Start an action

Back 133

Set out

Front 134

Establish

Back 134

Set up

Front 135

Attack

Back 135

Set on/upon

Front 136

Be understood gradually

Back 136

Sink in

Front 137

Make a mistake

Back 137

Slip up

Front 138

Find a solution

Back 138

Sort sth out

Front 139

Keep to an agreement

Back 139

Stand by

Front 140

Represent initials

Back 140

Stand for

Front 141

Tolerate

Back 141

Stand for

Front 142

Take the place of

Back 142

Stand in for

Front 143

Resist, bear stress

Back 143

Stand up to

Front 144

Resign

Back 144

Step down

Front 145

Increase

Back 145

Step up

Front 146

Defend yourself or your rights

Back 146

Stick up for

Front 147

Deceive

Back 147

Take in

Front 148

Make sb else suffer because of one's own sufferings

Back 148

Take it out on

Front 149

Imitate

Back 149

Take off

Front 150

Acquire a new characteristic

Back 150

Take on

Front 151

Do sth extra

Back 151

Take on

Front 152

Sign an insurance agreement

Back 152

Take out

Front 153

Gain control of

Back 153

Take over

Front 154

Develop a liking for

Back 154

Take to sb

Front 155

Occupy time

Back 155

Take up

Front 156

Dissuade from

Back 156

Talk out of

Front 157

Persuade into

Back 157

Talk into

Front 158

Scold

Back 158

Tell sb off

Front 159

Be in agreement with

Back 159

Tie in with

Front 160

Trace the whereabouts of

Back 160

Track sb down

Front 161

Test sth

Back 161

Try out

Front 162

Reject an offer

Back 162

Turn sth/sb down

Front 163

Happen to be in the end

Back 163

Turn out

Front 164

Come to a meeting or form a crowd

Back 164

Turn out

Front 165

Be discovered by chance

Back 165

Turn up

Front 166

Arrive unexpectedly

Back 166

Turn up

Front 167

Lose effect

Back 167

Wear off

Front 168

Calculate

Back 168

Work out