Phrasal Verbs 3

Front 1

run up (a bill)

Back 1

accumulate

Front 2

set out to do sth

Set about doing sth

Back 2

start doing sth, begin dealing with sth

Front 3

stand for sth/sb

Back 3

mean, tolerate, represent

Front 4

set up

Back 4

establish

Front 5

step up

Back 5

increase

Front 6

take to sth

Back 6

start liking sth

Front 7

sink in

Back 7

be realized slowly

Front 8

tell sb off

Back 8

scold, reprimand

Front 9

run into

Back 9

encounter

Front 10

rip sb off

Back 10

charge too much

Front 11

set in

Back 11

come and be unlikely to go away soon

(usually of weather)

Front 12

stand up to

Back 12

resist

Front 13

stand up for

Back 13

defend

Front 14

try sth out

Back 14

test

Front 15

step down

Back 15

resign

Front 16

set out sth

Back 16

give details in writing

arrange

Front 17

stand in for

Back 17

take sb's place

Front 18

turn out

Back 18

happen to be in the end

come to a meeting

form a crowd

Front 19

be taken in

Back 19

be deceived

Front 20

send sb up

Back 20

make fun of sb

Front 21

track down

Back 21

locate

Front 22

talk sb out of (/into) sth/doing sth

Back 22

persuade sb not to do sth

Front 23

slip up

Back 23

make a mistake

Front 24

run to

Back 24

be able to afford

Front 25

work out

Back 25

calculate

find an answer or solution to sth

exercise

Front 26

stick up for

Back 26

defend

Front 27

take it out on sb

Back 27

be deliberately unkind to sb because you're in a bad mood

Front 28

see off

Back 28

go see sb leaving to say goodbye

Front 29

turn up

Back 29

arrive unexpectedly

Front 30

take off

Back 30

imitate

Front 31

see through

Back 31

realize the truth about sth/sb

Front 32

wear off

Back 32

lose effect gradually

Front 33

take on

Back 33

employ

aquire a charasteric

Front 34

stand by

Back 34

support, keep to

Front 35

turn down

Back 35

refuse to accept

Front 36

run sb/sth down

Back 36

criticise unfairly

decline

Front 37

take out (insurance)

Back 37

buy an insurance

Front 38

take over

Back 38

gain control over sth

Front 39

tie in with

Back 39

agree

Front 40

set upon

Back 40

attack

Front 41

run through/over

Back 41

check

Front 42

take up

Back 42

occupy

Front 43

run up against

Back 43

encounter sth troublesome