This list of phrasal verbs is meant to help you when you are reading a text in English. One phrasal verb can have several different meanings. Keep in mind that not all of them are included in this list. You should always try to work out the meaning within the context where you find the phrasal verb.

Phrasal verb	Meaning
Account for	Make up a proportion of
Add to	Increase
Add up	Increase, form a total
Back up	Support
Branch out	Do something different
Break into	Become involved in
Break in / into	Enter building by force
Bring about	Cause
Bring back	Remind of memories
Bring back	Return item
Bring forward	Do sooner
Bring in	Introduce sth. new
Bring off	Succeed
Bring out	Publish, release
Bring round	Revive
Bring up	Raise child
Bring up	Raise topic
Build on	Use as a foundation
Build up	Increase
Carry on	Continue
Carry out	Do task
Catch on	Become popular
Catch up on	Do after delay
Check through	Look for mistakes
Cheer up	Stop feeling depressed
Close down	Go out of business
Come across	Find by chance
Come back	Return
Come from	Originate in
Come in	Enter room, house, etc.
Come through	Survive
Come up to	Approach someone
Cross off / out	Remove from list
Cut down	Reduce
Decide on	Choose from possibilities
Die out	Become extinct
Divide up	Separate into parts
Do away with	Abolish
Draw up	Prepare and write out
Drift apart	Become less close
Dry up	Lose all its water
End up	Do / become unintentionally
Fall off	Lose contact with a surface
Fall over	Land on the ground
Fill in	Complete
Fill up with	Become full of
Find out	Discover
Get away	Escape
Get away with	Avoid punishment for
Get back	Return
Get back up	Return to the surface
Get by	Manage to survive
Get down	Descend
Get (someone) down	Depress
Get into	Manage to enter
Get off	Leave bus, train, etc.
Get on	Enter bus, train, etc.
Get on	Progress
Get on with	Have a good relationship
Get out of	Leave plane, etc.
Get over	Recover from
Get rid of	Remove unwanted person / thing
Get through	Succeed in exam
Get to	Manage to
Get to	Reach
Get together	All meet
Get up	Rise from bed
Get up to	Do things disapproved of
Get up to	Reach
Get used to	Become accustomed to
Give away	Give as a present
Give away	Reveal a secret
Give back	Return to owner
Give in	Hand to teacher
Give in	Surrender
Give off	Produce light, smell, etc.
Give out	Distribute
Give up	Abandon attempt
Give up	Stop doing habit
Go back	Date from
Go back	Return
Go off	Start operating: alarms, etc.
Go on	Continue
Go on to	Do something different
Go out	Be broadcast
Go out	Become unlit
Go out	Leave
Go out with / together	Form a couple
Go through	Examine
Go through	Experience
Go up	Rise
Grow up	Become an adult
Hand over	Give
Help out	Give / lend money to
Hold up	Delay
Hold up	Threaten with a gun
Hunt down	Look for until found
Invite out	Offer to take with you
Keep away	Not go near
Keep on (doing)	Refuse to stop
Keep up	Maintain standard
Knock down	Cause to fall
Lead to	Result in
Lead up to	Happen in sequence
Leave behind	Not take with you
Leave out	Not include
Let down	Disappoint
Listen (out) for	Be ready to hear
Live on	Survive by eating
Look after	Take care of
Look at	Study, consider
Look back	Read earlier part
Look for	Try to find
Look forward to	Want to happen
Look into	Investigate
Look out for	Be careful to avoid
Look over	Inspect
Look through	Examine one by one
Look up	Search for information
Make for	Help create
Make out	See with difficulty
Make out	Write name on cheque
(be) Made up of	Consist of
Move in	Start to live in a house or flat
Move on	Pay attention to sth. Else
Move out	Stop living in a house or flat
Note down	Quickly record on paper
Pass by	Go past without stopping
Pay in	Put money in the bank
Phone back	Return a call
Pick up	Take hold of and lift
Point out	Cause people to notice
Pull (yourself) out of	Escape from
Push in	Jump a queue
Put away	Return to where kept
Put in	Spend time or make an effort
Put off	Postpone
Put off	Stop someone wanting to
Put on	Cause to start working
Put on	Cover with clothing
Put on	Increase weight
Put on	Organize
Put out	Extinguish
Put through	Connect by phone
Put up	Increase
Put up with	Tolerate, accept
Queue up	Form a line to wait
Ring up	Phone somebody
Rule out	Dismiss idea, possibility
Run away	Leave, escape from
Run into	Collide with
Run up to	Approach at speed
Send off	Tell to go somewhere else
Send off	Tell to leave the field of play
Set out	Start taking action / a journey
Settle for	Accept as second-best
Shake off	Get rid of
Shout back	Reply loudly
Show off	Display to impress
Show up for	Attend
Speed up	Make go faster
Spell out	State exactly
Start off	Begin by doing / going
Stick to	Keep doing
Sum up	Make a judgement
Swallow up	Devour completely
Switch over to	Change system to
Take after	Resemble
Take away	Subtract
Take back	Return item to shop
Take down	Make a note of
Take in	Trick
Take in	Fully understand
Take off	Become successful
Take off	Leave the ground
Take off	Remove clothing
Take on	Accept difficult job
Take on	Employ workers
Take out	Extract
Take over	Gain control
Take to	Begin to like a person
Take up	Occupy time or space
Take up	Start hobby
Talk down to	Speak in superior manner
Tell off	Punish by speaking angrily to
Think about	Consider
Think back	Remember past events
Think of	Bring to mind
Throw out	Force someone to leave
Tidy up	Put everything in its place
Track down	Find
Try out	Test
Turn away	Refuse admission
Turn back	Reverse direction
Turn down	Reject, refuse
Turn into	Become
Turn off	Disconnect
Turn on	Operate
Turn out	Be found to be
Turn over	Roll, invert
Turn up	Arrive unexpectedly / after delay
Wake up	End sleep
Walk on	Not stop
Warm up	Do preliminary exercise
Watch out for	Be alert to the danger of
Write back	Send a letter of reply