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