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

Back up

Give support to

Be fed up with

Be tired of

Be into

Be keen on sth.

Blow up

Inflate

Break down

Stop working, e.g. a car

Break into

Enter by force

Bring up

Raise a child

Build up

Make larger, e.g. a business

Call on

Visit sb.

Call out

Shout

Carry on

Continue

Check in

Register, eg. at a hotel or airport

Come across

Find by chance

Come into

Inherit

Come out

Begin to appear

Come round

Regain consciousness

Come up

Occur

Come up with

Think of an idea

Count on

Depend on

Cut back on

Spend less on

Cut down

Make sth fall by cutting it at base

Cut down on

Have less of sth

Cut in

Interrupt

Cut in

Move suddenly in front of a car

Cut off

Make inaccessible

Cut sb off

Break a phone connection

Cut sth off

To stop the supply or sth.

Cut out

Eliminate

Fall back on

Have sth as a back up for emergencies

Get across

Succeed in making sth understood

Get ahead

Progress, be successful

Get away with

Do sth bad and not be punished

Get back

Return

Get down to

Begin to do sth.

Get sb down

Make sb feel depressed

Get out of

Avoid doing sth.

Get round to

Find the time to do sth, at last

Get together

Meet socially

Give back

Return sth to its owner

Give up

Stop doing sth.

Go back over

Study again, repeat

Go off

Become bad, not fit to eat

Go on

Continue

Go over sth.

Study sth. carefully, again

Go through

Experience, endure (a bad time)

Go with

Match, combine well with

Have on

Be wearing

Hold up

Delay

Keep back

Refuse to tell sb sth.

Let sb down

Not do sth you promised

Look after

Take care of

Look forward to

Feel excited about

Look in

Visit

Look into

Investigate

Look up

Search for information

Look up to

Respect

Make up your mind

Come to a decision

Pay sb back

Get revenge on sb

Pick up sth

Go and collect sth or sb

Put sb down

Make sb feel silly in front of others

Put sb off

Make sb feel dislike for sth

Put on

Gain (weight)

Put sb through to

Connect by telephone

Put sb up

Provide accommodation for sb

Put up with

Tolerate sth or sb

Ring back

Return a phone call

Run into

Meet by chance

Run into

Crash into

Send for

Ask to come and help

Set off

Start a journey

Stand up for

Defend

Take after

Have the same character or appearance as

Take sth back

Return to original place

Take in

Understand sth.

Take on

Agree to do sth.

Take off

Leave the ground, e.g. a plane

Take sth off

Remove a piece of clothing

Take over

Gain control of, e.g. a company

Take up

Start a new hobby

Try on

Put on to see if it fits

Turn back

Reverse direction

Turn down

Refuse / reject

Turn into

Change into

Turn out

Be the result

Turn up

Arrive