100 Phrasal Verbs with examples
- Go on
– I’ll dream and go on my own.
– She goes on and on about her tea.
– We can’t go on vacation this time. - Carry out
– He must carry out my orders.
– She failed to carry out her plans.
– Her dad continued to carry out his duties. - Set up
– She set up the dinner table.
– They set up their own law firm.
– We’ll set up a new business. - Pick up
– I need to pick up my laundry.
– She will pick me up at school.
– You need to be able to pick up jokes. - Go back
– I need to go back to sleep.
– I should go back to get my keys.
– You could go back to school. - Set off
– She set off for work.
– They set off early this morning.
– He set off the alarm. - Put out
– They put out the light.
– She put out the fire.
– He put out his money from his purse. - Look out
– You should look out for yourself.
– Look out for a sign to the farm.
– I always want to look out of the window. - Take back
– She had to take back what she just said.
– They had to take back their words.
– He forgot to take back his bicycle. - Hold up
– My car can hold up to 5 people.
– He needs to hold up his money.
– She should learn to hold up her feelings. - Go over
– You should go over and help him.
– He could go over the lesson again.
– She should try not to go over the speed limit. - Turn over
– I need to turn over to avoid sunburnt on my back.
– We should turn over our papers now.
– You can turn over your book on page 5. - Go through
– You can’t go through the checkout without paying.
– They will go through the semi-final.
– I should go through the exercises. - Hold on
– He should hold on to me.
– You can hold on tight to me.
– We have to keep holding on. - Pick out
– She helped me pick out some clothes for my birthday.
– You shouldn’t pick out your eyes.
– I have to pick out the best apples. - Get down
– You should get down here.
– Don’t get down about what happened.
– She will get down in a minute. - Hold out
– They hold out little hope for the victims.
– He can hold out for a few hours.
– She didn’t hold out on eating ice cream. - Put on
– You should put on your clothes now.
– She will put on some clothes before shopping.
– They put on some music to relax. - Bring out
– You always bring out the best in me.
– He said to bring out some art materials on Tuesday.
– She should not bring out her expensive phone in public. - Move on
– They move on to a house in Manhattan.
– She should move on from the past.
– I already moved on. - Sit back
– They sit back and watched the movie.
– She sits back and relaxes herself.
– He will only sit back if there’s an internet. - Hold back
– She couldn’t hold back her tears.
– You shouldn’t hold back the truth.
– They managed to hold back their anger. - Put in
– She put some money in her bank account.
– You can now put in and mix the ingredients.
– They’ve put in an application to the university. - Move in
– She said that deep rivers move in silence.
– They will move in here next week.
– His parents are going to move in with him. - Look around
– They are focused and don’t look around.
– You have 5 minutes to look around.
– We’d like you to look around and observe. - Turn back
– You couldn’t turn back time.
– She turned back to me and smile.
– We have to turn back now. - Put back
– She put back the pen in my bag.
– We have to put back the meeting on Tuesday.
– They put back the wine in the cellar. - Go round
– They say love makes the world go round.
– He felt her arms go round him.
– She said there’s food to go round. - Break up
– They want to break up.
– We should break up these large crackers.
– He will break up this winter. - Come along
– You should come along with me.
– She will come along with me to not miss the train.
– We’ll come along with you. - Take down
– They asked me to take down the posters.
– I want to take down the decorations.
– You should take down notes for the class. - Carry on
– We should carry on with our plans.
– You can carry on living here in Tokyo.
– He can carry on an interesting conversation. - Go up
– She thinks that goods prices will go up.
– They will go up to the Arctic Region.
– He will go up to Canada soon. - Get out
– She will get out of college.
– You can go out now.
– They will go out this Friday night. - Take out
– I asked you to take out the garbage.
– She wants to take out her food.
– You can take out your coffee order. - Sit up
– He should sit up straight.
– You better sit up and listen to me.
– They’d just sit up all night watching movies. - Turn round
– He turns round the car to get gas.
– I’ll take a turn round the garden.
– She didn’t turn round to face me. - Put off
– They don’t put off what they can do today.
– She puts off her coat before leaving.
– We’re going to put off the meeting this afternoon. - Come about
– She will tell me how the exam come about.
– Did you come about your book?
– How did the meeting come about? - Go along
– She will go along with me.
– I’ll tell you about the story as we go along.
– They might go along to the party. - Look round
– We’ll take a look round the shop.
– I’m going to look round the garden.
– They’ll have a look round the town. - Set about
– We must set about our packing.
– She’s going to set about college next month.
– I will set up a parent meeting on Friday. - Turn off
– I already turned off the alarm.
– You should turn off the light if not in use.
– She turned off the TV last night. - Give in
– He decided to give in his notice.
– They give in their exam papers a while ago.
– I think I have to give in now. - Move out
– I think my neighbors moved out yesterday.
– She asked me to move out of the way.
– We’re packed and ready to move out. - Bring up
– She always brings up the same topic.
– They brought up some wine.
– I’d bring up some lemons. - Bring in
– We’ll bring in a cake on Sunday.
– I want to bring in a friend.
– Do you want to bring in some drinks? - Look back
– You can look back at our old pictures.
– I want to look back at my old notes.
– We should learn to look back at our mistakes. - Look down
– We shouldn’t look down on other people.
– She tried to look down but got dizzy.
– He’s too scared to look down. - Bring back
– I’ll bring back some tea for you.
– Her photos bring back lots of memories.
– You need to bring back the books you’ve borrowed. - Come through
– You should come through my office.
– I want you to come through this problem with me.
– They will come through the train station first. - Move back
– We have to move back to our old town.
– I moved back to London.
– She will move back to her apartment in Paris. - Break off
– They want to break off their bad habits.
– We want to break off for lunch.
– You may break off your contract. - Come back
– We need you to come back to the team.
– I will come back to school.
– Do you want to come back tomorrow? - Go out
– They will go out to the barn tomorrow.
– Do you want to go out with me?
– I will go out to the farm tomorrow. - Break down
– I need to break down the doorknob to get in.
– They asked him to break down the door.
– She’s so tired and had a breakdown. - Take off
– They learned to take off their hats.
– She’d take off her clothes after getting wet from the rain.
– He took off his coat and sat down. - Go off
– He’s got good grades and would go off to college.
– My alarm didn’t go off.
– They like to go off on their own. - Bring about
– Her cough was brought about by the cold weather.
– It will bring about problems if you don’t talk.
– His illness was brought about by poor habits. - Go in
– You can’t go in without an ID.
– They go in for tennis.
– I don’t know which direction they go in. - Point out
– I’d like to point out some facts.
– They still point out that it wasn’t my fault.
– She was quick to point out my mistakes. - Find out
– I don’t want her to find out my score.
– He believes that love will find out the way.
– You’ll find out my schedule later. - Come up
– I’d like to come up with the best solution.
– She came up to me with an excuse.
– He couldn’t come up with an answer. - Make up
– She already made up her mind.
– I will make up a nice story to tell the kids.
– They take ages to make up in the morning. - Take over
– He will take over the class on Monday.
– I want to take over the cleaning job.
– They will take over the swimming class. - Come out
– I asked her to come out with me.
– You shouldn’t come out without an umbrella, it’s hot.
– We will all come out together after class. - Come in
– You can come in and stay the night.
– I want to come in for a visit at the church.
– They come in to eat for dinner. - Get in
– She should try to get into Harvard.
– He will get in here soon.
– I asked them to get in here before dark. - Come round
– She’ll come round tonight to watch the game.
– You can come round my place this weekend.
– He can’t believe Christmas has come round again. - Make out
– They couldn’t make out what the teacher meant.
– She asked me to make out a bill for the food.
– I can’t make out how the fire started. - Get off
– We’ll get off at the next station.
– You can get off at Sun Village.
– Did you get off the phone? - Turn down
– I need to turn down my radio volume.
– She turned down my invitation.
– He turned down the gas. - Bring down
– We use ice packs to bring down her body temperature.
– She aims to bring down the prices of computers.
– He will bring down my sweater. - Come over
– I will come over to your house this weekend.
– He’s going to come over for dinner tomorrow.
– When did you first come over to India? - Break out
– They predicted when the war would break out.
– She always breaks out a sweat in the morning.
– He breaks out of her daily routine. - Get through
– I have to get through this problem.
– She couldn’t seem to get through to me.
– They made way so she can get through. - Give out
– I asked them not to give out my information.
– She won’t give out my keys.
– We’re going to give out gentle reminders for everyone. - Come off
– Her wall paint came off.
– His grandmother’s hair began to come off.
– I asked her to come off it and tell the truth. - Take in
– I’m planning to take in new books.
– She’d take in her green tea.
– The school take in foreign students. - Give back
– I will give back what I owe him.
– They gave back the books they borrowed.
– He likes to give back to others. - Set down
– They set down some rules for the class.
– She set down her cup and started reading her book.
– His plane was set down in a heavy fog. - Move up
– I asked him to move up a bit.
– He needs the right training to move up.
– She wants to move up to the North. - Turn around
– He turn around and hugged me.
– They took a turn around the park this morning.
– I asked to turn around and look at me. - Get into
– She’ll get into college.
– They will get into California this morning.
– We queued to get into the cinema. - Go down
– She shouldn’t go down to the corridor.
– I’m waiting for the sun to go down.
– I told her to go down and greet you. - Work out
– I’m sure it will work out just fine.
– She thinks things will not work out.
– He usually works out after work. - Set out
– I’ve finished all I set out to do.
– She said it’s not easy to set out in business.
– He set out the meal on the table. - Take up
– I will take up some of your time.
– Daily exercises take up too much of her time.
– He can take up to four people in his car. - Get back
– Can you wait until I get back?
– We’ll get back here before noon.
– She will get back in time. - Sit down
– I want to sit down and relax.
– You must sit down and listen.
– They should sit down while waiting. - Turn out
– I’m sure things will turn out fine.
– Her crops will turn out well.
– His test turn out poor. - Take on
– She’s ready to take on big responsibility.
– I’m not sure to take on more work.
– They stopped to take on fuel. - Give up
– You should never give up.
– I will give up drinking coffee.
– He’s trying to give up smoking. - Get up
– He’s lazy and won’t get up.
– It’s time to prepare to get up.
– I don’t want to get up. - Look up
– I always look up to him.
– He should look up to his father.
– They look up to their teachers. - Pass by
– They pass by the building every day.
– I always pass by her house every morning.
– She watched the night pass by. - Run after
– He runs after her.
– The policemen run after the thief.
– She said that dogs always run after cats. - Back out
– We’ll back out of the tournament.
– She backed out from the dance club.
– He can’t back out from the meeting. - Cut out
– They cut out my picture from the magazine.
– She cut out that page from a newspaper.
– He’s cut out to be a teacher. - Tuck in
– His mom tucked in his shorts.
– They tuck in everyone.
– She tucked in her shirt.
