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10 Phrasal Verbs and Their Meanings

Transitive Phrasal Verbs (Separable)
(S.0. = someone s.t. = something)

Phrasal Verb Meaning Example Sentence

blow (s.t.)* up cause something to explode The workers blew the bridge up.

bring (s.t.) back return She brought the shirt back fo the store.

bring (.t.) up 1. raise from childhood 1. My grandmother brought me up.
2. introduce a topic to discuss 2. Don’t bring up that subject.

call (s.0.)** back return a telephone call | called Rajil back but there was no answer.

call (s.t) off cancel They called the wedding off after their fight.

call (s.t.) out say something loucly He stood up when someone called his name
out.

check (s.t.) out find out information | checked several places out before making a
decision.

cheer (S.0.) up make someone feel happier Her visit to the hospital cheered the patients up.

clear (S.0.) up clarify, explain She cleared the problem up.

cut (s.t.) down cut through the trunk of a tree so that it falls The town cut many trees down to make room for
down new roads.

do (s.t) over do again His teacher asked him to do the essay over.

figure (s.t.) out solve, understand The student figured the problem out.

fill (.t) in complete information on a form | filled the blanks in on a hob application.

fill (s.t.) out complete an application or form | had to fill many forms out at the doctor's office.

find (s.t.) out learn, uncover Did you find anything out about the new plans?

get (s.t.) across succeed in making people understand an Leo gets his ideas across with pictures.
idea

give (s.t.) away offer something freely They are giving prizes away at the store.

give (s.t.) back return The boy gave the pen back to the teacher.

give (s.t.) up stop doing | gave up sugar last year. Will you give it up?

help (s.0.) out aid, support someone | offen help my older neighbors out.

lay (S.0.) off dismiss workers from their jobs My company laid 200 workers off last year.

leave (s.t) on allow a machine to continue working | left the lights on all night.

let (s.0./s.t) in allow someone or something to enter She opened a window ito let some fresh air in.

look (s.t.) over examine We looked the contract over before signing it.

look (s.t.) up find information by looking in something like a | looked the word up in the dictionary.
reference book or list

make (s.0./s.t) into change someone or something to become They made the book into a movie.
someone or something else

make (s.t.) out of produce something from a material or Lily made the costume out of old clothes.
3. Joe picked the language up just by talking
existing object

make (s.t.) up say something untrue or fictional (a story, a lie) The child made the story up. It wasn’t true af all.

pay (6.0./s.t) back return money, repay a loan | paid my friend back. | owed him $10.

pick (s.0./s.t.) up 2. lift 1. He picked up his date at her house.
1. get someone or something
2. | picked the ball up and threw it.
3. acquire a skill over time without a lot of
to people
effort

point (s.t.) out tell someone about a fact or mistake | pointed the problem out right away.

put (s.t.) aside keep something to be dealt with or used at Let’s put the list of names aside until we need
a later time
them.

put (s.f) away put something in the place where it is Please put your books away before we start the
test.
normally kept when it is not used

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