Learning English with easypacelearning.com Complete Phrasal Verbs List Phrasal Meaning Example Verb We have to ABIDE BY what the court Abide by Accept or follow a decision or rule. says. They had to ACCOUNT FOR all the Account for To explain. money that had gone missing. My partner's been away for a fortnight- I Ache for Want somethingor someone a lot. am ACHING FOR her. The police were ACTING ON a tip from To take action because of something like Act on an informer and caught the gang red- information received. handed. The medicine only ACTS ON infected Act on Affect. tissue. Perform something with actions and Act out They ACTED OUT the story on stage. gestures.. Their anger is ACTED OUT in their Act out Express an emotion in your behaviour. antisocial behaviour. My computer's ACTING UP; I think I Act up Behave badly or strangely. might have a virus. To take action because of something like The police were ACTING UPON a tip- Act upon information received. off. The enzyme ACTS UPON certain Act upon Affect. proteins. You have to ADD the VAT ON to the Add on Include in a calculation. price they give. We ADDED UP the bill to check it was Add up To make a mathematical total. correct. Be a satisfactory explanantion for She explained why the work wasn't ready, Add up something. but her story doesn't ADD UP. Trains delays are getting worse and with Add up to Have a certain result. the high fares, it all ADDS UP TO misery for the commuters. The total costs ADD UP TO several Add up to Come to a certain amount or figure. million euros. Affect-usually used in the negative to I feel terrible-that food didn't AGREE Agree with show that something has had a negative WITH my stomach. effect, especially is it makes you feel bad. Aim at To target. The magazine is AIMED AT teenagers. They're AIMING AT reducing costs by Aim at Intend to achieve. ten percent. You should ALLOW FOR delays when Allow for Include something in a plan or calculation. planning a journey. The rules don't ALLOW OF any Allow of Make possible, permit. exceptions. Try to get something indirectly, by hinting He's been ANGLING FOR an invitation, Angle for or suggesting. but I don't want him to come. Learning English with easypacelearning.com Her mother was shocked when she started Answer To reply rudely to someone in authority. ANSWERING her BACK and refusing to back help. The government should be made to Answer for Be held responsible for a problem. ANSWER FOR their failure to sort out the problem. Speak on behalf of someone or from I can ANSWER FOR my partner because Answer for knowing them. I know her position on this issue. Beat someone in a debate, discussion or The teacher tried to ARGUE the girl Argue down argument. DOWN, but she couldn't. Persuade someone to drop the price of Argue down She ARGUED him DOWN ten percent. something they're selling. Try to persuade people not to accept a They tried to ARGUE DOWN the Argue down proposition, motion, etc. proposal. If we can't ARGUE our differences OUT, Argue out Argue about a problem to find a solution. we'll have to take them to court. Ask how someone is doing, especially Ask about He ASKED ABOUT my father. professionally and in terms of health. Enquire about someone's health, how life Jenny rang earlier and ASKED AFTER Ask after is going. you, so I told her you were fine. Ask a number of people for information of I have no idea, but I'll ASK AROUND at Ask around help. work and see if anyone can help. Ask around Invite someone. We ASKED them AROUND for dinner. Ask for To provoke a negative reaction. You're ASKING FOR trouble. Ask for Request to have or be given. I ASKED FOR the menu. Ask in To invite somebody into your house. 'Jon's at the door.' 'ASK him IN.' He wanted to ASK her OUT but was too Ask out To invite someone for a date. shy. They have ASKED us OVER for drinks Ask over Invite. on Friday. Ask round Invite someone. We ASKED John ROUND for diner. They AUCTIONED OFF their property Auction off Sell something in an auction. as they were heavily in debt. The crowd BACKED AWAY when the Back away Retreat or go backwards. man pulled a knife. Retract or withdraw your position or She refused to BACK DOWN and was Back down proposal in an argument. fired. He prefers to BACK his car INTO the Back into Enter a parking area in reverse gear. garage. The police told the protesters to BACK Back off Retreat. OFF. He BACKED OUT two days before the Back out Fail to keep an arrangement or promise. holiday so we gave the ticket to his sister She BACKED OUT OF the agreement at Back out of Fail to keep an agreement, arrangement. the last minute. Back out of Exit a parkingarea in reverse gear. She BACKED the Rolls OUT OF its Learning English with easypacelearning.com parking space. You should always BACK UP important files and documents so that you won't Back up Make a copy of computer data. lose all your work if something goes wrong with the hardware. The rest of the staff BACKED her UP Back up Support. when she complained about working conditions. Tom BACKED UP without looking and Back up Drive a vehicle backwards. ran over his laptop. Don't bag out BAG OUT Australian Bag out Criticise. English. The government had to BAIL OUT the Bail out Save, rescue. airline because it was losing so much money. Remove water from something that is The boat was leaking so they had to Bail out flooded. BAIL it OUT. Jump out of a plane because it is going to Thepilot BAILED OUT when he saw Bail out crash. that the engines had failed. I must BAIL my drunken brother OUT Bail out of Pay a bond to release someone from jail. OF jail. Stop supporting someone when they are in Everybody BAILED OUT ON him when Bail out on trouble. thescandal broke. I was late because he BAILED me UP on Bail up Talk to someone and delay them. the phone and wouldn't shut up. He was BAILED UP by a couple of Bail up Rob someone at gunpoint. muggers as he came out of the bank. The new project has BALLED me UP- I Ball up Confuse or make things complicated. have no idea what to do. He BALLED UP his napkin when he had Ball up Roll or form into a round shape. finished eating. Balls up Spoil, ruin. He BALLSED the presentation UP. Bang about Move in a placemaking a lot of noise. He's BANGING ABOUT in the kitchen. Bang I can hear him BANGING ABOUT Move in a place making a lot of noise. around upstairs. He BANGED ON for half an hour but no Bang on Talk at great length. one was listening. Bang on He's always BANGING ON ABOUT Keeptalking about something. about football. She BANGED the tune OUT on the Bang out Play a musical instrument loudly. piano. The judge BANGED him UP for eight Bang up Put someone in prison. years. Bang up Damage badly. He BANGED his car UP last night. I'm BANKING ON your help; I can't do Bank on Count or rely on. it alone. Learning English with easypacelearning.com Bargain Persuade someone to drop the price of I BARGAINED her DOWN to half what down something they're selling. she originally wanted. Expect something to happen (usually I hadn't BARGAINED FOR so many Bargain for negative). people coming. Expect something to happen (usually Bargain on I hadn't BARGAINED ON him coming. negative). He keeps BARGING IN and asking Barge in Enter a place and interrupt. stupid questions when I'm trying to work. They BARGED INTO my office without Barge into Enter a place and interrupt people rudely. knocking and started talking even though I was on the phone. If you BASH your monitor ABOUT like Bash about Mistreat physically. that, it won't last long. The burglars BASHED the door IN to Bash in Break, damage or injure by hitting. enter the house. Write something quickly without much I BASHED the essay OUT the night Bash out preparation. before I had to hand it in. They BASHED him UP in the fight in the Bash up Break, damage or hurt by hitting. pub last week and he had to go to hospital. She BAWLED me OUT for coming home Bawl out Scold, shout at someone. drunk. She BAWLED Raj OUT for getting there Bawl out Scold. late. He BAWLED OUT our names at the top Bawl out Sing or shout unpleasantly loudly. of his voice. The police ARE AFTER him because of Be after Try to find or get. the theft. The next bus should BE ALONG in the Be along Arrive. next quarter of an hour or so. Be away Be elsewhere; on holiday, etc.. She's AWAY on business for three weeks. Be cut out She's not CUT OUT FOR this kind of Be suitable, have the necessary qualities. for work. She was very CUT UP about coming Be cut up Be upset. second as she thought she deserved to win. He's BEEN DOWN since his partner left Be down Be depressed. him. The firm's profits ARE DOWN by ten Be down Be reduced or less. percent this quarter. After the argument, James is DOWN ON Be down on Have negative feelings toward someone. his boss. Be down Gul is DOWN WITH some bug and is off Be ill. with work today. Be fed up Be bored, upset or sick of something. I AM FED UP of his complaints. They ARE never IN; I always get their Be in Be at home or at work. answerphone. Learning English with easypacelearning.com The application form must BE IN by 3pm Be in Be submitted, arrive. on Friday. Susan was the only one who WASN'T IN Be in on Be involved in. ON the plan. Be not on Be unacceptable. The way he's behaving IS just NOT ON. This yoghurt must BE OFF; it smells Be off Be bad (of food). foul. Be off Depart, leave. I'm OFF home; it's five o'clock. Be on Be functioning (of machines). The computer IS ON. The show IS ON for the next three Be on Take place. months. Take medication or drugs, especially when He IS ON anti-depressants and has Be on they affect the person badly. become very difficult to please. Be at the top of one’s game, performing He IS really ON right now-three goals in Be on very well. five minutes! I couldn't understand what he WAS ON Be on about Mean, try to say. ABOUT-it made no sense. He's being very careful because he thinks Be onto Pursue, be aware of someone's true nature. the police ARE ONTO him. Be out Be absent from a place. She IS OUT on a visit for the day. We're OUT OFcoffee so I'll have to go Be out of Have no more left. and get some. She IS OUT TO get him sacked because Be out to Attempt. she hates him. Be snowed We're completely SNOWED UNDER at Have too much work. under work because it's the end of the tax year. Be taken I WAS TAKEN ABACK when I saw him Be shocked or surprised. aback because he's lost all his hair. Be taken I WAS very TAKEN WITH the Like something. with performance-it was superb. Be up Be out of bed. She's not UP yet. The company's profits ARE UP by fifteen Be up Have increased or risen. percent. When the time for something finishes or Time's UP, please finish your drinks and Be up expires. leave. ARE you UP FOR the climb of Mt. Be up for Be enthusiastic about an upcoming event. Blanc? He's not UP TO the job; get someone Be up to Be good enough. else. Be up to Doing something naughty or wrong. What are those kids UP TO? Bear down She spotted him on the other side of the Move towards. on room and BORE DOWN ON him. The judge's character may well BEAR Bear on Influence, affect. ON the final decision. Statistics BEAR OUT the government's Bear out Confirm that something is correct. positions on the issue. Learning English with easypacelearning.com How are you BEARING UP under the Bear up Resist pressure. strain? Bear up He's BEARING UP UNDER the Cope with something difficult or stressful. under pressure. Please BEAR WITH me a moment while Bear with Be patient. I finish this email. The sun WAS really BEATING DOWN Beat down Strong sunshine. and we couldn't stay outdoors. Get someone to lower the price of I managed to BEAT him DOWN to fifty Beat down something. Euros. The marathon runner barely BEAT OUT Beat out Narrowly win in competition. his rival at the tape. The mugger BEAT him UP and stole his Beat up Attack violently. wallet. Beaver She's BEAVERING AWAY before her Work hard. away exams. Beaver I have to BEAVER AWAY AT it or else I Work hard doing something. away at will fail the course. Sleep somewhere less comfortable than We had to BED DOWN on the floor for Bed down normal. the night. Become established or successful over The new government has found it hard to Bed down time. BED DOWN and become accepted. I BEDDED the plants OUT when the Bed out Move a plant outside. weather warmed up. The company BEEFED UP their case when they saw that the public wouldn't Beef up Make something stronger or more solid. accept their first explanation of the accident. Belong to Be a member. He BELONGS TO a secret society. Be connected to a time, place, belief, Their ideas BELONG TO the nineteenth Belong to thing, etc. century and seem old-fashioned now. Be in the correct or appropriate location Does this disc BELONG WITH those on Belong with with other items. the shelf? They BELTED OUT the national anthems Belt out Sing something loudly. before the game. She told the students to BELT UP because Belt up Be quiet. they were making so much noise. I told the kids to BELT UP before I Belt up Fasten your seatbelt. started the car. Bend down Lower the top half of your body. I BENT DOWN to pick it up off the floor. Bend over Lower the top part of your body. I BENT OVER to do my shoes up. Bend over I BENT OVER BACKWARDS for them Do a lot to try to help or please someone. backwards and they didn't even thank me. Big up Exaggerate the importance. He BIGS himself UP all the time. They work out a lot to BIG themselves Big up Increase the size of muscles by exercise. UP. Learning English with easypacelearning.com Bitch up Spoil or ruin something. I BITCHED UP the interview. He BLACKED OUT and collapsed on the Black out Fall unconscious. floor. Everything BLACKED OUT when the Black out Lose light. power supply failed. The email addresses were BLANKED Blank out Censor text so that words cannot be read. OUT in the documents shown to the court. I was so nervous in the interview that I Blank out Have a temporary memory failure. just BLANKED OUT and couldn't answer their questions properly. The music was BLARING OUT and I Blare out A loud sound or music. couldn't get to sleep. The space shuttle BLASTED OFF on Blast off Leave the ground-spaceship or rocket. schedule yesterday. The shooters BLAZED AWAY at the Blaze away Fire a gun repeatedly. pheasants. Cause sufficient blood loss to result in Bleed out They BLED OUT their calves. death. Bliss out Be extremely relaxed and happy. I BLISSED OUT on the beach all week. I couldn't drive here this morning because Block in Park a car and obstruct another car. someone had BLOCKED me IN. He BLOCKED IN the events in his Block in Shade or fill in. calendar. Obstruct an exit to prevent people from The police BLOCKED OFF the road Block off leaving. after the murder. The trees BLOCK the sun OUT most of Block out Stop light from entering or leaving. the day. It was so unpleasant that I try to BLOCK Try not think about or feel something Block out it OUT-otherwise, I'd just be angry all because it is upsetting or painful. the time. The pipe's BLOCKED UP and no water Block up Fill a space so that nothing can pass. gets through. He grabbed a gun and BLEW the police Blow away Kill. officer AWAY. Beat rivals or competitors by a large Their new product has BLOWN all the Blow away margin. others AWAY. Blow away Impress greatly. Her first novel BLEW me AWAY. When the wind moves something from a The flag BLEW AWAY in the storm; we'll Blow away place. have to buy a new one. Blow down When the wind forces something to fall. A tree was BLOWN DOWN in the storm. Arrive, sometimes suddenly or He BLEW IN from Toronto early this Blow in unexpectedly. morning. We were going to meet last night, but she Blow off Not keep an appointment. BLEW me OFF at the last minute. Blow off Ignore, not do something. I BLEW the homework OFF and did Learning English with easypacelearning.com badly. Blow off Expel gas from the anus. He BLEW OFF in front of everybody. She BLEW the candles OUT on her Blow out Extinguish candles, matches, etc.. birthday cake. The Broncos BLEW OUT the Raiders 55- Blow out Defeat decisively. 0. The scandal BLEW OVER within a Blow over When a scandal gets forgotten. fortnight when the press found someone else to attack. The bomb BLEW UP without any Blow up Explode. warning. The pressure was low, so I BLEW the Blow up Inflate. tyre UP. BLOW UP that photo so we can see his Blow up Enlarge (e.g., photograph).. face. A storm BLEW UP while we were out Blow up The beginning of a storm. walking. They BLEW UP when they heard what I Blow up Lose your temper, become angry. had done wrong. Say something quickly without thinking, I was really angry when he BLURTED Blurt out especially if you shouldn't. OUT the secret. Arrange for pets to stay somewhere while We BOARD our dog OUT with friends Board out you're away. when we go abroad. Cover windows or doors with wood, They BOARDED UP all the windows to Board up metal, etc.. stop people getting into the empty houses. Yasini got BOGGED DOWN in his Bog down Slow make progress. research and didn't finish the project in time. We were starving and BOGGED IN when Bog in Eat enthusiastically. the food was served. Bog into Eat something enthusiastically. They BOGGED INTO the lunch. He lost his temper and told her to BOG Bog off! Get lost. OFF. The report's so long, I BOILED it DOWN Boil down Simplify, reduce to the essentials. into a two-page summary. Boil down It all BOILS DOWN TO money at the Amount to. to end of the day. I left themilk on the cooker and it Boil over When a hot liquid spills out of a container. BOILED OVER. When people lose their tempers and things The tension had been building up and it Boil over get nasty. BOILED OVER in the meeting. The anger BOILED UP in me when I saw Boil up Feel a negative emotion strongly. what they had done. I BOILED UP some water for a cup of Boil up Cook or heat something to boiling point. coffee. We were all scared but she BOLSTERED Bolster up Give support, reinforce, strengthen. UP our courage. Learning English with easypacelearning.com I will have to BONE UP to get a good Bone up Study hard for a reason. result. I need to BONE UP ON my French Bone up on Study hard for a goal or reason. grammar for the test. Book in Make a reservation in advance. I'll BOOK us IN at the Intercontinental. WE took a taxi from the airport to the Book in Check in at a hotel. hotel and BOOKED IN. I've BOOKED us INTO a hotel in the Book into Make a reservation in advance. centre of town for three nights. We BOOKED INTO the first hotel we Book into Check in at a hotel. could find. I don't like the look of the people Book out Leave a place in a hurry. arriving-let's BOOK OUT. The flight's fully BOOKED UP; I'll have Book up Reserve. to go the following day. He BOOTED UP the computer and Boot up Start a computer. started work. Border on Be located next to a place. Portugal BORDERS ON Spain. What he did was BORDERING ON Border on Be very nearly something. betrayal. Boss about Use excessive authority to control people. She BOSSES everyone ABOUT. Boss around Use excessive authority to control people. He BOSSES everyone AROUND. I BOTCHED UP the whole project and it Botch up Ruin or spoil something. had to be cancelled. Bottle away Store up. He kept his feelings BOTTLED AWAY. She was going to tell her boss exactly Bottle out Lack courage to do something. what she thought, but BOTTLED OUT in the end. She BOTTLED UP her feelings even Bottle up Not express your feelings. though she was furious with them and kept quiet. The recession BOTTOMED OUT and the Bottom out Pass the lowest point and start rising. economy is recovering well. They have BOUNCED the government Bounce into Force someone. INTO calling an early election. Bounce The economy is BOUNCING BACK Recover. back from the recession. They BOUNCED ideas OFF each other Bounce off Test ideas. in abrainstorming session. Hit someone's wicket in cricket with the Bowl out He BOWLED the player OUT first ball. ball. Bowl over Surprise someone greatly. I was BOWLED OVER by the news. He was BOWLED OVER by the crowd Bowl over Knock someone to the ground. rushing out. Prevent something from moving, I was BOXED IN by the bus and couldn't Box in especially vehicles. change lane. Learning English with easypacelearning.com At the end of term, I BOXED my books Box up Pack things in boxes to move them. UP and sent them home. Feel more confident or optimistic about You should BRACE UP and stop Brace up something. worrying. Move into a different area of business, The supermarkets have BRANCHED Branch out etc.. OUT into banking. Leave an organisation, usually to form a The SDP BROKEAWAY from the Break away new one. Labour Party. The talks between management and the Break down End negotiations unsuccessfully. unions BROKE DOWN acrimoniously. Break down Start crying. He BROKE DOWN in tears. My car's BROKEN DOWN, so I came by Break down Stop working. taxi. He had to BREAK DOWN their Break down Remove a barrier or obstacle. opposition to his ideas. The burglars BROKE IN and stole the TV Break in Go into a building to steal something. and video. I'm sorry to BREAK IN on your Break in Interrupt something. conversation, but there's a problem. Break in Train a horse to be ridden. It took ages to BREAK the horse IN. Carefully use new products until they are I must watch my speed until I BREAK IN Break in fully functional.. my new Volvo. She BROKE OFF a square of chocolate Break off Break apiece from something. and gave it to her dog. She BROKE OFF their engagement when Break off End a relationship. she found out that he'd been unfaithful. They're worried that war will BREAK Break out Start (war, conflict). OUT. Sweat heavily, develop skin sores or The measles caused me to BREAK OUT Break out in irritation.. IN a rash. Three dangerous Category A prisoners Break out of Escape. BROKE OUT OF Wandsworth Prison last night. Break The crowd BROKE THROUGH the Pass a barrier or obstacle. through police barriers and attacked the hunters. The plate BROKE UP when he dropped it Break up Break into many pieces. on the floor. Close an educational institution for the Schools BREAK UP at the end of June Break up holidays. for the summer holidays. They had been going out for a couple of Break up Finish a relationship. years before they BROKE UP. You're BREAKING UP; I'll call you back Become inaudible over the telephone Break up in a minute and see if we get a better because of interference. connection. Breeze The film BREEZES ALONG for the first Move easily and quickly. along hour, then becomes rather dull and slow. Breeze in Enter a place quickly. He BREEZED IN and started shouting at