Top List of Phrasal verbs

Top List of Phrasal verbs
GROUP VERBS / PHRASAL VERBS

Top List of Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs are an important part of learning the English language. Most phrasal verbs consist of two words but a few consists of three words. Think of them as you would any other English vocabulary. Study them as you come across them, rather than trying to memorise many at once.

 BEAR                                                                   

Group Verb	Meaning	Use
(1) Bear out	Confirm	This report bears out my idea.
(2) Bear up	Face bravely	He was terribly shocked, but he bore everything up.
(3) Bear down	Control	He bore down all oppositions.
(4) Bear with	Tolerate	I cannot bear with such insult.
(5) Bear on or upon	Be related to	His question does not bear on this issue raised.
	BLOW
(1)Blow out	Extinguish	He blew out the candle.
(2) Blow up	Destroy	The bridge was blown up by explosive.
	BREAK
(1)Break down	To stop working	He broke down in the middle of his speech.
(2) Break into	Enter forcefully	The robbers broke into the house at night.
(3) Break out	Appear suddenly	Cholera has broken out in our village.
(4) Break up	To end	Our school breaks up at 4 P.M
(5) Break through	To brave along	At last we broke through the enemy line.
	BRING
(1)Bring about	Cause	Napoleon brought about a change in France.
(2) Bring down	Lessen	The Government is trying to bring down the price rise.
(3) Bring round	To remove illness	This medicine is sure to bring him round.
(4) Bring out	Publish	He has brought out a good book on Grammar.
(5) Bring up	Rear	He was brought up by his uncle.
	CALL
(1)Call at	Visit to a place	I called on him at his office.
(2) Call for	Demand	The teacher called for an explanation from the student for his long absence.
(3) Call in	Send for	Please call in a doctor.
(4) Call off	Withdraw	The strike has been called off.
(5) Call on	To meet a person	I shall call on you tomorrow.
(6) Call up	Remember	I cannot call up his name now.
	CARRY
(1)Carry on	To continue	I cannot carry on alone any longer.
(2) Carry out	Obey	We should carry out our teacher’s orders.
	COME
(1)Come across	Meet suddenly	I came across my friend in the fair.
(2) Come about	Happen	How did such an accident come about?
(3) Come by	Recover	I have come by my lost pen.
(4) Come down	Be decreased	The price of rice will never come down.
(5) Come of	To be born	He came of a rich family.
(6) Come off	Take place	His sister’s marriage will come off next month.
(7) Come out	Come to light	The secret has at last come out.
(8) Come round	Recover	The patient will come round soon.
	DEAL
(1)Deal in	Trades	He deals in tea.
(2) Deal with	Behave	He deals roughly with me.
	DIE
(1)Die down	Disappear	The agitation of people dies down soon.
(2) Die with	Behave	He deals roughly with me.
	DO
(1)Do away with	Abolish	The new rule has now been done away with.
(2) Do for	Serve as	This house will do for a school.
(3) Do up	Be tired	The horse is much done up after long run.
(4) Do up	decorate	The room is nicely done up.
	DRAW
(1)Draw near	Approach	As your examination is drawing near, you should be serious.
(2) Draw up	Draft	Please draw up a petition for me.
(3) Draw upon	Withdraw	Don’t draw bill upon anticipation of earning more.
(4) Draw up	stop	The car suddenly drew up near the crossing.
	FALL
(1)Fall back	Withdraw	As the enemy advanced, the soldiers fell back.
(2) Fall in with	Agree	I do not fall in with you in this matter.
(3) Fall on or upon	Attack	The robbers fell upon the traveler.
(4) Fall out	Quarrel	Don’t fall out with your brother.
(5) Fall through	fail	The plan fell through for want of money.
	GET
(1)Get at	Reach	The fox could not get at the grapes.
(2) Get on(with)	Carry	How are you getting on with your studies?
(3) Get out	Leave	Get out of my room immediately.
(4) Get over	Recover	He is just getting over a severe heart attack.
(5) Get through	Pass	He got through the examination successfully.
(6) Get to	Reach	How could not get to the top of the tree.
(7) Get up	Rise	Try to get up (from bed) early tomorrow.
(8) Get up	Make	He tried to get up a false case against his relative.
(9) Get up(Noun)	finishing	The get up of the camera is nice.
	GIVE
(1)Give away	Distribute	The president gave away the prizes.
(2) Give in	Yield	At last the enemy had to give in.
(3) Give out	Be finished	(a)The oil stock of the earth will give out soon. (b) His patience gave out, and he became angry.
(4) Give off	Emit	This car gives off bad smoke.
(5) Give up	leave	Try to give up your bad habits.
	GO
(1)Go by	Is known	He goes by the name of Naren.
(2) Go off	Explode	Suddenly the bullet went off his gun and killed one.
(3) Go on	Continue	Don’t go on talking like this.
(4) Go out	Be off	The lights suddenly went out.
(5) Go through	Read	I have gone through the book.
(6) Go up	Rise	The price of rice is going up day by day.
	HOLD
(1)Hold back	Conceal	Don’t hold back anything from me.
(2) Hold off	Cease	The rain will soon hold off.
(3) Hold on	Wait on the telephone	Hold on for a moment, I am calling Mr. Das.
(4) Hold out	Show	Don’t hold out false hopes to me.
(5) Hold up	suspend	(a)The traffic was held up for an hour, following the accident. (b) Classes were held up today following the death of a teacher.
	KEEP
(1)Keep away, Keep off	Be away, be absent	(a)Try to keep away from bad friends. (b) The students should not keep away from their classes.
(2) Keep back	Conceal	Please, don’t keep back anything from me.
(3) Keep on	Continue	Don’t keep on talking like this in the class.
(4) Keep up	maintain	Try to keep up the prestige of your family.
	LET
(1)Let off	Allow to go	The lion let the mouse off out of pity.
(2) Let out	(a)reveal (b) borrow	(a)He at last let out the secret. (b) I will let out a portion of my house.
(3) Let down	lower	When she lets her hair down it reaches her waist.