Master English Phrasal Verbs: Definitions and Examples

Throw away→ to discard something, to put something in the trash

Turn up→ to appear, to arrive unexpectedly

End up→ to eventually reach a particular state or place

Check out→ to verify, to examine something

Set out→ to begin a journey or task

Run out of→ to have no more of something left

Give up→ to stop trying, to surrender

Come across→ to find something or someone by chance

Add up to→ to equal a total amount

Break down→ to stop working, to collapse emotionally

Put up with→ to tolerate something unpleasant

Pay out→ to give a sum of money

Call out→ to summon someone, to publicly criticize

Switch off→ to turn off an electrical device

Bring up→ to raise a child, to mention a topic in conversation

Split up→ to separate, to end a relationship

Get on with→ to start or continue doing something

Drop by→ to visit someone informally

Go down→ to decrease, to fade away

Put off→ to postpone, to discourage someone from something

Go out→ to leave one's home for a social event

Go with→ to accompany someone, to match something

Dress up→ to wear formal or elegant clothes

Put on→ to place something on oneself (e.g., clothes), to pretend

Try on→ to put on clothing to see if it fits

Get rid of→ to dispose of something, to eliminate something

Put up with → to tolerate something unpleasant

Hang out→ to spend time with someone casually

Get away from→ to escape from someone or something

Go on about→ to talk endlessly about something

Build on→ to develop something further, to use something as a foundation

Sing along→ to sing together with someone or a recording

Be into→ to be interested in something

Take up→ to start a new hobby or activity

Fit in with→ to be compatible with something or someone

Move along→ to progress, to keep moving

Hang out→ to spend time relaxing or socializing