Phrasal verbs/English phrasal verbs/important phrasal verbs/useful phrasal verbs

100 commonly used English phrasal verbs, along with brief meanings:

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Phrasal Verbs 

1. Break down – stop working (machine)

2. Bring up – mention or raise a topic

3. Call off – cancel

4. Carry on – continue

5. Catch up – reach the same level

6. Check in – register at a hotel/airport

7. Check out – leave a hotel / look at something

8. Come across – find by chance

9. Come up with – produce (an idea)

10. Cut down on – reduce

11. Deal with – handle a situation

12. Drop off – deliver or fall asleep

13. End up – finally reach a condition or place

14. Figure out – understand or solve

15. Fill in – complete (a form)

16. Find out – discover

17. Give up – quit

18. Go ahead – proceed

19. Go on – continue

20. Grow up – become an adult

21. Hang out – spend time relaxing

22. Hold on – wait

23. Keep on – continue doing something

24. Look after – take care of

25. Look for – search

26. Look forward to – anticipate with pleasure

27. Look into – investigate

28. Make up – invent (a story) / reconcile

29. Pass out – faint

30. Pick up – collect someone/something

31. Put off – postpone

32. Put on – wear

33. Run into – meet by accident

34. Run out of – have none left

35. Set up – arrange, start (a business)

36. Show up – appear

37. Shut down – stop operation

38. Take after – resemble (a family member)

39. Take off – remove clothes / become successful / depart (plane)

40. Take up – start (a hobby)

41. Think over – consider

42. Throw away – discard

43. Turn down – reject

44. Turn up – appear / increase volume

45. Wake up – stop sleeping

46. Watch out – be careful

47. Work out – exercise / find a solution

48. Get along – have a good relationship

49. Get over – recover from

50. Give in – surrender or yield

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Phrasal Verbs (51–100)

51. Act up – behave badly

52. Back up – support / make a copy

53. Blow up – explode / become very angry

54. Break into – enter by force

55. Bring about – cause

56. Call back – return a phone call

57. Carry out – complete (a task)

58. Come in – enter

59. Cut off – disconnect

60. Do over – repeat

61. Dress up – wear nice clothes

62. Drop by – visit briefly

63. Drop out – leave school

64. Eat out – dine at a restaurant

65. Fall apart – break into pieces

66. Fall for – be deceived by / fall in love

67. Fill out – complete a form

68. Get back – return

69. Give away – donate / reveal a secret

70. Go over – review

71. Hand in – submit

72. Hold up – delay / rob

73. Iron out – resolve (issues)

74. Keep up – maintain pace

75. Lay off – fire from a job

76. Let down – disappoint

77. Look out – be careful

78. Make out – kiss / understand

79. Pass away – die

80. Pass on – transmit / decline

81. Pull over – stop (a vehicle)

82. Put up with – tolerate

83. Run over – hit with a vehicle

84. Set off – start a journey

85. Show off – boast

86. Slow down – reduce speed

87. Speak up – speak louder

88. Stand by – support

89. Stand out – be noticeable

90. Stick to – adhere to

91. Take back – return something / admit being wrong

92. Take in – understand / deceive

93. Talk over – discuss

94. Think ahead – plan for the future

95. Turn around – change direction / improve

96. Turn in – go to bed / submit

97. Use up – consume completely

98. Watch over – protect

99. Write down – record in writing

100. Zip up – close with a zipper

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