back out of desert; fail to keep a promise | bear down on lean on; browbeat | bear on have to do with |
bear up under endure | break in on interrupt | break into interrupt |
call for come to get; require | care for like; guard; supervise; maintain | carry on with continue |
catch up with cover the distance between oneself and | check up on examine; verify | come across find accidentally |
come along with accompany; make progress | come by find accidentally | come down with become ill with |
come out with utter; produce | come up with utter; produce | count on rely on |
cut in on interrupt | disagree with cause illness or discomfort to | do away with abolish |
do without deprive oneself of | drop in at/on visit casually without planning | drop out of leave; quit |
face up to acknowledge | fall behind in lag; not progress at required pace | fall back on use for emergency purpose |
fall out with quarrel with | fill in for substitute for | get ahead of surpass; beat |
get around evade; avoid | get away with do without being caught or punished | get by with manage with a minimum of effort |
get down to become serious about; consider | get in enter (a vehicle) | get off descend from; leave |
get on enter (a vehicle); mount | get on with proceed with | get through with terminate, finish |
go back on desert; fail to keep (a promise) | go for like a great deal | go in for be interested in; participate in |
go on with continue | go over review | go with harmonize with; look pleasing together |
go without abstain from | hang around remain idly in the vicinity of | hear from receive a communication from |
hear of learn about (sometimes accidentally) | hit on discover accidentally | hold on to grasp tightly |
hold out against resist | keep at persevere at | keep to persist in; continue |
keep up with maintain the pace of | lie down on evade; fail to do | live on support or sustain oneself by means of |
live up to maintain the standard demanded of | look after take care of | look back on remember nostalgically |
look down on feel superior to | look forward to anticipate | look up to respect; admire |
make up for compensate for | pass on transmit | pick on tease; bully |
play up to flatter for personal advantage | put up with tolerate | read up on search out information on |
run against compete against in an election | run away with leave; escape from | run for campaign for |
see about consider; arrange | see to arrange; supervise | settle on decide on; choose |
stand for represent; permit | stand up for support; demand | stand up to resist |
stick to persist | stick up for support; defend | take after resemble |
talk back to answer impolitely | talk over discuss | tell on report misbehavior to authority |
touch on mention briefly | turn into become | wait on serve |
wait up for not go to bed while waiting for | watch out for be careful for |
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
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