back down retreat from a position in an argument | back out desert; fail to keep a promise | back up move backwards |
bear up endure | blow in drop in to visit unexpectedly | blow over pass without doing harm |
blow up explode; lose one's temper | call up telephone | calm down become calm |
carry on continue as before; misbehave | catch on understand | catch up cover the distance between oneself and a moving goal |
check up investigate | check out leave; pay one's bill | cheer up become cheerful |
clear out leave | clear up become clear | close down close permanently |
close up close temporarily | came about happen | come along accompany; make progress |
come back return | come by visit someone in his home | come out appear; make a social debut |
come over come to someone's house, to where someone is | come through succeed | come to regain consciousness |
cut in interrupt | die away fade; diminish | die down fade; diminish |
die off/out disappear; become extinct | dress up don fancy or unusual clothes | drive back return by car |
drop in visit someone casually without planning | drop out abandon some organized activity; leave; quit | drop over visit someone casually |
fall behind not progress at required pace | fall off decrease; lose weight | fall through fail; not be accomplished |
fill in substitute | find out learn | fly back return by air |
fly over fly to where someone is | get ahead make progress | get along have a friendly relationship |
get around circulate; move about | get away escape | get by manage; either just barely or with a minimum of effort |
get in enter | get off descend from leave | get on enter (a vehicle); mount (a horse, etc.) |
get on/along progress; be compatible | get up rise | get through finish |
give out become exhausted | give up surrender; fail to finish | go back return |
go off explode | go on happen; continue | go out stop burning; leave one's residence |
go over go; succeed | grow up mature | hang around remain idly; dawdle |
hang up replace a telephone receive on its hook | hold on grasp tightly; persevere; wait while telephoning | hold out continue to resist; persevere; persist |
keep on continue | keep up maintain the required pace or standard; continue | let up diminish in intensity |
lie down recline | look on be a spectator | make out progress; succeed |
make up become reconciled | move over move to the side | pan out turn out well; be successful |
pass out become unconscious | pass on die | pick up grow; increase |
pull in arrive | pull out deport | pull through survive (barely) |
ride over ride to where someone is | run away escape; leave; leave quickly without permission | run down slowly lose power so as to stop functioning |
run off depart running; drain | sell out sell the ownership or responsibility | settle up pay one's bills or debts |
show off boast by words or actions | show up arrive; appear unexpectedly | shut up stop talking |
slow up reduce speed | stand by wait; be prepared to assist | stand up stand; rise from sitting; last; endure |
stay over remain at someone's house overnight or longer | step aside move to one side | take off leave the ground |
take over assume command | talk back answer impolitely | throw up vomit |
turn around turn so that one is facing another direction | turn in go to bed | turn out succeed; come; appear, as at a public meeting |
turn up arrive; be found unexpectedly | wait up remain awake in anticipation | wake up awaken |
walk back return on foot to where one was | walk over walk to where someone is | wash out fade or disappear from washing |
watch out be careful | wear off fade; disappear through use or time | wear out become unusable through use; become used up |
work out be successful |
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
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