List of Important Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal /Group Verbs	English meaning	Phrasal verbs used in sentence
Act on / upon	Affect	Over eating acts upon your health.
Ask for	Beg/pray	The woman asked for his son.
Bear away	Win	He bore away three prizes in the Annual sports.
Bear with	Tolerate	Please bear with us in this time of trouble.
Bear out	Support	His evidence bears out the charge brought against the accused.
Blow out	Extinguish	Blow out the lamp.
Blow up	Destroy by explosion	The terrorists of Kashmir blew up a bus.
Break down	Fail	His health broke down for hard work.
Break into	Enter by force	The dacoits broke into the house at midnight.
Break out	Start suddenly	Plague broke out in this area few years ago.
Break up	Close	Our school breaks up at 4.30 p.m.
Bring about	Cause to	Pride brought about his downfall.
Bring out	Publish	The publisher has brought out a new book.
Bring up	Rear	He is brought up by his uncle.
Call in	Summon / send for	Please call in a doctor.
Call on	Meet	My friend called on me last Friday.
Call for	Demand	He called for an explanation from me.
Call up	Remember	The old man cannot call up past events properly.
Call off	Withdraw / cancel	The strike was called off.
Carry on	Continue / manage	Carry on your studies.
Carry out	Execute	The soldiers carry out the orders of the general.
Come about	Happen	How did the accident come about?
Come round	Recover/get cured	The patient will come round soon.
Come across	Find by chance	I came across a lame man on the way.
Come of	Be born	He came of a respectable family.
Cry down	Depreciate	Young men often cry down old values.
Cry for	Demand	He local people is crying for a bridge over the river.
Fall out	Quarrel	Do not fall out with your friend.
Fall through	Fail	All his plans fell through.
Give away	Distribute	The prizes were given away by the chief guest.
Give in	Surrender	The enemies gave in at last.
Give up	Abandon	Many smokers are trying to give up the habit.
Go through	Read carefully	I have gone through the book.
Hand over	Deliver	The thief was handed over to the policeman.
Keep on	Continue	The students kept on talking.
Keep up	Maintain	He tries to keep up his reputation.
Lay by	Save	You must lay by something for the future.
Look after	Take care of	She looks after her sister well.
Look down upon	Hate	Do not look down upon the poor.
Look for	Search	He is looking for a job.
Look into	Investigate	I asked him to look into the matter.
Look through	Examine	Please look through the document.
Make up	Compensate	He will make up the loss.
Make out	Understand	I cannot make out what you say.
Pass away	Die	The old man passed away last night.
Put on	Wear	Put on your shirt.
Put out	Extinguish	The fireman quickly put out the fire.
Put up	Fix	Put up the notice on the notice-board.
Put up with	Tolerate	I cannot put up with such insult.
Put off	Postpone	They have put off making decision.
Run after	Chase/ follow	The police ran after the thief.
Set in	Begin	The winter has set in.
Set out	Begin journey	He set out for London.
Set up	Establish	He has set up a school in his village.
Stand for	Represent	White colour stands for peace.
Take after	Resemble	The son takes after the father.
Take off	Remove	He took his coat off.
Tell upon	Affect	Smoking tells upon our health.
Turn down	Refuse	He turned down our proposal.
Turn up	Present	You should turn up in time.
Work out	Solve	He could not work out the sum.