Comprehensive phrasal verbs in a different style--easy to learn

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1. Account for Give a reason to, explain
2. Act for Act on behalf of
3. Allow for Take into consideration, include in a calculation
4. Ask for Request or demand
5. Call for 1. Demand
2. to require
6. Be for Be in favour with
7. Care for Look after, take care of – usually used in negative and passive
8. Cut out for Specially fitted to be
9. Go for 1. Attack
2. To seek or obtain
3. To be sold for
4. To apply to
10. Be done for Be ruined
11. Live for 1. Live for the sake of some high principles
2. To consider most important
12. Look for Search for, try to find something
13. Come for To come for getting something and taking it away.
14. Cry out for To demand in an obvious manner
15. Fall for To be attracted to
16. Hold out for To continue; to make; demand for
17. Pay for To suffer for mistakes or wrong decisions
18. Stand for To signify
19. Long for To desire
20. Enter for Become a candidate for an examination, contest etc.
21. Look out for Keep one’s eyes open so as to see something
22. Make for 1. To Move towards hastily
2. Conduces to
3. To attack
4. To help to bring about
23. Send for Call
24. Take for Think about someone wrongly
25. Stick up for Defend
26. Vouch for 1. Express confidence in
2. Guarantee something
27. Cry for 1. To demand
2. To be in urgent need of
28. Die for
29. Stand up for 1. Vindicate
2. Maintain
3. Championing the cause of
4. To support, defend or side with
30. Pass for Regarded as
31. Fight for 1. To fight on behalf of a person
2. To get something
32. Go in for To adopt as a profession, hobby or a guiding principle
33. Come in for To be abuse, blamed, criticized etc.
34. Do for To cause the ruin, defeat or death of
35. Head for 1. To move towards (of a ship etc.)
2. To move towards disaster(figuratively)
36. Let in for To involve, especially in trouble
37. Sign for To sign a contract to agree to do something
38. Apply for Make a formal request for something (job, permit, loan etc.)
39. Stick out for Persist in demanding

40. Act on 1. Act in accordance with
2. Affect, To exert an influence upon
41. Bear on Be relevant to or connected with something
42. Keep on 1. To Continue to hold, use, show, employ etc
2. Persist in doing
43. Stay on Continue studying, working longer than expected
44. Carry on 1. Continue without halting
2. To manage or conduct
3. To behave in an excited, improper or silly manner
45. Go on 1. Continue any action
2. To happen, to occur
3. To act or behave
46. Come on 1. Come with me ,Accompany me
2. Make progress
3. To encourage
4. To find unexpectedly
5. Start functioning (of Electricity, gas, water etc.
47. Get on 1. Make progress
2. Agree, live well with, to establish friendly relationship
3. To board a bus or train
4. Put on clothes
5. To advance (of time)
48. Put on 1. Dress oneself in
2. Switch the light on
3. To assume; to take on(of character, appearance)
4. To present or perform
5. To increase in
49. Draw on 1. Borrow from
2. To withdraw money from an account
3. To come near
4. To put on
50. Have on 1. To wear
2. To have a schedule for
51. Check up on Investigate the background, record ; etc of
52. Count on 1. To depend
2. To rely on
53. Drop on Visit for something
54. Fall on Attack up suddenly
55. Go back on Cancel a promise
56. Hold on 1) Wait especially on a telephone
2) To maintain one’s grasp, to cling
57. Jump on Criticize somebody or something
58. Live on 1. Have something as food
2. To make do with the bare minimum
59. Look down on Hate, to regard with contempt
60. Look on 1. Regard, Consider
2. To view as a spectator
61. Play on Make use of someone’s feeling, fears etc. Or to take undue advantage of the feelings or weaknesses of someone
62. Hold out on To refuse to give something, especially information
63. Pick on To select someone to bully, blame or do an unpleasant task
64. Run on To continue talking
65. Sign on To fire or get fired
66. Sit on To suppress news, information, decision etc.
67. Strike on To find a solution, answer etc. Unexpectedly
68. Walk out on To abandon suddenly
69. Brush up on Improve, refresh one’s knowledge of something
70. Drag on Last longer than expected
71. Rely on Count on, depend on, trust
72. Come down on To be severe with, scold
73. Seize on Recognize something and use it eagerly
74. Send on Forward, send after a person
75. Take on 1. Take the responsibility of some work; to undertake
2. To assume or acquire
3. Hire or engage staff
76. Tell on Have a bad effect on
77. Try on Put on to see if it fits; wear something to see if it suits or fits
78. Wait on Attend , serve
79. Bear down on 1. To move quickly towards it in a threatening manner
2. To affect in a harmful way.
80. Blow on Defame or discredit a person
81. Bring on To cause illness esp. One that recurs again and again
82. Call on 1. To pay a visit to a person
2. To appeal someone to do something
3. To draw in[to arrive at a station (of a train), to become shorter (of hour of day light)]
83. Catch To understand what is meant
84. Cut back on To reduce expenditure, funds etc
85. Cut down on To reduce some activity, Reduce in number or size
86. Grow on To become gradually more acceptable, agreeable or pleasant to.
87. Hand on To give to a successor
88. Hang on 1. To persevere, to persist
2. To cling
3. To depend upon for success
89. Hit on To find what is sought, esp. By chance
90. Lay on To provide refreshment, entertainment etc.
91. Lead on To mislead by giving false information
92. Let in on To take into one’s confidence
93. Pass on To transmit to another person in series.
94. Catch up on To become acquainted with the latest information
95. Let in on To take into one’s confidence
96. Round on To make a sudden physical or verbal attack
97. Set on To instigate to attack
98. Sit in on To be present but take no part in the discussion
99. Step on To treat a junior or less important person harshly or contemptuously
100. Turn on To cause on ???? to flow or operate by turning a knob etc.

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101. Work on To influence or persuade
102. Clamp down on Act strictly to prevent something
103. Focus on Concentrate on something
104. Back down on Take back a demand
105. Gain on Won the favour of

106. Back down To abandon or withdraw from an earlier commitment, concede defeat
107. Boil down Reduce to essentials, to summarize
108. Bring down 1. To cause a government’s fall
2. To reduce prices etc.
109. Come down 1. To decrease prices, cost etc.
2. To pass from one generation to another
110. Cast down To make a person discouraged or dejected.
111. Cry down To be little; to disparage; condemn
112. Die down To lose strength or become weaker
Calm down, become less strong
113. Fall down 1. To collapse
2. To prove unsuccessful
114. Get down 1. To dismount or descend
2. To write down
3. To depress
115. Hand down To pass on the younger generation; to bequeath
116. Keep down 1. To hold in subjection
2. Not to vomit
3. To restrain, to control
117. To lay down 1. To surrender arms
2. To renounce an idea, attitude, rank etc.
3. To formulate rules, principles, etc.
4. To sacrifice one’s life
118. Lie down 1. To have brief rest in or on the bed
2. To accept an unfair decision or treatment without complaining or resisting
119. Nail down 1. To fix firmly on the wall or floor
2. To exact a definite promise or consent from
3. To manage or make a firm agreement
120. Pay down To pay the first instalment
121. Pull down To demolishes
122. Run down To speak ill of
123. Sit down 1. To suffer insults etc. Without protest
2. Take a seat
124. Step down To resign or abdicate
125. Take down 1. To listen and write
2. To dismantle
126. Turn down 1. To reject, refuse
2. To reduce the volume
127. Jot down Take quick notes
128. Bear down Overthrow, crush
129. Send down Expel from a college or university
130. Beat down To compel a seller to accept a lower price.
131. Break down To collapse, To fail completely, go out of order, cease to function
To destroy it, reduce it to pieces
Lose control of one’s emotions
Give a detailed explanation of figures
132. Call down To invoke as from heaven
133. Cool down To become less angry
134. Close down 1. To cease operations, usually for good(of a business)
2. To stop broadcasting for the day
135. Cut down 1. To fell, reduce
2. To make appear less important or clever.
3. To kill
136. Do down 1. To overcome; to humiliate
2. To cheat, to deceive
137. Fight down To control one’s emotions or urges
138. Go down 1. Fall of prices or standards etc.
2. To sink
3. To be beaten
4. To be remembered
5. To be received in a specified way
139. Hold down 1. To keep in check
2. To manage to keep one’s job
140. Knock down 1. To strike to the ground with a hit (of boxing)
2. To declare in article sold (of an auction )
3. To demolish
4. To disassemble into parts for export
141. Let down 1. To disappoint; to fail to come to the expectation of
2. To release air from; to deflate
3. To undo for adding length
142. Live down To live long enough to make others forget any mistake, crime, scandal one was involved in.
143. Pass down To convey tradition, myths, stories, etc. ,to children
144. Play down To make something seem less significant
145. Put down 1. To write down; to record
2. To suppress by force or authority
146. Set down To record into a written form
147. Stand down To resign and withdraw in favour of another
148. Strike down To cause an injury or death to
149. Tear down To demolish or destroy
150. Calm down Become more relaxed, less angry or upset
151. Note down Write something
152. Be run down Be in poor health after illness, overwork, etc.
153. Shut down Close down a shop, business etc.

154. Come by To gain unexpectedly, get by chance
155. Get by To manage or survive in spite of difficulties
156. Lay by To save for future needs
157. Live by To abide by certain beliefs, principles, ideals, etc.
158. Put by To save for later use
159. Stand by 1. To refrain from interfering; to be present as an onlooker
2. To stick to one’s principles, policy, promise etc.
3. To be available and ready for action if needed
160. Abide by Respect or obey (the law, a decision, a rule)
161. Do by To treat or deal with in the manner specified.
162. Go by 1. To pass
2. To judge from
3. To be guided by
163. Lie by To keep unused; to keep quit or retire
164. Pass by 1. To move past
2. To overlook or disregard
165. Sit by To look on illegal , etc.., activities without interfering
166. Stick by To remain faithful to
167. Drop by Visit for some time

168. Back out To withdraw from an agreement, commitment, enterprise, plan or project esp. Before completion; fail to fulfil a promise
169. Blow out 1. To extinguish a flame candle etc.
2. To puncture suddenly, esp. At high speed (of a tyre)
3. To diminish or use up the energy of
170. Bring out 1. To publish
2. To reveal; to cause to be seen, make clear
171. Call out 1. To shout loudly
2. To summon in emergencies
172. Catch out To detect someone in mistake
173. Come out To be published or revealed
Come to know
174. Cut out 1. To remove or delete
2. To shape by cutting
3. To be suitable
4. Stop doing something
175. Do out To clear tidy or redecorate a room, cupboard etc.
176. Drive out To force something or someone to leave and disappear.
177. Fight out To settle by fighting
178. Get out 1. To alight from a vehicle; to leave one’s house etc.
2. To leave an organization
3. To publish or be published
4. To dismiss or be dismissed(cricket)
5. To exact information or money from
179. Go out 1. To stop burning or throwing light
2. To broadcast a programme.
3. To be no longer in use
180. Hang out 1. To hang clothes on the wash line for drying
2. To live at or go frequently to a place
3. Spend time at particular place or with a group of friends
181. Hit out 1. To attack vigorously
2. To make a verbal attack upon someone
3. To score runs energetically
182. Keep out To prevent from entering
183. Lay out 1. To arrange or spread out
2. To plan
3. To present ideas, information, etc. Clearly
184. Let out 1. To allow to go, to release
2. To emit
3. To reveal a script, etc.
185. Look out 1. To be careful to notice some hazard
2. To be careful
3. To watch in the hope of finding something
186. Nose out 1. To discover by persistent searching
2. To defeat by a narrow margin
187. Pay out A spend of large sum on a particular thing
188. Play out To finish
189. Put out 1. To extinguish a fire, light, cigarette, etc.
2. To annoy or upset
3. To assume, publish or broadcast
190. Ring out To emit loud and clear sound
191. Set out 1. To start a journey.
2. To present, arrange or display
3. To explain at length
192. Sit out To stay patiently until the end of something
193. Start out 1. To begin a journey
2. To take the first as in life, one’s career etc.
194. Stop out To cover a part of an area of cloth, printing plate etc. In order to prevent its being dyed, printed, or etched.
195. Take out To take a person to an eating house or an entertainment place
196. Turn out 1. To dismiss, discharge or expel
2. To end; to result
3. To come out for a public event or entertainment
197. Watch out To be on one’s guard
Be careful
198. Black out Faint, lose consciousness
199. Check out 1. Pay one’s bills and leave a hotel
2. investigate
200. Cross out Remove by drawing a line through

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201. Figure out Understand, find the answer
Think about and understand
202. Iron out Resolve by discussion; eliminate differences
203. Opt out Leave a system or decide not to participate
204. Rule out eliminate
205. Ask out Invite someone to some entertainment of food outside
206. Hear out Hear to the end
207. Print out Produce a document or information from a computer
208. Send out Distribute to a lot of people or places
209. Try out To test
210. Wipe out Destroy completely
211. Write out Write the whole of it
212. Bear out To Confirm, to prove right
Substantiate
213. Break out To begin suddenly or violently: a fight, argument, disease, fire etc.
214. Buy out To buy the shares of a business partner.
215. Carry out 1. To execute or implant an order, instructions or a plan.
2. Perform or conduce (test, experiment)
216. Clear out 1. To ask someone to go away
2. To sort and remove undesired things from a room, house, cupboard etc.
217. Cry out To scream aloud esp. In pain terror etc.
218. Die out To become extinct
Become non- existence or dead (of animals, customs, races etc.)
219. Draw out 1. To make one speak freely
2. To prolong; to drag out
220. Drop out To leave a school without completing studies.
221. Fill out To make or become fuller, broader, thicker, rounder or shapelier.
Complete (a form/application)
222. Give out 1. To let something be known
2. To break down; to fail
3. To distribute
4. To declare a batsman out
223. Hand out To distribute similar things among a group of persons
224. Have out 1. To settle a matter by fighting or arguing
2. To get extracted
225. Hold out 1. To stretch forth hand etc.
2. To refused to surrender or give up
226. Knock out 1. To render unconscious
2. To defeat an opponent by knocking him on the canvass to the count of 10(of boxing)
3. To eliminate, especially in the knockout competition
227. Leave out 1. To omit to exclude
2. To ignore especially in social matters
3. Not mention
228. Live out To reside away from the place of work or studies
229. Make out 1. To decipher
2. Understand or comprehend
3. To write or draw
4. To pose or pretend
230. Pass out 1. To faint; to become unconscious
2. To finish a military or police course.
231. Pick out 1. To recognize among a crown of persons or things
2. To select from among others
232. Pull out 1. To depart a station (of a train)
2. To withdraw from a situation or commitment
233. Read out To read aloud
234. Run out To become completely used up
235. Sign out To pay, sign and leave the hotel
236. Stand out To become distinctive or conspicuous
237. Stick out 1. To extend beyond; to project
2. To endure something disagreeable
238. Strike out To pass a line through one’s writing because something wrong or unwanted to be omitted
239. Throw out 1. To discard
2. To force a person to leave his job or house
240. Walk out 1. To leave without explanation, especially in anger
2. To go on strike
241. Work out 1. To find a solution
2. To formulate
3. To prove satisfactory
4. To happen as specified
5. To do physical exercise
242. Burn out 1. Stop (something) working
2. Become exhausted from overworking
243. Conk out 1. Stop working
2. Stop or fall asleep (from exhaustion)
244. Even out 1. Eliminate differences of opinion
2. Become regular or regular
245. Find out Discover or obtain information
246. Move out Leave your home/office for another one
247. Point out Indicate/direct attention to something
248. Wear out 1. Become unusable
2. Become very tired
249. Be out Out of the building
250. Fall out Quarrel
251. Sell out Sell all that you have
252. Sort out Arrange or solve
253. Wear out Tire out
254. Worm out Make somebody tell you something by asking questions cleverly

255. Back up 1. To support or assist
2. Make a copy of (file, programme etc)
3. To prove the truth of one’s story or claim by supplying evidence.
4. To walk or move one’s vehicle back wards a little way
5. To move down the wicket in readiness for a run as a ball is bowled
256. Blow up 1. To explode or cause to explode
2. Be destroyed by an explosion
3. To come into existence with sudden force.
4. To increase the importance of
257. Bring up 1. To rear or educate, raise (a child)
2. To raise a subject etc. For discussion
258. Buy up To purchase all or all that is available of something
259. Catch up 1. To entangle
2. To cause to become involved, often unwillingly
3. To grab; to snatch
260. Close up 1. To shut
2. Come nearer together
261. Cry up To praise highly
262. Do up 1. To tie or wrap a package, decorate again
2. To fasten buttons etc.; to tie loose hair
263. Fill up 1. To complete a form application etc.
2. To make or become completely full
264. Get up 1. To rise, leave bed
2. To dress in a particular way
265. Go up 1. To increase
2. To be erected
3. To be completely destroyed
266. Hang up 1. To put back the receiver after the call is over
2. To hang from a hook etc.
267. Keep up 1. To prevent one’s spirits, prices etc. From sinking
2. To maintain a pace or rate set by another
3. To remain informed or in touch
4. To carry on
268. Lay up Save for future
269. Look up 1. To improve
2. To search for and find, as in a reference book
270. Nail up To fasten firmly onto a wall or other vertical surface
271. Pick up 1. To take or gather by hand
2. To take on passengers, freight, etc.
3. To catch an ailment
4. To go and fetch
5. To improve in health, condition, activity etc.
6. Collect somebody
7. To acquire skill, knowledge, habit, etc.
8. To accept the responsibility of paying
272. Pay up To repay one’s debts against one’s will.
273. Put up 1. To erect
2. Accommodate, give somebody a bed
3. To provide lodgings for
4. To nominate
5. To provide funds in advance
6. To increase
274. Ring up To make a telephone call
275. Run up To increase (of debts, bills etc.)
276. Sit up To remain awake later than usual
277. Start up 1. Come into existence
2. To set in motion, activity etc.
278. Strike up To become friends
279. Throw up 1. To give up; to relinquish
2. To vomit
280. Work up 1. To excite; to arouse the emotions of a person
2. To move gradually towards
281. Clam up Refuse to speak
282. Hurry up Be quick; Act speedily
283. Mix up Mistake one thing or person for another
confuse
284. Show up Appear/arrive
expose
285. Use up Finish a product (so that there’s none left)
286. Cheer up Put someone in a better mood
287. Crop up Appear unexpectedly
288. Train up educate
289. Fed up Be completely bored
290. Seize up Stop working because something is wrong (of moving machinery)
291. Stir up Encourage somebody; make people feel strong emotions
292. Wash up Wash the plates etc. After a meal
293. Bear up To endure cheerfully.
Not to loose heart, keep up spirits, not to despair
Support
294. Break up 1. To end a relationship
2. To end an activity, suddenly and violently
3. Come to end like a meeting, break into pieces
295. Build up 1. To develop or establish gradually
2. To increase the value or importance of a thing or a person etc.
296. Call up 1. To telephone
2. To order people to join the armed forces
3. To recall, remember
297. Clear up 1. To resolve a misunderstanding, mystery etc.
2. To place disorderly things in an orderly manner, to explain
3. To become brighter(of weather)
298. Come up To be raised for discussion
299. Cut up 1. To cut into pieces
2. To feel unhappy
300. Draw up 1. To formulate, write (contract, document, agreement)
2. To come and stop (of a vehicle)
3. To stand erect

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301. Finish up To end often used with “by” or a participle
302. Give up 1. To surrender
2. To stop doing something
3. To abandon hope for
4. To resign from
303. Grow up 1. To become mature
2. To come into being; to develop (of cities, organization or ideas)
3. Having stronger and stronger hold over
304. Hold up 1. To support, to sustain
2. To delay, to hinder
3. To exhibit, especially to derision
305. Knock up 1. To build or make whatever is available
2. To make runs quickly (of cricket)
306. Lie up 1. To stay in bed, as through illness
2. To need repair.
307. Make up 1. To arrange, put in order or prepare
2. To apply cosmetics to the face
3. To reconcile after a quarrel
308. Pack up To stop an activity
309. Play up To give wide publicity to
310. Pull up 1. To slow down the vehicle and stop
2. To remove by the roots
3. To scold; to rebuke
311. Read up To acquire information by reading exhaustively.
312. Round up To seek and bring together
313. Set up 1. To establish or build
2. To put into a position of power
3. To begin a new venture
314. Stand up To withstand wear and tear, criticism etc.
315. Step up To accelerate the speed, amount or extent of a thing
316. Take up 1. To absorb; engage
2. To adopt something as a hobby or career
317. Turn up To arrive or appear
318. Add up Make sense, seem reasonable
319. Dress up 1. Wear elegant clothes
2. Disguise oneself
320. Join up Engage in; Become a member of; Meet and unite with
321. Own up Admit or confess something
322. Shut up (impolite) Be silent; stop talking
323. Be up Be out of the bed
324. Clean up Clean thoroughly, set right
325. Fix up Chose, arrange
326. Trump up Concoct, fabricate
327. Be laid up Be confined to bed through illness
328. Stay up To remain out of bed for work or pleasure
329. Wake up Stop sleeping
330. Wind up Being or come to an end—a speech or business proceedings etc.

331. Bear upon To be relevant to or connected with something
332. Fall back upon To have a recourse to
333. Grow upon To become gradually more acceptable, agreeable or pleasant to.
334. Look down upon to regard with contempt
335. Sit upon To suppress news, information, decision etc.
336. Light upon Chance to find, to discover
337. Seize upon Recognize something and use it eagerly
338. Come upon To meet unexpectedly
339. Fall upon To attack suddenly
340. Hit upon To find what is sought, especially by chance
341. Play upon To take undue advantage of the feeling or weakness of some one.
342. Hope upon Rely upon
343. Tell upon To affect

344. Bear with To be patient or tolerant
345. Catch up with 1. To reach the same level or amount
2. To have an expected, usually undesirable, effect, esp. After a lapse of time.
346. Come up with To present a plan, idea, solution etc.
347. Do with To be glad to have; To need or have
348. Fall out with To quarrel
349. Get away with To escape
350. Get off with To establish romantic or sexual relationship with
351. Go with To be normal part
352. Keep in with To maintain friendly relationships with
353. Lie with To be decided
354. Make away with 1. To carry off; especially to steal or abduct
2. To kill someone or oneself
355. Play around with To treat irresponsibly
356. Put up with To tolerate
357. Start with To have as an initial number of sequence. Etc.
358. Walk away with To win something easily
359. Agree with Have the same opinion as somebody else
360. Get on with (something) Continue to do; make progress
361. Be behind with To delay in a promise or programme
362. Fed up with Be completely bored
363. Mixed up with Get involved with
364. Part with To give up; to let go off
365. Temper with Make change to something without permission
366. Break with To fall out, quarrel
367. Fall in with 1. To meet by chance
2. To agree
368. Do away with To remove; to get rid of; to kill, abolish, cancel
369. Come out with To present a proposal, reveal a thing etc.
To make known suddenly
370. Finish with To end a connection or relationship
371. Get in with To become friendly with
372. Go off with To abscond
373. Hold with To approve of
374. Keep up with To remain in touch with by writing, seeing, telephoning, etc.
Stay at the same level as someone or something
375. Live with To put up with unpleasant situation
376. Make of with To steal and take away
377. Play with 1. To consider but perhaps not to ate.
2. To behave irresponsibly towards
3. To use words or ideas cleverly
378. Run away with 1. To decamp with stolen goods
2. To be carried away by emotions
379. Stick with To remain faithful to ; to persevere
380. Walk off with 1. To steal
2. To win easily
381. Deal with Handle, take care of (problem, situation)
382. Get on (well) with (somebody) Have a good relationship with
383. Close with Accept an offer
384. Go on with Continue an action
385. Mix with Come together in society
386. Seized with Possessing legally; aware or informed of
387. Vie with Compete strongly with

388. Do without 1. Manage easily without
2. Not to require uncalled for advice or criticism
389. Go without To be deprived of a thing which one normally has

390. Beat back To force or withdraw or retreat
391. Call back To repeat or return a telephone call
392. Cut back To reduce expenditure, funds etc.
393. Drop back To slow one’s speed to remain close behind a person
394. Fight back Resist
395. Go back To have existed in an earlier time
396. Hit back To retaliate; reply to an attack
397. Keep back 1. To hold back
2. To conceal especially information
398. Lie back To accept a situation as inevitable
399. Pay back To retaliate against
Reimburse
400. Pull back To retreat or cause to retreat

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401. Ring back To return a telephone call or make another one.
402. Sit back To relax when one should be working
403. Take back 1. To retract or withdraw something written or stated
2. To allow someone to come home again
404. Work back To work over time
405. Hand back To return into the owner’s hand
406. Bring back 1. To cause to remember long forgotten things
2. To revive a practice, method
407. Come back 1. To return
2. To become fashionable again
3. To remember a name, event etc. Suddenly
408. Die back To suffer from dieback (of trees plants etc.)= leaves dry but roots remain alive.
409. Fall back To retreat
410. Get back 1. To recover or retrieve
2. To return to the former state or situation
411. Hang back To be afraid or unwilling to do something
412. Hold back 1. To restrain or be restrained
413. Knock back 1. To drink quickly and in large quantity
2. To cost, especially a large amount of money
414. Look back 1. To reflect on the past
2. To cease to make progress
415. Play back To reproduce the recorded material on tape
416. Put back 1. To check the advance of
2. To postpone by a definite period
417. Set back To hinder; to impede
418. Strike back To retaliate
419. Throw back 1. To compel to be dependent
2. To remind one of one’s past to hurt
420. Answer back Reply disrespectfully or rudely
421. Win back Get or have again

422. Blow into Arrive in or enter a room etc. Suddenly
423. Build into To make something a definite part of a system, policy contract, agreement etc.
424. Come into 1. To inherit.
2. enter
425. Get into 1. To put on boots, clothes etc.
2. To begin conversation argument fight etc.
3. To get admission
4. enter
426. Grow into To become big or mature or enough for
427. Let into 1. To allow to enter
2. To put into the surface of
3. To make acquainted with secret, etc.
428. Read into To discover the real meanings of
429. See into To find out the true nature of
430. Walk into To be involved in an unpleasant situation unwillingly
431. Carry into Cause to operate
432. Break into 1. To enter a building forcibly
2. To change abruptly from a slower to a faster speed.
3. To interrupt
433. Buy into To buy a business firm partly
434. To come into one’s own To show one’s real worth
435. Go into 1. To examine; To investigate
2. To start a career in
3. To hit
4. To be spent upon(of time, money, effort)
436. Lay into To attack physically or verbally
437. Look into To investigate
438. Run into To be faced with
Meet by accident or unexpectedly (also bump into)
439. Tear into To criticize vehemently
440. Bump into Meet by accident or unexpectedly
441. Drop into Get accustomed to

442. Blow over 1. To subside, pass off
2. To be forgotten
443. Bring over To win over; To convert
444. Carry over To postpone or defer
445. Do over 1. To do again
2. To renovate or redecorate
446. Give over To give in the care of another
447. Grow over To cover with growth
448. Hold over To postpone
449. Make over To lively transfer the ownership of
450. Put over To make acceptable or effective
451. Stop over To break a journey for a night or two
452. Turn over 1. To hand over especially to police
2. To do business to the amount of
3. To consider carefully
453. Watch over To look after
454. Talk over Discuss
Convince by talking
455. Tide over Help someone through a difficult period
456. Boil over To lose one’s temper
457. Buy over To pay money to a person so he may not act against him
458. Come over To change loyalties
459. Get over 1. To surmount difficulties
2. To communicate
3. Recover from (illness, disappointment)
460. Go over 1. To examine or check
2. To be received in a specified manner
461. Hand over To transfer the possession of
462. Look over To examine quickly
463. Pass over 1. To disregard
2. To disregard something that is bad or embarrassing
464. Run over To knock down with a moving vehicle
465. Take over To undertake a responsibility or task in succession to another person
466. Walk over 1. To treat contemptuously
2. To gain an easy or uncontested victory
467. Think over consider
468. Fall over Go over to the enemy

469. Boil down to To amount to, to be essential element for something
Be summarized as
470. Come to 1. To regain consciousness
2. To arrive at a certain state
471. Get down to To start doing
472. Go over to To change party or a way of doing things
473. Hand it to To acknowledge the merit of a person
474. Keep to To adhere to
475. Live up to To fulfil expectation
476. Look to 1. To think of future
2. To rely upon
3. To resort to
477. Put down to To attribute or ascribe
478. See to To attend to
479. Stick to To continue to do the same thing or talk on the same subject; to adhere to
480. Be up to 1. Be busy with some mischief
2. Be strong enough to do something
3. Depend upon
481. Bring to To cause to recover consciousness
482. Fall to To begin some activity, as eating, working, fighting, etc.
483. Get on to 1. To communicate; to make contact with
2. To discover something secret or illegal.
484. Go to To be awarded to
485. Hold to To remain faithful
486. Lead up to To result in by a series of steps, culminate in
487. Look forward to To wait for, especially something pleasant
488. Look up to To admire
489. Put on to To inform a person of someone’s activities or whereabouts
490. Set to To start working or fighting
491. take to 1. To be attracted to
2. To form the habit of
492. Hang on to Keep in one’s possession

493. Break away To go away abruptly, To escape
494. Come away 1. To become detached
2. To leave a place
495. Cast away 1. To reject or throw away
2. Be wrecked(of a ship)
496. Die away To become weaker and then disappear (of sounds)
497. Get away 1. To do a thing differently
2. To succeed to leave a place
3. escape
498. Keep away To avoid coming or prevent from coming
499. Pass away To die; to cease to exist; to come to an end
500. Run away 1. To flee; to abscond
2. To elope
3. To desert a place or a person because of unhappiness

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501. Take away To subtract
502. Throw away 1. To discard as useless
2. To waste
503. Back away Move backwards, in fear or dislike
504. Fade away Disappear, become weaker (of sounds)
505. Wear away Gradually reduce
506. Carry away To be effected emotionally
Cause to lose self control
507. Drop away Decrease or depart gradually esp. Support or interest
508. Clear away 1. Remove the remains of the meal from the table
2. Disappear (of mist)
509. Draw away Compel a person, animal etc. To go away
510. Give away 1. To distribute
2. To betray, tell one’s secrets
511. Lead away To induce to follow unthinkingly
512. Put away 1. To save for future use
2. To confine in an institution
513. Sign away To give up a claim on something
514. Tear away To persuade oneself or someone else to leave
515. Turn away To refuse admission
516. Eat away corrode
517. Go away Disappear, leave

518. Break in To train horses
519. Build in To construct as an integral part of a structure
520. Call in 1. To pay a brief or informal visit
2. To send for assistance
521. Come in 1. To enter a room etc.
2. To arrive (of a plane, train, ship etc
3. To be received (of a report, information etc.
522. Cut in To interrupt
523. Draw in 1. To arrive at a station (of a train)
2. To become shorter (of hour of daylight)
524. Fall in 1. Collapse inward (of buildings, roofs)
2. To form lines (of military)
525. Get in 1. To enter a train etc.
2. To win election (of a political party)
3. To gather crops, debts etc.
4. To reach one’s home, office etc.
526. Go in 1. To enter as a competitor
2. To be understood
527. Have in To ask a person to give a service
528. Keep in 1. To stay indoor
2. To restrain feelings
3. To detain student after school hours as a punishment
529. Let in To permit to enter
530. Live in To reside in place of work or studies
531. Pack in To stop doing something
532. Pull in 1. To draw or attract
2. To acquire profit, payment, etc.
3. To enter the station (of train)
533. Ring in To telephone to someone at your place of work.
534. Run in To arrest
535. Sign in To register or get registered at a hotel etc.
536. Step in To involve oneself in a difficult situation or argument to resolve it
537. Take in 1. To receive a person in one’s house as a guest or lodger
2. To understand; to absorb
3. To deceive or cheat
538. Work in To insert
539. Check in Register at a hotel or airport
Report one’s arrival at a hotel desk, airport etc.
540. Move in Arrive in a new home or office
541. Be behind in To delay in a promise or programme
542. Bear away win
543. Plug in Connect electrical equipment to the main supply
544. Vest in Belong to somebody or something legally
545. Bring in 1. To introduce custom, topic, fashion, legislation etc.
2. To yield (income profit etc.)
3. Give as profit or rent
546. Buy in To buy something in large amounts for a future occasion.
547. Close in 1. To move towards and surround someone or something
2. Become shorter(of days)
548. Dig in To entrench oneself firmly
549. Do in To kill
550. Drop in To visit a person without previous arrangements
Visit, usually on the way somewhere
551. Fill in 1. To complete a form etc.
2. To act as a substitute
3. To put material into a hole, crack etc. To make it level.
552. Give in 1. To yield, to surrender
2. To deliver a document, book etc.
553. Hand in To submit (report, homework)
554. Hold in To suppress an emotion, impulse etc.
555. Lay in To store provisions.
556. Lie in To stay in bed later than usual
557. Look in To pay a short visit
558. Pay in To deposit money, cheque, etc. In a bank account
559. Put in 1. To devote time, effort, money, etc.
2. To apply for
3. To elect a person or government
560. Rope in To persuade someone to give a helping hand
561. Set in To begin to happen
562. Stand in To act as a substitute
563. Stop in To stop at home rather than go out
564. Throw in To give something extra without charging
565. Butt in (on something) Interrupt impolitely
566. Join in participate
567. Ask in Invite someone to come into the house
568. Be in In the building
569. Listen in Listen to the radio
570. Send in For competition, exhibition etc.
571. Write in Write to an address

572. Break off 1. To end relationship or association with
2. To stop talking or doing something suddenly
573. Buy off To pay money to a person so he may not act against him
574. Carry off 1. To cause the death of
2. To win a prize or award
3. Take without permission or by force
575. Clear off To ask someone to go away
576. Back off To retreat or draw away
577. Cool off To become calm
578. Cut off 1. To remove by cutting
2. To interrupt esp. A telephone conversation
3. To end the supply of
4. To disinherit
5. To isolate
6. To disconnect
579. Draw off To take some liquid from
580. Drop off 1. To go to sleep without intending
2. Deliver someone or something
3. To decline
581. Finish off 1. To bring to a final conclusion
2. To kill a wounded person
582. Go off 1. To proceed on
2. To be shot; to explode
3. To stop functioning
583. Hit off To represent or mimic accurately
584. Keep off 1. Not to come or allow to come close to
2. To avoid
585. Lay off To dispense with the services of workers temporarily
586. Leave off To stop doing or using
587. Live off To depend on bounty of others
588. Pack off To get rid of a person by sending him away.
589. Pay off 1. To pay the full wages of an employ and discharge him
2. To get revenge on
590. Pull off 1. Remove clothes forcefully
2. To succeed in performing a difficult test
591. Ring off To end telephonic conversation
592. Round off To complete something in a satisfactory or pleasant way
593. See off To witness departure
594. Sign off 1. To put signature at the end of a letter
2. To end day’s TV or radio programme
595. Start off 1. To begin to move in a particular direction
2. To cause a person to begin doing something
596. Strike off To remove the name of a person from an official list or register
597. Tear off 1. To take off one’s clothes violently
2. To rush hurriedly
598. Turn off 1. To shut off or switch off
2. To deviate from a road etc.
599. Work off To get rid of
600. Ease off Reduce, become less severe or slow down (pain, traffic, work)

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601. Nod off Fall asleep
602. Tell off Reprimand/criticize severely
603. Dispose off sell
604. Stave off Prevent, avert
605. Fall off Become less or fewer
606. Wear off Gradually disappear of feeling etc.
607. Bring off To accomplish successfully esp. Against odds or expectations
608. Call off To cancel
609. Cast off To abandon, throw off as useless or rejected
610. Close off To isolate or cordon off
611. Come off 1. To become unfastened, unstuck and detached from something etc.
2. To take place as planned, to happen
3. To succeed well or fail badly
612. Cry off To withdraw from an undertaking or back out of an agreement or promise
613. Get off 1. To escape the consequence of
2. To descend the train etc.
3. To gain an acquittal for a person
4. To post a letter etc.
5. To remove; to take off
6. To depart
614. Drive off To force someone to go away and stop threatening or attacking you
615. Fight off To repel with effort
616. Give off To emit or discharge
617. Head off 1. To force a person, animal, vehicle to change direction
2. To forestall or prevent something, especially unpleasant, from happening
618. Hold off 1. To delay or defer something
2. To keep at some distance
619. Knock off 1. To deduct sum amount from price, bill, etc.
2. To finish and leave work
3. To compose verse, novel, etc.
620. Lead off 1. To branch of (a road)
2. To start conversation, performance, meeting, etc.
621. Let off 1. To discharge gun, firework, etc.
2. Not to punish or compel , or punish lightly.
3. To allow or cause liquid, gas, steam, etc. , to escape
4. To excuse from work or other responsibilities
622. Make off To run away in a hurry
623. Pass off 1. To offer, sell, or put into circulation a superiors thing as a genuine one
2. To disappear gradually
3. To occur in a specified way
624. Pick off To shoot persons, aircraft, etc. Down, one by one
625. Put off 1. To postpone a meeting etc.
2. To award
3. To confuse; to disconcert
626. Rope off To cordon off an area
627. Run off To abscond; to elope; to leave secretly
628. Set off 1. To start a journey
2. To cause to explode
3. To spark off
4. To act as adornment or foil to something to enhance its effect
5. To start a person laughing or taking on pet subjects
629. Stand off To remain aloof
630. Stop off To stay at a place for a while during the journey
631. Take off 1. To remove garments etc.
2. To become air borne (of an aeroplane), Leave the ground
3. To withdraw (of a film or play)
632. Throw off 1. To discard acquaintance etc.
2. To escape from or elude
3. To get rid off
633. Walk off 1. To depart suddenly
2. To get rid of unpleasant feeling by walking
634. Block off Separate using a barrier
635. Kick off Begin, start
636. Show off Brag or want to be admired
To try to impress
637. Wipe off Clean (board, table)
638. Shake off Get rid of
639. Well off In comfortable circumstances
640. Sell off Sell cheaply what is left

641. Break through To penetrate, to make a long discovery etc. After long efforts
642. Come through To emerge successfully
643. Get through 1. To pass
2. To contact, as by telephone
3. To consume money, supplies etc.
4. To get passed by the parliament etc.
644. Let through To allow to pass through
645. Look through To read a document carefully for the removal of mistakes
646. Pull through To recover from a serious illness or crises
647. Run through 1. To examine, review or rehearse quickly
2. To pierce
3. To use money etc. Wastefully
4. To permeate permanently
648. Carry through To bring to completion in face of difficulties.
649. Fall through To fail; to miscarry, doesn’t happen
650. Go through 1. To examine
2. To suffer; to undergo or experience
3. To be approved or accepted
651. Live through To survive an unpleasant event
652. Pass through To experience
653. Put through To connect by telephone
654. See through 1. To detect
2. To give help in time of need or trouble

655. Bring about To cause to happen
656. Come about To happen
657. Get about 1. To go to many social events; to get active socially
2. To spread (of a news or a rumour)
658. Hang about To loiter; to waste time
659. Lie about To be left carelessly out of place
660. Pull about To treat gradually.
661. Run about To move busily from place to place
662. Set about To start to do something energetically
663. Cast about To look for something
664. Fall about To loose control of oneself with laughing
665. Go about 1. To move from place to place
2. Set to work at
666. Knock about 1. To wonder aimlessly
2. To travel widely and gain experience.
3. To go out and associate with
4. To treat brutally
667. Nose about To search interesting things on the properties of others
668. Put about To make widely known; to spread news, rumours, etc.
669. See about 1. To attend to
2. To investigate; inquire into
670. Throw about To spend one’s money recklessly and flauntingly

671. Bring forth Produce
672. Hold forth To speak at length or in public
673. Set forth To make ideas, plans etc. Known
674. Call forth To bring out(to publish, to reveal, cause to be seen)
675. Put forth 1. To send out leaves, buds, etc(of plants)
2. To make an idea, theory, etc. Known

676. Bring forward To cause to happen earlier (a meeting etc.)
Produce in discussion etc.
677. Put forward 1. To advance an idea, proposal, etc.
2. To nominate
678. Come forward to offer services, present oneself

679. Bring about 1. To revive an unconscious person
2. To convince a person esp. An opponent of one’s point of view.
680. Get round 1. To be known
2. To overcome a problem or difficulty
3. To persuade a person by flattery
681. Bring round Convert or change the views of someone
682. Shove around Push around in a rough way
683. Come round 1. To regain consciousness
2. To agree to something opposed
684. Go round 1. To be engaged in
2. To be habitually in the company of esp. In public
3. To spread; to circulate
685. Hand round To pass something, especially food, from one person to another
Give or show to each person present

686. Cast around To look for something
687. Get around 1. To cope with a problem or difficulty
2. To get the better of law without breaking it.
3. To become widely known
688. Hang around To loiter; to waste time
689. Lie around To be left carelessly out of place
690. Run around To spend a lot of time with other people
691. Throw around To spend one’s money recklessly and flauntingly
692. Hand around To pass something, especially food, from one person to another
693. Come around 1. To regain consciousness
2. To agree
694. Go around 4. To be engaged in
5. To be habitually in the company of esp. In public
6. To spread; to circulate
695. Knock around 5. To wonder aimlessly
6. To travel widely and gain experience.
7. To go out and associate with
8. To treat brutally
696. Nose around To search interesting things on the properties of others
697. Stick around To linger; to remain near the same place
698. Shop around Compare prices

699. Call at To pay a visit, pay a short visit to a home etc.
700. Come at 1. To attack
2. To discover facts, truth etc.
701. Get at 1. To gain access to
2. To mean, imply
3. To criticize or annoy persistently
702. Go at 1. To take in hand energetically
2. To attack
703. Pick at To find fault within a pity manner; to nag
704. Hit at Aim a blow at
705. Wink at Not to notice purposely; pretend not to notice
706. Catch at To take or try to take hold of something quickly
707. Dig at To make unpleasant or spiteful remarks
708. Drive at To intend or mean
709. Keep at 1. To persist in
2. To make a person work hard continuously
710. Start at To have as an initial number of sequence. Etc.
711. Jump at Accept an offer eagerly

712. Come across 1. To meet or find by chance
2. Appear, seem, make an impression
713. Get across 1. To cross or help to cross
2. To make understand
3. To annoy
714. Cut across 1. To remove differences on an important issue between two hostile groups
2. To walk through making a shorter route
715. Put across To explain successfully

716. Come along 1. To tell to make haste
2. To make progress; to advance
3. Come with me, accompany me
717. Get along 1. To be friendly and agreeable
2. To manage or fare with reasonable success
718. Pay along To manipulate; to give a false impression
719. Cut along To ask to go away
720. Go along To be in agreement; to cooperate
721. Run along To say patronizingly to someone to go away and leave one alone

722. Come between Cause the estrangement or separation of two persons.

723. Come from To be born at a particular place or in a particular family
724. Walk away from To move away from an unpleasant situation without trying to make it better
725. Keep from To prevent oneself from
726. Part from For two people to leave each other

727. Come of 1. To be descended from
2. To result from
728. Make of 1. To deduce the meaning of
2. To construct from
729. Avail of Take advantage of something (an opportunity)
730. Get out of Avoid doing something
731. Make fun of Laugh at/makes jokes about
732. Take care of Look after
733. Seized of Possessing legally; aware or informed of
734. Grow out of To outgrow
735. See of To meet
736. Break out of Escape from a place by force
737. Get rid of eliminate
738. Run out of Have no more of something
739. Allow of Admit of

740. Come under To be attacked or criticized heavily
741. Keep under To hold in subjections
742. Go under 1. To sink or be drowned
2. To be overwhelmed by difficulties

743. Fall behind 1. To fail to keep up with; to lag behind
2. To be in arrears
744. Leave behind 1. To forget to bring or talk
2. To cause to remain as a sign or result or something

745. Fall apart To go to pieces
746. Pull apart To cause mental suffering to
747. Tear apart 1. To split into pieces violently
2. To cause people to quarrel or separate.
748. Grow apart To begin to have different interests and opinions after a close relationship
749. Take apart To criticize severely

750. Get after To catch esp. Criminals.
751. Make after To chase or pursue
752. Take after To resemble in appearance or character
753. Look after To take care of
754. Run after To pursue with attention or seek society
755. Seek after Try to find or get something

756. Get ahead To be successful in one’s career
757. Look ahead Think of the future
758. Go ahead To start something after planning or getting something

759. Give onto To provide a view
760. Hang onto 1. To listen very attentively
2. To hold very tightly, even though the thing may or may not be useful.

761. Go against 1. To be contrary to principles or beliefs
2. To be unfavourable to a person
762. Knock against 1. To collide
2. To come across casually
763. Set against 1. To balance or compare
2. To cause friction between two friends or relatives
764. Turn against To become hostile
765. Tell against Prove unfavourable to
766. Cry out against Protest against
767. Hold against To regard as discredit
768. Play off against To make two persons or groups act against each other
769. Take against To form a dislike for
770. Come up against Be faced with or opposed by

771. Hang together 1. To remain united in spite of differences
2. To fit together (of ideas etc.)
772. Pull together To cooperate
773. Get together Meet each other
774. Hold together 1. To remain or cause to remain united
2. To wear well or last a long time
775. Put together To say that a person or a thing is better than the whole lot of them

776. Lay aside 1. To store or reserve for future use
2. To put off to one side (to abandon)
777. Set aside 1. To separate or reserve for a special purpose or later consideration
2. To declare invalid or void
778. Cast aside Throw off as useless or rejected
779. Put aside 1. To try not to think about
2. To stop doing something to attend to another thing
3. To save for later use
780. Step aside To resign or abdicate
781. Put aside 1. To try not to think about
2. To stop doing something to attend to another thing
3. To save for later use
782. Step aside To resign or abdicate

783. Lay before Put an idea, argument, opinion, etc. In detail

784. Take aback To bewilder, astonish or shock

785. Cut short Make short, make silent