Phrasal Verb:

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Phrasal Verb:
Is a verb combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning. Let’s learn them one by one because they are very needed they are so useful by native speakers and you find them in literary works and these are some examples about them we need them to understand or to decode the meaning of sentences. Let’s go


Find out = discover
Get on with = continue doing something
Hold on = wait
Get away = escape
Take after = inherit characteristic
Cut down = reduce
Look after = care for
Come up with = think of a solution
Add up = make sense
Put through = connect on the phone
Look for = search
Get over = recover from
Turn up = arrive
Put off = postpone

Examples:

Have you found out if you won the competition yet?
I need to get away from work and take a holiday.
She still hasn’t gotten over the death of her cat.
My daughter is a great ****, she really takes after her mother.
Could you hold on a moment while I see if peter is in his office?
Extension 286? I’ll put you through.
She promised to cut down her cigarette smoking to five a day.
He spent the entire night thinking and in the end came up with a brilliant idea.
I’m afraid your story is not believable. It just doesn’t add up.
My sister looked after my cats while I was away on vacation.
We’re not ready yet, we are going to have to put off the meeting until newt week.
Mary turned up thirty minutes late for the party.
I’m tired of waiting for Jack. Can we get on with our work?



Come across = find by chance
Blow up = become angry
Make up = invent a story
Run out = finish
Tell off = criticize
Break up = separate
Give up = stop doing something
Take up = begin a new activity
Turn down = deny
Set off = leave (on a journey)
Take back = apologize or regret having said something
Take on = employ
Put up with = tolerate
Go over = review


Examples:

If you really want to lose weigh, you need to give up eating desserts.
Let’s go over the grammar one more time before the test.
I was looking for an old sweater when I came across this photograph of my high school class
Look Jack, I’ve put up with your bad behaviour long enough!
There is just too much work to be done. We’ll have to take on some new employees.
You don’t think I believe that ridiculous story you made up, do you?
I think you need to take up a new hobby to help you relax.
When the father saw what had happened he blew up and shouted at his son.
I had to turn down her request for a loan. Her credit was just not good enough.
We set off at six in the morning on our drive to the Grand Canyon.
Jack and Linda broke up last week. They just weren’t happy together.
We’d better stop soon. Otherwise, we’ll run out of gas.
I want you to take back every bad word you’ve said about my brother.
Unfortunately, I had to tell off Bob because of his poor performance recently.



Get into = (manage to) enter
Give up = abandon attempt
Do away with = abolish
Speed up = accelerate
Take on = accept a difficult job
Settle for = accept as a second-best
Take off = airplane or helicopter leaving the ground
Get together = all meet together
Run up to = approach at speed
Come up to = approach someone
Turn up = arrive unexpectedly or after a delay
Show up for = attend an event
Get away with = avoid punishment for
Watch out for = be alert to the danger of
Go out = be broadcast

Examples:

Our flight was delayed, but we finally took off shortly after midnight.
He got away with cheating on his final exam!
I’m trying to give up smoking, but it’s almost impossible for me.
Let’s get together with Tom and Mike soon.
Unfortunately, I turned up late for my meeting and lost the contact.
Finally, the lights went out and we had a good nights sleep.
You won’t believe who showed up for the party! Peter Thompson!
I’m afraid I had to settle for eggs and bacon. I really wanted to have pancakes, but they were out of them.
He got into the club on recommendation from his friend Jack.
I sped up and past the policeman doing 120 m.p.h.!
Unfortunately, our school had to do away with the music department because of lack of funds.
Make sure to watch outfor the man and returned his wallet.
Mary came up to me at the party last night and introduced her self.



Look out for = be careful to avoid
Turn out = be found to be
Listen for = be ready to hear
Turn into = become
Get used to = become accustomed to
Grow up = become an adult
Die out = become extinct
Fill up with = become full of
Break into = become involved in
Drift apart = become less close
Catch on = become popular
Take off = become successful
Go out = become unlit
Start off = begin by doing something
Take to = begin to like a person or thing

Examples:

It turned out to be a beautiful night tonight!
He finally got used to his wife’s *****ng.
Unfortunately, they drifted apart until they finally decided to get a divorce.
He’s trying to break into the tourism industry.
I took to Tom the first time I met him.
Finally, the lights went out and we had a good night’s sleep.
Make sure to listen for the horn’s announcement of the principle theme at the beginning of the second movement.
He grew up in Germany, but moved to the US at the age of 18.
His books caught on and he became a very famous author.
Let’s start off by introducing ourselves. My name is Ken.
If we don’t go to New York , look out for the bad restaurants offering cheap food.
Jack turned into a responsible adult.
He filled up with unleaded gas and left on his journey.
As soon as he moved to New York, his career took off.