400 Phrasal Verbs List | A to Z

Common phrasal verbs list with useful meanings. Helpful for the students and learners of English language.

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Sr. No.	Phrasal Verbs	Meaning
1	Account for	Responsible for something
2	Act as	Perform
3	Add to	In addition to
4	Amount to	Because of
5	Appeal to	Attraction
6	Arrive at	Find out
7	Ask for	Seek
8	Answer back	Reply someone
9	Appeal back	Return request
10	Appeal to	Seeking request
11	Apply to	Make a formal request
12	Ask after	Ask about something
13	Ask for	Talk to someone
14	Ask out	Ask someone to go him
15	Ask over	Invite someone to someplace
16	Allow for	Permit someone to do something
17	Aim at	To produce something for some specific purpose
18	Ask after	Ask someone to give some information
19	Attach to	Join someone
20	Attend to	Presence at someplace
21	Act up	Rudely behavior
22	Ask around	To ask persons
23	Broke down	fail in strength
24	Broke into	Enter
25	Broken out	Spread
26	Broke up	Ended
27	Brought up	Grow up
28	Brought about	Take place
29	Begin with	Start
30	Blow out	Lit out
31	Bow up	Reach the limit
32	Bring back	Come back
33	Brush up	To improve the knowledge
34	Bank on	Have confidence in someone
35	Base on	Edge of something
36	Bear on	Having the burden of something upon someone
37	Beat down	To beat someone physically
38	Beat up	Assault someone extremely
39	Believe in	Opinion about something true
40	Bet on	To agree on something
41	Black out	Temporary loss of consciousness
42	Blow away	Having impressed of something
43	Blow out	To extinguish a flame
44	Blow over	Go over
45	Bounce back	Recovery after a difficult situation
46	Bow out	Withdraw
47	Brighten up	Become cheerful or bright
48	Bring along	Take something while going somewhere
49	Bring about	To take place
50	Butt in	Create interruption in some activity or work
51	Buy out	Acquisition of something
52	Bump into	Meet someone by chance
53	Bring forward	To arrange some event before the commencement date
54	Brush up	Improve the existing knowledge
55	Burn out	Exhaust
56	Call at	Stay for a short time
57	Called on	Visit
58	Called names	Abuses
59	Carried on	Continue
60	Carry out	Accomplish/ implement
61	Carried away	Gripped
62	Came across	Meet up
63	Come off	To be the result of
64	Come from	Belongs to
65	Call back	In return
66	Call off	Cancel
67	Calm down	Relax
68	Catch on	Understand
69	Charge with	Imposing
70	Check into	Entrance time
71	Check out	Exit
72	Chang into	Pass into
73	Clamp down	Suppressing something harsh or oppressive
74	Clean up	To make something clean or neat
75	Clear off	Make clean of something or someplace.
76	Clear out	Remove something or get rid of something
77	Close down	stop of some business of something which is in progress
78	Combine with	Joining of something with other
79	Come across	Meet someone by chance
80	Come apart	Making separation or divide into pieces
81	Check over	Make scrutiny of something
82	Chop up	Cut out
83	Clean up	To make cleaning
84	Clog up	Blocked
85	Combine with	Collaboration
86	Come back	Again come
87	Come into	Received
88	Come up	Come to conclusion
89	Come with	Provide
90	Consist of	Comprise
91	Cool down	Normal atmosphere
92	Correspond to	Qualify/meet up
93	Count down	Waiting anxiously
94	Cross up	Remove
95	Deal in	Buy and sell
96	Depend on	Determine
97	Die out	Come to end
98	Dig up	Something underground
99	Dispose of	Conclude
100	Divide up	Distribute
101	Do up	Wrap something
102	Doze off	Fall asleep for a short period
103	Draw up	Prepare document
104	Dream of	To make an image about some goal
105	Drop off	Drop someone at someplace
106	Die out	No more existence of something or someone
107	Dish out	Distributing of something
108	Do about	Taking action about something
109	Do away with	Remove something completely
110	Do up	To do something or to prepare something
111	Do with	To find something useful
112	Drag on	The continuation of something long-lasting.
113	Dry up	Become sterile or dry completely.
114	Drop out	Stop someone to participate in some event
115	Drop by	Make a casual visit to someone or someplace.
116	Eat on	To eat a meal at some restaurant
117	Egg on	Urging someone
118	End with	Come to end
119	Engage in	Associate
120	Expose to	Introduce
121	Entitle to	Right over something
122	End up	Come to end
123	Embark upon	To start
124	Eat in	Eat at home
125	Eat into	Causing damage
126	Figure on	Make planning of something likely to be held in future
127	Figure out	To solve or find out a problem
128	Fill in	Write something in the spaces of a form or document
129	Fill out	Add something in the document
130	Finish off	Completely eat something
131	Finish up	Completion of some act
132	Fit in	Finding room or space to adjust something
133	Fix up	To settle something
134	Fell out	Quarrel
135	Falls on	Take hold
136	Fell flat	Fail to get the desired result
137	Fallen short of	Deficiency
138	Face with	Difficult task
139	Fall behind	Fail to compete
140	Fall for	Captivate
141	Fall off	Decrease
142	Fall out	Disagreement
143	Fall over	Lose balance
144	Flare up	Sudeen outbreak of something violently
145	Flood in	Large amount of overflowed water
146	Focus on	Pay attention towards some particular thing
147	Fool around	To spend time idly
148	Free up	Make something available to be used
149	Get into	Take control
150	Getting on	Performance
151	Getting on	Progress in something
152	Given up	Something is left
153	Got rid	To abandon something
154	Give away	Give something as a gift
155	Give in	Admit defeat
156	Given to	Habitual
157	Gone through	Take a glance at something
158	Gone out	Spread out
159	Gone up	Increase
160	Gone down	Decrease
161	Go on	Continue to work something
162	Get at	Take access to something
163	Get away	Escape from something
164	Get by	administer something difficulty
165	Get down	depress someone
166	Get on	Making progress in a particular way
167	Get out	The direction of leaving the place
168	Give back	To return to the previous going thing
169	Give out	Distribute something
170	Go about	To carry out some activity
171	Hand down	Transmit
172	Hand on	Deliver
173	Hand out	Distribution
174	Hand over	Producing something
175	Hang around	Wait at someplace
176	Hang out	Spend time freely
177	Hang up	Place cloth on something
178	Head back	Return
179	Hold down	Prevent
180	Hold on	Wait
181	Hold up	Struck
182	Hook up	Link
183	Hurry up	Haste or urgent
184	Hold back	Restriction or obstacle in the development of something

185	Hunt down	Succeed in the finding of something
186	Hide away	Going to some unknown place
187	Hit back	To hit someone in counterblast
188	Het up	Angry on something
189	Heard of	Perceive the voice of something
190	Hear from	Make contact with someone
191	Hear about	Told or inform something to some person
192	Head for	Listen to something
193	Impose upon	To forcefully employ something

194	Improved on	Make something better
195	Insist on	Emphasize/
	demand
196	Interest in	Persuade
197	Invest in	Support financially
198	Invite out	Invite to go somewhere
199	Invite over	Call
200	Involve in	Indulge
201	Iron out	Resolve
202	Join in	Participate
203	Join up	Together
204	Jot down	Write down
205	Jumble up	Mix up with
206	Jump at	Accept opportunity in haste
207	Jump in	Join conversation
208	Jut out	To extent something
209	Keep at	Persist
210	Keep away	Make distance
211	Keep away from	Abundant
212	Keep back	Remain at distance
213	Keep down	Low
214	Keep off	Avoid
215	Keep to	hold to promise
216	Keep up	Continuation of action
217	Key in	Instruct some database / computer
218	Kick off	Become angry
219	Knock back	Reject
220	Knock off	Stop working
221	Knock out	overcome the competitor
222	Kick back	Spend time in relaxation
223	Known for	Familiar to something
224	Known of	Recognize
225	Kneel down	Go down
226	Kill off	Destroy something on a large scale
227	Kid around	Cause of death
228	Look after	Take care
229	Look down	Overlook
230	Looked into	To search or find out something
231	Look up	Find out/
	search
232	Lasy aside	Save something
233	Lay down	Work out
234	Lay off	Give up
235	Lay out	Spread something for publication
236	Leave out	Left
237	Let down	Fail to come up to someone expectations
238	Let off	Light punishment
239	Line up	To make queue
240	Lock away	Put things in lock
241	Log in	The procedure of entering into the database
242	Log out	To leave the computer/
	database
243	Look for	Finding
244	Look over	Inspect something
245	Lose out	Disadvantage
246	Made up	Make something own
247	Make out	Understand
248	Mail out	Posting material at one time for promotion
249	Make into	Change the nature of something
250	Make of	Give specific attention to someone
251	Make out	Difficulty in understand
252	Make up	Doing planning for something
253	Made up	Taking decision
254	Map out	Plan for future
255	Meet with	Disagree with someone opinion
256	Miss out	Not avail chance
257	Mix up	Confusion of something
258	Move on	Going ahead
259	Move out	Left the place
260	Move over	Superseded
261	Muddle through	Manage something which was not prepared by you
262	Mix up	Create confusion
263	Mistake for	Action which leads to some wrong action
264	Measure up	Necessary qualification
265	Mark down	Reduction in price
266	Map out	Make planning of something
267	Nail down	Taking decision
268	Narrow down	Reduce the possibility
269	Nod off	Dozing/ fall asleep
270	Nose around	Searching something
271	Note down	Write down
272	Open up	Communicative
273	Open up	a new phase
274	Opt to	Take decision
275	Order about	Authoritative instruction
276	Order in	Request of something
277	Put on	Place something on the body
278	Put out	Extinguish something that is burning/on
279	Put up	Stay for a short time
280	Pack in	Indulge
281	Pass away	Die
282	Pass by	Go by
283	Pass on	Transmit
284	Pass out	Complete initial training course
285	Patch up	Deal with
286	Pay back	Repay the loan
287	Pay into	Put money into the account
288	Pick out	Choose out of many
289	Pile up	enlarge in quantity
290	Plan ahead	To make planning
291	Play up	Misbehave
292	Point out	To indicate something
293	Pat down	Get attention towards something
294	Pay back	Something which is done in return.
295	Pay off	Suffer a lot
296	Phase out	Discontinue something
297	Pick in	To choose something out of the numbers
298	Pick up	Take into grip
299	Pick out	Selection of something
300	Pick on	Behave someone badly
301	Pay out	Pay money out the large sum
302		To hit someone with a vehicle
Run over
303	Reach out	Stretch out a hand to touch
304	Read out	Reading something aloud
305	Rely on	Depend on someone
306	Result in	Causing something
307	Rip off	Cheating someone
308	Rope in	Persuade people
309	Set in	Start
310	Set up	Establish
311	Set out	Proceeded towards journey
312	Save up	Keep money
313	See around	See someone in some other place
314	See into	Look inside
315	See off	Goodbye
316	See through	Period of difficulty
317	Seek out	Search/find
318	Sell of	Sale of assets
319	Send for	An order that something is sent to
320	Send off	Dispatch something
321	Set in	Continuation of something unpleasant
322	Set off	Start a journey
323	Settle down	To be quite
324	Settle for	Adjust something after settlement
325	Shake off	Getting rid of unpleasant thing
326	Shop around	Looking for a suitable thing ata low price
327	Show off	Showing something to someone in a pride
328	Show up	A visible thing
329	Sign away	Giving rights to someone
330	Sing off	Announce the end of something
331	Sit out	Stay until the end of something
332	Sit up	Spend more time than usual
333	Size up	To evaluate something
334	Sleep around	Sleep with many people
335	Slip up	Making error
336	Smooth over	Make a disagreement
337	Snap up	Take something quickly
338	Sort out	To resolve something
339	Spark off	Bring something into action
340	Speak for	Expressing views of another person
341	Start off	Begin to travel
342	Start out	Begin to act upon something
343	Step down	Withdraw something
344	Step out	Leave the place for a short time
345	Step in	Indulge in some difficult situation
346	Storm out	Go to somewhere in depress condition
347	Switch off	Stop giving attention to someone
348	Switch on	To turn on/ to start
349	Stop by	Action which was happened and completed in past
350	Strip off	Removing anything
351	Takes after	Looks like
352	Take away	Buy food at a restaurant
353	Take down	Take into writing
354	Take off	Removing cloth
355	Take on	Engage someone
356	Take out	Obtain official document
357	Take over	Take control of something
358	Take up	Time-consuming work
359	Talk down to	Humiliate
360	Talk through	resolve the matter
361	Tear down	to make a protest against demolishing the building
362	Tear up	damage, remove
363	Think of	opinion
364	Think over	think again carefully
365	Think up	Use someone mind to invent something
366	Tie up	mutual consent
367	Talk back	Reply quickly to someone
368	Talk into	Doing something considering it a good reason
369	Tear apart	Completely raze
370	Tidy up	Arrange something in a specific way
371	Tone down	The soft intensity of something
372	Tone up	Giving strength to the body
373	Toss around	To give an idea in the discussion of some point
374	Toy with	Briefly thinking about something
375	Turn around	Reverse action
376		To give something to some person while giving its authority
Turn in
377		Present on someone’s duty
Wait on
378	Walk out	Left the place
379	Ward off	Defend
380	Warm up	Heat up
381	Wash away	Carry away
382	Wash out	Postponed
383	Water down	Turning down something
384	Wear out	Something which has become useless due to its repeated use
385	Weed out	Unwanted things
386	Whip up	Causing of something
387	Win back	Getting again something
388	Win over	Accept and support something
389	Wind down	Relaxation after hectic work
390	Wind up	Telling something which causes annoyance
391	Wipe out	Finish
392	Work out	Some plan in detail
393	Wise up	Alert to something
394	Write out	Writing in detail form
395	Write up	The full format of something
396	Write off	Cancellation of something as unimportant
397	Yearn of	Intensive feeling about someone or something
398	Zip around	Moving from one place to other
399	Zoon in	Close
400	Zoom out	Adjust lens