100+ Most Common Phrasal Verbs List with Examples

100+ Most Common Phrasal Verbs List with Examples:

Account for – She could not account for her absence from the meeting.
Add up – The manager added up the bill.
Answer back – Don’t answer back your boss.
Anxious about – Our parents are anxious about our health.
Back out – Don’t back out your promise.
Bear away – He carried the day by bearing away all prizes.
Bear up – Bear up the odds of life if you want to be happy.
Bear out – I bear out the truth of your statement.
Beat down – Even death could not beat him down.
Branch off – The main road branches off to the left.
Break off – The two friends have broken off relations with each other.
Break through – The sun broke through the clouds.
Bring up – Her grandmother brought her up.
Bring under – The police have brought under the thieves.
Bring forth – Hard work always brings forth good results.
Brush aside – Our complaints were simply brushed aside.
Build up – A little practice will build up your confidence.
Call at – I called at your house yesterday.
Call for – Your remarks were not called for.
Call forth – Troubles can call forth a person’s best qualities.
Call off – The match was called off due to rain.
Call out – He called out the firemen to extinguish the fire.
Call up – I’ll call you up this evening.
Carry on – Carry on your working.
Carry out – He was carrying out the instructions received from the boss.
Cool down – Talk to her only when she has cooled down.
Caution against – The people were cautioned against the pollution.
Carry through – His courage carried him through his illness.
Cast down – She was cast down by the news of her father’s death.
Cast aside – Cast aside your fears and get ready for further action.
Confide in – I confide in my own abilities.
Conversant with – She is conversant with English history.
Come about – How did the sad incident of her divorce come about?
Com to – He came to his senses four hours after his operation.
Com across – I came across an old friend yesterday.
Come of – Tom comes of a good family.
Come off – His wedding came off as planned.
Come over – A feeling of sickness came over her and she had to lie down.
Cut down on – He has cut down on smoking.
Count on – You can count on him as he is a man of principles.
Destined to – He was destined to be ruined despite all his effort.
Die away – The loud sound died away.
Draw up – The officer drew up his men.
Draw out – He drew out the interview questions.
Doze off – I often doze off while watching television.
Drop in – Drop in to see us next time you are in town.
Eat away – Pollution has eaten away the stonework.
Egg on – They egged him on to smash the glass case.
Encroach on – Television began to encroach on the radio in the late 1940s.
Fall away – His supporters fell away when he advocated sectarianism.
Fall about – She fell about when she heard the joke.
Fall back on – Sometimes the manager of the company has to fall back on old strategies.
Fall through – This project of the government fell through because of the paucity of funds.
Fill in – Fill in the facts of your business experience.
Find out – Try to find out the reasons of your failure.
Figure out – Have you figured out what the problem is?
Flick through – I flick through the channels on the TV.
Get at – The fox could not get at the grapes.
Get on with – You can’t get on with this silly girl.
Get over – You will get over the shock by and by.
Get through – John got through the examination.
Get on – He could not get on with his father-in-law.
Get back – When will you get back?
Get down – He climbed the tree but could not get down.
Give away – He gave away all his wealth in charity.
Give up – He has given up smoking.
Give over – He gave over all his business to his manager.
Go after – If you want to achieve your goal go after it with full vim and vigor.
Go on – The meeting is going on in the meeting hall.
Hands down – He won the championship hands down.
Hand over – After legal binding, he handed over the documents to me.
Hold back – The police held back the crowd.
Hold over – The meeting was held over for a week.
Keep off – Draw the curtain to keep off the sun.
Keep on – Prices kept on increasing because of inflation.
Keep out – Warm clothes keep out the cold.
Lay down – He was forced to lay down his job.
Let in – Let him in through the main gate.
Let off – The train stopped to let off passengers on signal.
Live up to – He never lived up to his father’s vision of him.
Look down upon – Don’t look down upon anybody.
Look forward to – I am looking forward to meeting my friend.
Look into – I’ll look into the matter to know the fact.
Look up – He is looking up this word in dictionary.
Make away with – The thief made away with all her money.
Make for – I made for the nearest hotel.
Make out – I can’t make out what he is trying to say.
Make over – His wealth was made over to his children.
Pass through – We become wise after passing through different ordeals.
Pick out – The jury will pick out the best student of the college.
Put down – Let me put down your telephone number before I forget it.
Put up with – I cannot put up with this noise any longer.
Put off – Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Reflect on – The years to come will reflect on my decisions.
Run down – He is run down and unable to work right now.
Run into – You’ll run into trouble if you don’t take care.
Set in – Winter sets in early in the north.
Set aside – The court set aside his claim.
Shake off – I wish I could shake this fever off.
Stand out – She stand out in a crowd because of her beauty.
Stir up – His speech stirred up our emotions.
Take in – He is so simple that he can be easily taken in.
Take for – He took me for his friend.
Wait on – She waited on her old mother.
Ward off – Government should take some immediate measures to ward off unemployment.
Weigh down – He was weighed down with financial burdens.