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WhatarePhrasalVerbs?Whyphrasalverbsareimportant?DonotstartwithGrammar.Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘A’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘B’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘C’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘D’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘E’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘F’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘G’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘H’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘I’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘J’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘K’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘L’Phrasalverbsstartingwith'M'Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘N’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘O’Phrasalverbstartingwith‘P’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘Q’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘R’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘S’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘T’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘U’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘V’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘W’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘Y’Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘Z’

WhatarePhrasalVerbs?

Phrasalverbsareacombinationofverbsandadverbsorverbsandprepositions.Theyareeithertransitiveorintransitive.Oneoftheforemostimportantandchallengingcharacteristicsofphrasalverbsisthatthemeaningofthemixtureisusuallyquitedifferentfromthemeaningofthefirstverbbyitself.

Forexample:

Theverbhangaround,whichsuggests“tostaysomewhereforashorttimewithoutdoingmuch,”featuresacompletelydifferentmeaningfromtheverbhang.Likewise,theverbpassout,whichsuggests“noddingofforbecomingunconscious,”featuresaverydifferentmeaningfromtheverbpass.Finally,theverbputupwith,whichsuggests“totolerate”haslittleconnectiontothemeaningofput.

Thesentencesbelowillustratethesedifferences.

Hangoutvs.hang

Iandmyfriendsusuallyhangoutinthisgarden.Thebabygoestoholdthekitchenhangingonthewall.

Passoutvs.pass

Standhereanddonotletanyonepassoutfromthisside.Hewasveryupsetashedidnotpassthefinalexams.

Putupwithvs.put

Youshouldstopdoingthis,wewillnotputupwithbadbehavior.Putthecarwithinthegarage.

Multiplemeaningsanotherchallengingthingaboutphrasalverbsisthattheyoftenhavequiteonemeaning.

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DonotstartwithGrammar.

IfyourgoalistobereallyfluentinEnglish,don’tstartwithgrammar.Youmustbeamazedbyreadingthisbutyesthat’strue.

Letmeexplain,whenyoustartlearningalanguage,especiallyEnglishwithgrammar,youaresettingyourselfupforfailure.Ifyoutrytoprocessallthegrammarrulesinyourheadandtrytospeak,youwillnotspeakmuch!

Englishgrammarhassomanyofinconsistenciesinitsrules.

Let’stalkwithexample,thepossessiveof“John”is“John’s”butthepossessiveof“It”is“Its”not“It’s”,whichiscontractionof“Itis”.Youcan’tsimplymemorizeandapplyallthegrammarrulesinEnglish.

Iwouldsuggestabetterapproachistostartspeakingfirstandthenimprovegrammaralongtheway.Thinkaboutit.Thisisthesamewayyoulearnedyourfirstlanguage.Isn’tit?

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘A’

Sr.# PhrasalVerb

Meaning Sentence

1 Abideby Acceptorfollow

a decision orrule.

She has to abide by what herhusbandsays.

2 Accountfor Toexplain Ican’taccountforhisabsence.3 Achefor Wantsomething My sisters havebeen far away a

month,Iamachingforthem.4 Acton To take action

because ofsomething likeinformationreceived.

The police acted on theinformationreceivedfromspyonthiscase.

5 Actson Affect Disprin only acts on infectedtissueofthebrain.

6 Actout Performsomething withactions

She acted out Shakespeareanplayinatheatre.

7 Actup Behavebadly Amina is acting up with me. Ithink she might have someproblemswithme.

8 Actupon Totakeaction Youmustactupontheadviceofyourparents

9 Addup To make amathematicaltotal

Thefiguresaddupto100.

10 Addupto Come to acertain amount

Thecostofthehouseaddsuptoamilliondollars.

orfigure11 Agreewith To have the

sameopinionIagreewithyouonthismatter.

12 Aimat Totarget The magazine aimed atyoungsters.

13 Allowfor Includesomething in aplan

You should allow for a budgetwhenplanningatour.

14 Anglefor Try to getsomethingindirectly

He is angling for joining thepartybutIwillnotlethim.

15 Answerback

Toreplyrudely Her bosswas shockedwhen shestartedansweringhimbackandarguingwithhim.

16 Answerfor Held responsible Youwouldanswer for any typeofloss.

17 Argue down Beat someone inadebate

The teacher tried to argue thegirldownbutshecouldn’t.

18 Argueout Argue about aproblemtofindasolution

We have to argue our clashesout.

19 Askabout Ask howsomeone isdoingprofessionally orin terms ofhealth

She asked about my mother’shealth.

20 Askafter Enquire aboutsomeone’shealth

She asked after you and Iinformedheraboutyourillness.

21 Askaround Ask severalpeople aboutinformation

She asked around many peopleduringhersurvey.

22 Askfor Provoke anegativereaction

Salmanisaskingforheranger.

23 Askfor Request to haveorgiven

Iaskedhimfordinner.

24 Askin To invitesomebody intoyourhouse

Iaskedherin.

25 Askover Toinvitefor Salman andRubiasked usoverfordrinks.

26 Askround Invitesomeone I asked my class fellows roundforgroupstudy.

27 Auctionoff Sell somethinginauction

Motherauctionedoffherjewelrytopaythefeesofherdaughter.

28 Aboundwith

To have a lot ofsomething

The lake, we visited wasaboundedwithfish.

29 Accedeto Topermitfor Governmentofficialsacceded toreviewthenewlyimposedtaxes.

30

Accustomto To become usedto

Oureyesbecomeaccustomedtodarkness after some time,therefore, we can see objects indarkness.

31 Acquaintwith

Tomakefamiliarwith

This book is aimed atacquainting people withproblems encountered duringstartingabusiness.

32 Addressto To tackle asituation

The government is notaddressingtheneedsofthepoorduringalockdown.

33 Adhereto Support aparticularbelief

Some people are conservative;they tend to adhere to oldcustomsandtraditions.

34 Admitof Topermit Thefactsandfiguresadmitofnofurtherexplanation.

35 Alighton Tofindorthink After many failed attempts, healighted on an idea to becomesuccessful.

36 Alignwith Tosupport He aligned the projectwith the

requirementsofthecustomer.37 Alludeto To mention in a

fewwordsYou can now allude to somebasicpointsofresearch.

38 Appealfor For make aseriousrequest

Thevictim’sfamilyappealedforbringingculpritsbehindthebars.

39 Appealto Trytopersuade You can appeal to his kindnature,hewillhelpyou.

40 Appertain to Tobelongto Youmustcomplywiththetermsappertainingtothejob.

41 Appriseof Totellorinform He was fully apprised of thesituation.

42 Arriveat Toagree We all arrived at a conclusionafteralongdiscussion.

43 Ascribeto To considerwrongly

ThisisascribedtoShakespeare.

44 Aspireto Tohaveastrongdesire to achievesomething

I have never aspired to thewealth.

45 Associatewith

Belonged/attached

Theuseofnicotineisassociatedwith the high risks of lungcancer.

46 Attendto Todealwith He left us earlier to attend to abusinessmeeting.

47 Attributeto Tobeacauseof His lung cancer attributed himtodeath.

48 Availof To take benefitout of theopportunity.

You must avail yourself of theopportunity.

49 Awaketo To becomeawareof

Iawoke to the fact that shewasditchingme.

50 Arseabout To annoy orirritate

Stop arsing about and give memymobile.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘B’

51 Backaway Tomovebackward The child backed away from thedognervously.

52 Backfrom Toavoid The union has backed fromcallingastrike.

53 Backdown To take back aclaim

Neither of them will back downonthisissue.

54 Backoff Tostopthreatening Thepresshasdecidedtobackoffandleavethecouplealone.

55 Backout Todecidenottodo Everythingisarranged.It’shardtobackoutnow.

56 Backup To move backwardinashortdistance

The woman backed up to thewall.

57 Bagup To put usually inlargeamounts

The vegetables were bagged upandsenttothemarket.

58 Bailout To rescue fromdifficulties

The government has refused tobailthecompanyoutagain.

59 Ballsup Tospoil Imadearealballupofmyexams.60 Band

togetherToformagroup We must band together to fight

thereforms.61 Bandaround To move around

noisilyWe could hear them bangingaroundupstairs,movingthings.

62 Bargainfor To expect/ topreparefor

Ididn’tbargainforJakebeingattheparty.

63 Barkout Shoutloudly Shebarkedoutinstructionstohersecretary.

64 Baseupon Originofsomething The report isbasedon thewrongfigures.

65 Bashabout Tohitorstrike The mugger has bashed herabout.

66 Bashaway Toworkveryhard I bashed away at the articlewithoutanybreakfrom11to6.

67 Bashdown Todestroy Thefirefightershadtobashdownthedoor.

68 Bashin To break by hittingviolently

Thewindowwasbashedin.

69 Bashon To continueworkinghard

I would better bash on with mywork.

70 Bashout To write veryquickly

I don’t dodrafts of articles, I justbashthemout.

71 Bataround Totalkabout We were just batting some ideasaround.

72 Battendown Tofastenfirmly Themanaged tobattendown theshutters and doors before thehurricanehit.

73 Batterdown Tohitrepeatedly The only way to get in was tobatterthedoordown.

74 Bawlout Tospeakangrily Mybossbawledmeoutforbeinglate.

75 Beardown To move toward inadeterminedway

The government has announced itwillbeardownoninflation.

76 Bearon Tohaveaneffect This decision bears directly onourlives.

77 Bearout Tosupport Akashwillbearout,whatIsay.78 Bearwith Tobepatientwith If you just bear with me for a

moment,Iwilltrytofindher.79 Beatdown Persuade to reduce

thepriceChristriedtobeatthemdowntoalowerprice.

80 Beatout Todefeat They beat out nine othercompaniesforthecontract.

81 Beatup Tohitrepeatedly Herhusbandusedtobeatherup.82 Beat yourself

upBlameyourself Ifwedon’t succeed the first time,

weshouldn’tbeatourselvesup.83 Becomeof Tohappen What willbecome of us if I lose

thejob?

84 Beddown Becomesettled The players have bedded downwellintheteam.

85 Beefup Tomakebigger Thecompany is trying tobeefupitsimage.

86 Begoff Asked to beexcusedfrom

He begged off visiting hisgrandparents.

87 Believein To feel sure abouttheexistence

Doyoubelieveinghosts?

88 Believeof To accept someoneiscapableof

She is determined to believe theworstofme.

89 Belongto Toshowownership Thisbookbelongstome.90 Belongto Tobeamemberof Hebelongstoanoblefamily.91 Benddown Toleandown Hebentdowntopickhispencil.92 Billas To describe in a

particularwayThe concert was billed as “ANightofMagic”.

93 Bindover Towarnintermsoflaw

He was bound over to keep thepeace.

94 Bindto To force to dosomething

Thecompanydirectorsareboundtosecrecy.

95 Bindup Tobeverybusy Heistooboundupinhisworktohavemuchtimeforhischildren.

96 Biteat Trytobite Thedogbitattheboy’shand.97 Biteback Toreact If you criticize him, he’ll bite

back.98 Biteback Stop yourself from

saying or showinganemotion

She struggled to bite back thetearsofdisappointment.

99 Biteoff To take a bite ofsomething

Shebitoffapieceofchocolate.

100 Blackout Loseconsciousness The pain hit him and heblackedout.

101 Blankout forget IhopeIwouldn’tblankoutintheexam.

102 Blareout Playloudly Music was blaring out from

somewhere.103 Blastaway Fire loudly and

continuouslyThe machine guns blasted awayallnight.

104 Blastout Playmusicloudly A Beatles song was blasting outatfullvolume.

105 Blazeup Start burning morestrongly

His anger blazed upuncontrollably.

106 Blendin Looksimilarto The curtains blend in perfectlywiththecarpet.

107 Blinkaway Clearfromtheeyes Sheblinkedawayatear.108 Blockoff To close a place or

pathwayThepoliceblockedthestreetsoff.

109 Blockout Avoid thinkingaboutsomething

Shetriestoblocktheincidentoutofhismind.

110 Blowaway Carried away withthe force of thewind

Sheblewawaythedustonthelid.

111 Blowdown Fall to the groundwiththeforceofthewind

Hundreds of trees have beenblowndownthiswinter.

112 Blunderinto Accidently findyourself in adifficultsituation

Hehadinnocentlyblunderedintoaprivatedispute.

113 Boilover Increaseinanger The unrest could boil over intocivilwar.

114 Bolsterup Toencourage He tried to bolster up theirmorale.

115 Boneup Revisesomething ImustboneupmyFrenchbeforewegotoParis.

116 Boreinto Gaze to makesomeoneuncomfortable

Hisblueeyesseemedtoboreintoher.

117 Bottleup Hidefeelings Tellsomeonehowyouarefeelinginsteadofbottlingitallup.

118 Bounceback Torecoverwell No matter what happens, she

always bounces back veryquickly.

119 Boomout Loudvoice His voice boomed out ,announcingthewinners.

120 Bouncearound

To discuss withotherpeople

Wearebouncingsomenewideasaround.

121 Bowto Agreeunwillingly The governmentbowed to publicpressure.

122 Breakdown Stopworking Thewashingisbrokendown.123 Breakinto To enter a building

byforceThree houses in our street havebeenbrokenintothisweek.

124 Breakthrough Achieving the firstimportantsuccess

Scientists have made abreakthrough in their fightagainstCorona.

125 Breakup To end arelationship

She’s just broken up with herboyfriend.

126 Brightenup Making somethingmoreattractive/interesting

Brighten up your bedroom withfewflowers.

127 Brimover Fulltothecapacity Her eyes were brimming overwithtears.

128 Bringabout Make somethinghappen

His nervous breakdown was broughtaboutbystress.

129 Brushagainst Totouch Thecatbrushedagainsthisleg.130 Brushup Practicesomething You must brush up your French

beforegoingtoFrance.131 Bubbleover Fullofexcitement They were bubbling over with

excitement.132 Bucket down Rainheavily Itbucketeddownallday.133 Build-in Permanentpart Safeguards against fraud arebuilt

intothesystem.134 Buildup Graduallyprepare Buildupslowlyuntilyoucanjog

for30minutes.135 Burnout To become very

tiredIt’s a high-pressure job andmanypeopleburnoutatayoungerage.

136 Burstinto Start somethingdoingsuddenly

She burst into tears after mysympatheticwords.

137 Butterup To say nice thingsaboutsomeone

We’d better butter him up a bitbeforeweaskforhishelp.

138 Buzzaround Move aroundquicklyandbusily

Shebuzzedaroundthekitchen.

139 Burstout To do somethingsuddenly

We looked at one another andburstoutlaughing.

140 Burnup Make someoneangry

The way he treats me burns meup.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘C’

141 Callaround Contact differentpeople

Icalledaround theneighborhoodtogetsupportformycampaign.

142 Callback Tovisitagain I’ll call back later when yourwife’sathome.

143 Callfor Requireaction Thiscallsforacelebration.144 Call-in Visiting a place

orapersonHecalledinattheofficebeforeheleftforLondon.

145 Calloff Order to stop anattack

Pleasecallyourdogoff.

146 Callout To shout or sayloudly

He called out to her, but shecarriedonwalking.

147 Callup To obtaininformation

She called up all the files he’dworkedon.

148 Calmdown Stopbeing angry He went for a walk to calmhimselfdown.

149 Campout Tosleepoutside People camped out in the schoolhalltoescapethefloodwater.

150 Campitup Exaggeratebehavior

Icampeditupinthefinalscene.

151 Cancelout Two oppositethings makingsituationneutral

The gains and losses expected tocancelout.

152 Cannoninto To hit byaccident withgreatforce

ShestoppedsuddenlyandIalmostcannonedintoher.

153 Carefor Love Icaredeeplyforyou.154 Carry

aroundTotakefromoneplacetoanother

The CD player is light enough tocarryaroundinyourpocket.

155 Carryback Toremember Thesongcarriedherback toher

childhood.156 Carryon Keepdoing We’re all going to carry on as if

nothinghashappened.157 Carryout To do something

predeterminedShe had carried out all hisinstructions.

158 Carryover Postpone Thegamehad tobecarriedoveruntilWednesday.

159 Carrythrough

To fulfill one’spromise

He convinced us that he wouldcarrythroughwithhispromise.

160 Carveout To build asuccessfulcareer

He’s carved out a successfulcareerinthebuildingindustry.

161 Castaround Toaroundtofindsomething

Hecastaboutforanescaperoute.

162 Castaside Togetridof She justcasthim asidewhen shegotbored.

163 Catchat Try to holdsomething

She tried to catch at the branchbutcouldn’t.

164 Catchon Tounderstand Heisquicktocatchonthings.165 Catchup Tofindoutabout

thingsI want to catch up with all yournews.

166 Get caughtup

To becomeinvolved insomethingunpleasant

Several tourists got caught up intheriots.

167 Caterto Toprovidewith Endless media coverage cateredto the public’s interest in thescandal.

168 Caterfor Provideeverythingaccording toneed

The resort also caters for thewintersports.

169 Cavein Falldown Wallofthetunnelcavedinontheworkman.

170 Centeraround

A pivotal pointupon which all

The debate center around thequestionofpower.

activityisbased171 Changeback To return to an

earlierstageSlowly the angry animalchangedbacktoitscalmself.

172 Chargewith To giveresponsibility

A solicitor was charged withadministeringthestate.

173 Chasearound

Rush from oneplacetoother

Ihavebeenchasingaroundinthemorning to find a gift for mysister.

174 Cheaton To be unfaithfultoyourpartner

He was the last to know that shehadbeencheatingonhim.

175 Check-in To go to anofficialdesk

After checking in , we went outforameal.

176 Checkover To examine anobject

Igot thecarcheckedoverbeforethetrip.

177 Cheeron encourage Thecrowdcheeredtherunnerson.

178 Cheerup To becomehappier

She seems to have cheered upsinceSunday.

179 Chewout To tell angrilyabout thewrongdoing ofsomeone

Hegotchewedoutbyhis teacherforbeinglate.

180 Chewover Discussindetails He spent the weekend chewingovertheproblem.

181 Chewup Bite somethingtoswallow

The baby chewed up the cookieandswallowed.

182 Chimein Interrupt intoconversation

He kept chiming in with hisopinions.

183 Chokeback Stop yourself byshowing anemotion

Aprotest rose to her lips, but shechokeditback.

184 Chokeoff Preventorstop High-interest rates have chokedoffinvestment.

185 Chokeup Makeupset Thissongchokesmeup.186 Claimback Askingreturnfor Claim your expenses back from

something thecompany.187 Clamup Refuse to speak

aboutsomethingHealwaysclamsupwhenweaskabouthisfamily.

189 Clampdown To become strictabout

Thegovernment intends toclampdownondrugsmuggling.

190 Clamp-on Forcetodo The army clamped on a curfewaftertheriots.

191 Cleanup Verysuccessful The movie cleaned up at theawardceremony.

192 Climbdown Admitmistake Thepresidentwasforcedtoclimbdownandissueanapology.

193 Clingto Unwillingtostopdoingsomething

Sheisclingingontothepast.

194 Closearound

surround His fingers closed around herwrist.

195 Closedown Stopworking Manybusinesseshavebeencloseddownbecauseoftherecession.

196 Cloudover Become sad orworried

His face clouded over when shewalkedintotheroom.

197 Clusteraround

Toformagroup People clustered around themarketstalls.

198 Clutterup To fillwith a lotofthings

I’m sick of all these booksclutteringupmyoffice.

199 Cockup Spoilsomething The travel agency completelycockedupthearrangements.

200 Comeabout happen It is hard to understand how theaccidentcameabout.

201 Come across Opinion andfeeling

These themes come across verystronglyinthenovel.

202 Comearound

Movefaster The bus came around the bendtoofast.

203 Comeback Returning to aplace

She went into the kitchen andcame back with two glasses ofmilk.

204 Come Disturbing a Nobody will ever come between

between relationshipbetween twopeople

them.

205 Comeforward

Offerhelp The police asked the witness tocomeforward.

206 Comeout appear The daffodils came out late thisyear.

207 Cometo Suddenidea Theideacametomeinthemiddleofthenight.

208 Confineto Keep yourselfrestricted

Theworkwill notbeconfined totheGlasgowarea.

209 Confrontwith

Faceordealwith He confronted herwith a choicebetween her career and theirrelationship.

210 Conniveat Ignore Her brother is believed to haveconnivedathermurder.

211 Consistsof Formed from thethings

His job consists of answering thecallsandmakingoffice.

212 Contributeto

Tohelptocause The stress of losing his jobcontributedtohisdeath.

213 Cooldown Relaxed Ashowerwillcoolyoudown.214 Countdown Wait for an

importantdayThe whole world was countingdowntothenewmillennium.

215 Couplewith Link two thingstogether

Alargenumberofnewgraduates,coupledwithhighunemployment,means that there is fiercecompetitionforthejobs.

216 Crashdown Fall with loudnoise

All my dreams came crashingdownaroundme.

217 Crossover Pass fromsomeplace

Shecrossedovertheroad.

218 Culminatein Toend Thenegotiationsculminatedinanagreementacceptabletoallsides.

219 Cutthrough Overcomedifficulty

Once you cut through thetechnical language the report is

easytounderstand.220 Cutback Toreduce Government funding is being cut

back.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘D’

1 Dabat Totouch Hegentlydabbedathiscutswithcotton.

2 Dabblein Takepart She swims twice a week anddabblinginweighttraining.

3 Dallywith Not takingseriously

They’ve been dallying with theideaforyears.

4 Dash around Movequickly People were dashing around theplaceoftheaccident.

5 Dashaway Remove tearsquickly

Shedashedawayhertears.

6 Dashoff Writequickly Idashedoffalettertomybrother.7 Dateback Existed in a

particulartimeThe town dates back to Romantimes.

8 Dawnon Came as firstthought

The answer finally dawned onme.

9 Dealin Todobusiness He made a fortune dealing instocksandshares.

10 Dealout Exclude Youcandealwithmeoutofthis.11 Dealwith Lookafter Her job involves dealing with

youngoffenders.12 Debarfrom Prevent He was debarred from holding

publicoffice.13 Decideon Tochoose Wehaven’tdecidedonadate for

aweddingyet.14 Dedicateto acknowledgment Thisbookisdedicatedtoher.15 Deferto Refuse Idefertoyourjudgmentsinthese

matters.16 Delightin Get a lot of

pleasureFrom childhood, shedelighted inreading.

17 Dieaway Disappearscompletely

Thenoiseslowlydiedaway.

18 Diedown Lessnoticeable Theexcitementsoondieddown.19 Dieout Becoming

extinctSeveral tribal communities aredyingout

20 Digsomethingover

Breakthegroundwithaspade

I got this bangle while diggingoverthegarden.

21 Digup Findit/searchforit

The past is the past.Why do youwanttodigup?

22 Do awaywith

ToAbolishit Human right activists have beendemanding that the death penaltyshouldbedoneawaywith.

23 Dosomebody in

Unable to dosomething

I think itwas thealcohol thatdidhimin.

24 Doup Todecorate Wehavehiredaninteriordesignertodoupourflat.

25 Dossdown Sleepsomewheretemporarily

I don’t mind dossing down thefloor.

26 Dozeoff Fall into a lightsleep

IdozedoffwhilewatchingTV.

27 Dragon Last longer thantheyshould

Indiantelevisionserialsoftendragonforyears.

28 Dredgeup Remind peopleof unpleasantthings happenedinthepast

There is no point indredgingupthepast.

29 Dressdown To wear casualclothes

Allorganizationsshouldallowtheemployeestodressdown.

30 Drop-in To pay them ashortvisit

We may drop in on Maria nextweek.

31 Dropoff Tofallasleep After spending a lot of timeturningandtossinginbedIfinallydroppedoff.

32 Drumup Gainsupport Animal rights activists have been

trying to drum up support fortheir campaign against theinsensitivekillingofstraydogs.

33 Descendfrom

Wholivedalongtimeago

RomanclaimedhewasdescendedfromtheVikings.

34 Descendinto To get into verybad condition orstate

Yesterday whole situationdescendedintochaos

35 Descendon To arrivesomewhere

Iamdescendingon tomyvillagenextweek.

36 Dial-in To make aconnectionbetween onecomputer andanother usingtelephone

Every time I dial in with theinternetIdon’tgettheconnection.

37 Dialout make a call tosomeone who isoutside thebuilding you arein

You can’t Dial-up from thatphone,it'sonlyforthestaff.

38 Dial-up To callsomebodyon thetelephone

Wouldyoudialupthepostofficeforme?

39 Digin Toeatsthup Mycatdiginthebowlofmilkandfinisheditoff

40 Diginto To do sth in away that showsyou aredetermined tofinishit

Soldiers dig into the ground andprepare for the energy to fightback

41 Dig yourheel/toes

To refuse to dosth

Hedughisheelsandinsistedthathewentwithherforshopping.

42 Dig yourselfin

to make a safeplace

They advanced a short distanceanddugthemselvesin

for yourself inthe ground andprepare for theenemytoattack

43 Digout Toget sthoutofa place bydigging

Rabbitdigsoutthecarrotfromtheground.

44 Dineon To eat aparticular typeoffood

We dined on a diet of soup andgreenleafyvegetables.

45 Dineout To have dinneraway from yourhome

Wedinedoutyesterdayas itwasmysistersbirthday

46 Dipin Toputsomethinginto the liquidand remove itagainquickly

We dipped donuts in thechocolatesyrup.

47 Dipinto Toreadorwatchonly small partsof the book,magazine

I’veonlyhadtimetodipintoyourresume.

48 Disagreewith

If somethingsuch as food orwhetherdisagrees withyou

I feel terrible I think something Iatedisagreedwithme

49 Drainaway To disappeargradually

My silver ring drained away itscolordaybyday

50 Drainoff When liquidflowsaway

The water drained off slowlyfromthemountain.

51 Drawback to move awayfrom std/sth,especially sb/sththat makes youfeelfrightened

Shedrewback from thewindowof her house in case if anybodyseesher.

52 Drawdown To reduce the Thecostofwheatwilldrawdown

amount of sthgespeciallymoney

tillnextweek.

53 Drawin If a train drawsoutofthestation

Thetraindrawsoutofthestation.

54 Draw sthfromsth

To take moneyout of bankaccount

How much money did you drawout?

55 Drawsbout To encourage sbwhoisshytotalkfreely

I tried todrawmy friend out toparticipateindebatecompetition

56 Drawsthoff To remove someliquid from alargeramount

I asked my friend to draw somebeerintotheglass.

57 Drawyourselfup

To come to astop

Thebusdrewupoutside.

58 Dryoff Tomakeyourselfdry

Igaveatoweltomyfriendtodryherselfoff.

59 Dryout To become veryortoodry

Romansh skin gets dried up inwinters.

60 Driedup Completelydry Raisins were dried up under thesun.

61 Drop-in To pay a shortinformal visit toSb

I and my friends dropped in thecoffee shop for a quick drink onmywayhome.

62 Dropyourself

To put Sb in adifficult orembarrassingsituation

SamgothimselfoutoftroublebydroppingLisainit.

63 Dropoff To fall into alightsleep

I dropped off in a cab whilereturninghomefromtheoffice.

64 Drop sthround

To deliver sth tosbshome

I’ll drop those letters in thepostboxlater.

65 Drownsb/sthout

The loud soundthat can’t beheard due to

My Friend's reply was drowningoffduetoloudmusicintheroom.

sth/sb66 Druminto To make sb

remember sth byrepeating it often

I had itdrummed intome that Ishouldn't share my details withsomeone.

67 Drumout To force sb toleave the groupor anorganization

He was drummed out from theWhatsappgroup.

68 Drumsthout To work hard togetsth

Weare launchinga club todrumupmoremoney.

69 Duckout To avoid aresponsibility orduty

You have to study, so don’t tryduckingout.

70 Dudeyourselfup

Tomakeyourselfattractive toimpress someoneby wearingexpensiveclothes

My friend was trying to dudehimselfupatthepartylastnight.

71 Dumbdown To make sth toosimple andtherefore lessaccurate.

Thenewdirectorhasdumbdownthewholedirectionofthemovie.

72 Dummyup Tosaynothing He dummies up when we asksomethingabouthisfamily.

73 Disbelieveinsth

To not believethatsb/sthexists

Myfrienddisbelievesingod.

74 Discourseonsth

Totalkforalongtimeonasubject

News reporters were ablediscoursed at great length on theCOVID-19

75 Dispose upsb

To defeat or killsb

Thelawyerstriedtodisposeupalltheevidence.

76 Dispose ofsomething

To successfullydeal with someproblem

There just remains the matter offundingthedisposeof.

77 DisassociateyourselffromSb

To do or say sthtosbtoshowthatyou have noconnectionwith

He dissociated himself from thereport.

78 Dissolveintosth

To suddenlylaughorcry

When I read this book I dissolveintotears.

79 Divein To start sth withenthusiasm

Assoonasthefoodwasservedmybrotherdivedin.

80 Diveintosth To move yourhandquicklyintosth such aspocketorbag

Shedivedintoherhandbagforthemoney.

81 Divestyourself ofsth

To get rid of sththat you do notwant

Idivestmyselffromtoxicpeople.

82 Divebysth Totakesthaway The court dives the company ofallitsassets

83 Divide sthbysth

if you divide anumbyanother number,youfindouthowmanytimesthe secondnumber Iscontained in thefirst

Whatis76dividedby6?

84 DivorceSb To separate apersonan idea, asubject, etc fromsth

They believed that art should bedivorcedfrompolitics.

85 Divide sthup

To divide orsharewith

I and my friend divided up thebill.

86 Do awaywithsth

Togetridofsth They are done away with theuniformattheoffice.

87 Do away To kill Hetriedtodoawaywithhimself.

withyourself

sb/yourself

88 DoSbdown Tocriticizesb You should never do yourselfdown.

89 DoforSb To damage ordestroysth

Thelastboutofpneumonianearlydidforher.

90 Dobsb TotellSbsthbadaboutsomeone

Samwasn’tsurewhohaddobbedherintohermother.

91 Dolesthout To give money,food, etc to agroupofpeople

Ramquicklydoledupthefood.

92 Dollyourselfup

to make yourselflookattractivebyputting onfashion

Idolledupformybirthday.

93 Dolledup To get ready fora specialoccasion byputting onfashionableclothes, doingyourhair.etc

She was all dolled up for herweddingnight.

94 Doseyourselfup

To give sb alarge amount ofmedicine

Shedosedhimupwithmedicinesandsenthimtobed

95 Dopedup To be in a statewhere youcannot thinkclearly

Patients are kept doped up mostofthetime.

96 Dossaround To spend yourtime doingnothing or verylittle

He is just dossing around in theagewhenheshouldwork.

97 Dossdown To sleep on thefloor or

Beggars dossed down on thefootpathwithoutanyfood.

somewhereuncomfortablebecause of nospacetosleep

98 Dottedaround

Things inseveraldifferent placesoveranarea

Group of Flowers were dottedaroundthevalley.

99 Dotover To spread smallof sthg Indifferentplaces

Dot the top of the cake withsweets.

100 Dotted withsth

if an area isdottedwiththings or people,they are spreadaroundInseveralplaces

Parks were dotted with beautifulstatues.

101 DoteonSb To show greatlove to Sbignoring theirfaults

Parentsdoteontheirchildren.

102 Double assth

Tohaveasecondfunction inaddition to themainuse.

Thegaragedoublesashislibrary.

103 Double back Toturnbackandgo to thedirection youhavecomefrom

The line of trees double backitselfatabendinthevalley

104 Doubleover To bend or foldsthinmiddle

The teacher asked her students todoubleovertheA3sizepaperandthenuseit.

105 Dreamofsth Toemphasizeonfact that youwouldn’t havebeen thinking ofdoing

Iwouldn’tdreamof leavingyou,eveninbadsituations.

106 Dreamon used to tell Sbthatyou are certainthat what theyhave Just saidwould nothappen

Doyouwantacar?Dreamon.

107 Dream sthup

To have an ideaor think of planespecially onewhich is notpractical

The project was dreamed up bylocalbusinessmen.

108 Dredge sthup

To mention sththat Sb hasforgotten

Ronny managed to dredge up asmile.

109 Dressdown To wear clothesthat are lessformal thannormalclothes

Shedeliberatelydresseddownfortheparty.

110 Dress Sbdown

To criticize Sbangrily for thewrong they havedone

Bossdressedhimdownyesterdayforhiswork.

111 Driftapart To become lessfriendly or lessclosetoSb

School friends just drifted apartovertheyears.

112 Driftoff Tofallasleep IdriftedoffassoonasI returnedhomefromtheoffice.

113 Drillsthintosb

Tomakesblearnorunderstandsththey frequentlyrepeat

There is no need to drill thingsintothem.Theyhavetolearnbythemselves.

114 Drink sthdown

To drink all ofsthquickly

Idrunkdown thewholebottleofwaterasIwasthirsty.

115 Drinkit Listen/lookatsthwith great

We sat watching the movie,drinkingitallin.

pleasure116 Drivetosth Towish sb good

luck/successThingscanonlygetbetter,Idrinktothat.

117 Driveaway To go away in avehicle

Iandmybrotherdecidedtodriveawaytomorrowmorning.

118 Drive sb/sthaway

To make sb notgotoaparticularspace with aparticularperson

His violent behavior has drivenhisgirlfriendaway.

119 Driveon Continue drivingwithout stoppingor stopping for averyshorttime

My father drove on until wereachedthedestination.

120 Droneon To talkcontinuouslyabout sth in averyboringway

The teacher droned on for hoursabouttheusesofmedicines.

121 Drool overSb/sth

to look at Sb/sthin a way thatshows you likeand admire orwant them/it,oftenin a silly orexaggeratedway

Myfriendalwaysdroolsover themakeupstuffintheshops.

123 Dropaway Slopes downsteeply fromwhereyouare

He felt his dark mood droppingaway.

124 Dropback They move to aposition furtheror back behindotherpeople

The original actor in the movieshas now droppedback from firstplacetothirdplace.

125 Dropbehind Move to aposition behindtheotherpeople

Icannotaffordtodropbehindmycompetitors.

126 Dropintosth Aninformalvisit Myfrienddroppedintomyhouse

to someonewithout tellingtheminadvance

yesterday.

127 Drop-in Usedtodescribea place whereyou can gowithout makinganappointment

Idroppedintomyfriend’sparlor.

128 Dropsthinto To deliver sthespecially whenyou are on theway tosomewhereelse

I’lldropinthepresentslater.

129 Dropout The person wholeaves college,university beforethey havefinished theirstudies

Myfrienddroppedoutofcollegeduetofinancialproblems.

130 Drownsb/sthout

The loud soundthat cannot beheard

Her reply was drowned by theloudmusicintheroom.

131 Drumsthup To work hard togetsth

We are launching a new businesstodrumupoursalary.

132 Drum sthinto

To make sbremember byrepeatingitagain

I had drummed into me to notshareourdetails.

133 Drumsbout To force Sb toleaveagroup

Silly was drummed out of theclub.

134 Dryup When supplydries up it is nolongeravailable

Sam dried up during his t hirdact.

135 Dryoff Tobecomedry Welaidbesidethepooltodryupourselves.

136 Drysbout To receive Ronny went into a clinic to dry

treatment to stopdrinking alcoholoranydrugs

out.

137 Dust sthdown

Dustsb/sthoff My mom dusts down all thefurnitureatweekends.

138 Dustyourselfoff

To recover afteraveryunpleasantsituation

My friend dusted herself downandstartedagain.

139 Duststhoff to bring sth outafter it has notbeen used for along time andstart to use itagain

Someoftheiroldsongshavebeendusted off and bought for a re-release.

140 Dwellonsth To think or talkabout sth for toolong

You should stopdwelling on thepastandmoveon.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘E’

SR Phrasalverb

Meaning Sentence

1 Easeback Ifprofits,price The PIA profits eased back from£151millionto£14.7million.

2 Ease 'backinto

To graduallybecome familiaragain

Ali is gradually easing back intorunningafterhisinquiry

3 Easeinto Familiarwith Acourseforpeopleeasesintotheworldofcomputing.

4 Easeoff To graduallybecome lessstrong

The pain eased off after a fewhours.

5 Easeout To make leavethe job orposition

Adamwaseasedoutofhisjobasapresidentialadviser.

6 Easedup TogoslowOr to make lesseffort

ThedoctortoldAmirtoeaseup.

7 Eatenaway GraduallydamageDestroy oversometime

The sea is eating away thecoastline.

8 Eatat Toworry Jealousyiseatingawayather.9 Eat-in haveamale Isthisfruittoeatinortakeaway?10 Eatawayat Destroy over

sometimeKFC ate away at theirrelationship.

11 EatInto Beingusedup My work began to eat into theweekends.

12 Eatout A meal into a Weateoutalmosteverynight.

restaurant13 Eatup Eatquickly Ahmedwillbelateforschool.14 Eatsbup Guiltyanger The anger was eating her up

inside.15 Eatsthup To eat all the

foodThelioneatsupthedeer.

16 Ebbaway Enthusiasmanger

Hisconfidenceendedaway.

17 Edge youout

Moveyouout oftheirposition

Majid is careful he doesn’t edgeout of the semifinal by heryoungerrival.

18 Edgeup Priceif We gradually increase inflation isedgingrival.

19 Egging themon

Especially themfoolishorwrong

The other ladswere egging themontofight.

20 Eke‘out Make a smallsupply

She eked out a living by sellingwhatshecouldgrow.

21 Elaborateon/upon

Detailedway Ahmed said he was resigning butnotelaborateonhisreason.

22 Elbowoutof Toforceout Islamwaselbowedoutofpower.23 Embarkon Tostarttodo Nadir traveled for a year, before

embarkingongraduatestudies24 Emptyout Placeemptiesout Peoplewereemptyingofbarsand

clubs.25 Empty

everythingout

Toremoveallthethings

He has emptied the bag onto thetable

26 Encroachon Tune personallife, to begin toaffect

Asma tried to prevent her workfrom encroaching too far on herprivatelife.

27 Endin To have as anending or as aresult

The partnership between the twocompaniescouldallendintears.

28 Endup Toreachorcometo

Aliendedupinprison.

29 Endowsb/sthwith

To give sb sthsuch a particularquality

The job endows its holder withgreatprestige.

30 Endowedwith

Tonaturallyhavea particular skill,quality

The islands are well endowedwithponds,lakes,andstreams.

31 Enlargeon/uponsth

To say or writemoreaboutsth

Iwillenlargeonthispointlater.

32 Enquireaftersb

Toaskaboutsb’shealthorabout

My mother enquires after youandthebaby.

33 Enquire intosth

Totrytofindoutthefacts

The committee is enquiring intotheemploymentofchildren.

34 Enter intosth

To make a starton

The government has entered intoanagreementwiththeworldbank.

35 Enteron/uponsth

To make a startonsth

In 2001, he entered upon aturbulentpoliticalcareer.

36 Entitle sb tosth

Togivearighttohave

Ahmed thinks I amentitled to anexplanation.

37 Entrust A toB

To makes sbresponsible fordoingsth

Ali couldn’t entrustmy childrentostrangers.

38 Equate sthwithsth

tobeequaltosth Production for themovieequatedwitharound90%ofincome.

39 Equate sthwith

To consider thatsthisthesameassth

Heequates successwithmaterialwealth.

40 Evenout Ifsthevensout Thepathevenoutfurtheron.41 Evensthout To spread sth

equally overmanypeople

Asma tried to even out the workamongthestaff.

42 Evensthup To make asituation

IfAli gives you another 5 dollarsthatwilleventhingsuptothebit.

43 Expand onsth

To give moreinformation

CouldAliexpandonyourearlierstatement?

44 Explain sth To give reasons Howwill Ali explain awa y the

away why you shouldnotbeblamed

lossoftwocars?

45 Eyesbup Tolookatsbinaway that showsthat you areinterested

Ayesha is eyeing me up as apotentialcustomer.

46 Eyesthup To look closelyatsth

Areyoueyeingupthatstrawberrytart?

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘F’

1 Face sbdown

To oppose ordefeat sb bydealing

The president is determined tofacedownhiscritics.

2 Face-off To start a gamesuchasicehokey

Thecandidates'face-off.

3 Face ontosth

If a room or abuilding facesontosth

The frontbedroom facesonto themainroad.

4 Face up tosth

To accept anddeal withdifficulty

Ahmed must face up to the factthatheisnolongeryoung.

5 Factorsth Include aparticular fact orsituation

When you estimated the cost oftherepairs,youforgottofactorinthelabor.

6 Factor sthout

To not include aparticularfact

When inflation is factored out .Thetradedeficitfell12.8%.

7 Fadeaway To graduallybecome lessstrong

Ayeshafadingawayrapidly.

8 Fadein Inifasound It gradually becomes louder orclearer.

9 Fadeout To become She lookeda strongcandidatebut

quieterweaker thenfadedoutofthepicture.10 Fadesthout Ifasasoundora

pictureNeartheendofthesong,hefadedoutthemusic.

11 Faff aboutaround

Towastetime Stopfaffingabout.

12 Fakesbout To deceive ortricksb

Ali thought I was going to turnleft.Butfakedhimout.

13 Fallabout Tolaughalot He is rude to the audience and atyettheyfallaboutlaughing.

14 Fallapart Tobeold To have so many problems orworries that you can no longerthinkorbehavenormally.

15 Fallaway Tobreakoff Togetlessorlargethenumberofapplicants has fallen awaysharply.

16 Fallback To fail to staywithpeople

To decrease in value or amountprices rose by more than 30%beforefallingbackslightly.

17 Fall back onsb/sth

Tousesb/sth It is very hard if you have nofamilytofallbackon.

18 Fallbehind To fail to staywithotherpeopleorthing

The company is falling behindwiththerent.

19 Fall behindwithinsth

Is not sth or paysh at the righttime

Ali began falling behind in hisschoolwork.

20 Falldown To suddenlystopstanding

Histrouserswerefallingdown.

21 Falldownonsth

To fail to do sthcorrectly

The suggestion was that he wasfallingdownonthejob.

22 Fail forsb/sth

To be trickedInto believingsthistrue

Ahmed did not fall for that oldtrick,didyou?

23 Fallin If a roof or aceilingfallsin

Theroofofthecavefellin.

24 Fall in withsb

To becomeinvolved

Shefallsineighthwithhisplans.

25 Fallintosth Tobegintobeinaparticularstate

Only 40%of people fall into thisgroup.

26 Fallof To decrease inquality

The standard of cooking fell offwhentheoldchefleft.

27 Falloffsth Ifsomethingfallsoffor

Put the picture up properly – wedon’twantittofalloffthewall.

28 Fallsb/sth To be theresponsibility orduty of aparticularperson

He fell on the drawings andexaminedthemclosely.

29 Fallout Tobecome looseanddropout

Tomoveoutoflinesfallin.

30 Fallover To be unable tostaystandingandfalltotheground

Ahmed lost his balance and fellover.

31 Fall oversb/sth

To hit sb/sthwithyourfoot

Mind you don’t fall over theboxes.

32 Fallthrough To fail to becompleted

Thedealfellthrough.

33 Falltosb To become theduty orresponsibility ofa particularperson

Itfallsto thepolicetoensurethatdemonstrationsarewellorganized.

34 Falltosth Tostartdoingsth Theyfelltoitwithgusto.35 Fall under

sthTo belong to orbe included in aparticular groupofthings

The education system fell underthecontrolofthechurch.

36 Familiarizesb? yourselfwithsth

To teach sbabout sth or tolearn about sthuntilyouknowitwell

I familiarized myself witheveryone’s name before themeeting.

37 Fanout To spread outoveranareafromacentralpoint

Fivemain roads fanout from thevillage.

38 Fansthout Ifabird fansoutitsfeathers

Thepeacockfannedoutitstail.

39 Fancysthup Tomakesthlookmore attractiveby addingdecorationtoit

You don’t need to fancyup yourwebpages.

40 Farmsbout Toarrangeforsbyou are theresponsibility

When hewas little.Hewas oftenfarmedouttofamilyfriends.

41 Farmsthout To send or givework to otherpeopletodo

We farma lotof theworkout toothercompanies

42 Farmsbout To send or givework to otherpeopletodo

To send or give work to otherpeople todowefarma lotof theworkouttoothercompanies

43 Fartaround To waste time,especially bybehaving in asillyway

Stopfartingaroundandbehavingandbehavingyourself

44 Fatten onsb/sth

If your eyesfastenonsb/sth

Shefattenedhergazeonhim.

45 Fasten sthon/onto

To direct fillingssuch as blamehope

The blame hasn’t been fastenedonanybodyyet.

46 Fastenup To close or tomakesthclose

Thedressfastensupatthefront.

47 Fathomsb/sthout

to understandhow sb thinksandacts

She says one thing then doesanother.

48 Fattenup Tobecome fattertogiveananimalor a person a lotof food so that

Wearefattening the livestockupforslaughter.

theybecome49 Faxin Tosendafax Orders can be either phoned or

faxedintous.50 Faxsthon Tosendafax Please email or fax this on to a

friend.51 Fear for

sb/sthto be anxious orworried aboutsb/sth

Whenheisawayatsea.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘G’

1 Gadabout Visit a lot ofdifferent placesforpleasure

I love to gad about during thesummerholidays.

2 Gadaround Visit differentplaces

He is fondofgaddingaround insearchofhistoricalplaces.

3 Gagfor Want somethingalot

Iamgaggingformedicine

4 Gangup Formagroup Weneed togangup tocopewiththisseriousissue.

5 Gearup Getready Management isgearedup to sortoutproblems.

6 Geekout Talkatlength Mr. Waqar geek-ed out in themeetinglastmonth

7 Getabout Visit manyplaces

I had to get about in search of ajob

8 Getabove Behave as if you I do not like Ali because he gets

are better ormore importantthanothers

abovehimself.

9 Getacross Communicatesuccessfully

One should have command overthetopictogetacross.

10 Getacrossto Beconvincing The Principal was trying to getacrosstothestudents.

11 Getafter Chase Getting after someone withoutpermissionisunethical.

12 Getahead progress Toget aheadwork asmuchhardasyoucan.

13 Getaheadof Move-in in frontof

C.R of our class get ahead ofschedule

14 Getalong Have a goodrelationship

Despite having bad memoriesfinallytheygetalong.

15 Getalongin Makeprogress He is stupendously getting alongintheteam.

16 Get alongwith

Have a goodrelationshipwith

Peoplewithdifferent ideasdonotgetalongwithit.

17 Getaround Becomeknown Thenewsgetsaroundinnotime,onceitpublishesinthenewspaper.

18 Getaroundto Finally managedtodosomething

Ittookmeadecadetogetaroundtothisquestion.

19 Getat Criticize Heusuallygetsatmeformyrudebehavior

20 Getaway escape The prisoner got away from jaillastnight.

21 Get awayfrom

Start to talkabout somethingirrelevant.

During the presentation, UshnaIftekhargotawayfromthetopic.

22 Getawaywith

Achievesomething

They got away with despite theshortageofstuff

23 Getback Return Wecouldnotgetback homeduetothebadtransportsystem.

24 Getbackat Takingrevenge He got back at her for landing

himintohotwaters.25 Getbackinto Finding a new

enthusiasm forsomething

Despite facing failures Igotbackintoit.

26 Getbackto Respond to acontact

I will get back to you afterconfirmation.

27 Get backtogether

Restart arelationship

Let’sforgetaboutthepastandgetbacktogether.

28 Get behindwith

Be late payinginstallments forsomething

Thecompanyassured thatgettingbehindisnotbearable.

29 Getby Have enoughmoneytoliveon

Father found it difficult toget byafterthebirthofhisson.

30 Getinto Becomeinvolved Iamgettingintocricket.31 Getiton Become

interestedThe topic of the discussion wasnot attractive; the audience wasfindingitdifficulttogetiton.

32 Getitupfor applaud Theaudiencegaveitupforanewguest.

33 Giveover Stop doingsomething

The students were making noise;the teacher ordered them to giveover.

34 Go throughthemotionofsth

To pretend to dosth

He justwent through themotionofbeinganactor.

35 Gotoit Usedtotellsbtostartdoingsth

You need to get it finished byevening.

36 Gotosb To pass tosomebody whenhe/shedies

The property went to his eldestson.

37 Gotosth Tostarttodosth I hate to see the food going towaste.

38 Gotogether To be oftenfoundtogether

Some people and happiness don’tgotogether.

39 Go toward To be used as a Themoneywillgotowardstobuy

sth partofsth aplot.40 Gounder To sink below

thesurfaceofthewater

Everyonerushedtosavehimwhenhewentunder.

41 Goundersth To be known byaparticularnameortitle

Does she go under any othernames?

42 Goup To becomehigher in price,level

Mypensionhasgone$6aweek.

43 Goupsth To move from alower position toa higher one orupstairs in abuilding

Roman went up the stairs veryslowly.

44 Go upagainstsb

To face sb/sthdifficultespecially incompetition

Inaconsumertaste test layswentupagainstkurkure.

45 Gouptosth Goinaparticulardirection

Thisroadgoesuptothehospital.

46 Gowithsb Tohavea sexualor romanticrelationship withsomeone

She’s been going with him forquiteawhile.

47 Gowithsth Tosupportideas,plans

Which candidate shall we gowith?

48 Goadsbon To drive andencouragesomeone to dosth

Theygoadedhimon tobreakthedoor.

49 Gobble sthdownup

To eat food veryquickly

Monkeys gobbled down thebananas.

50 Gobble sthup

To use moneyveryquickly

The rent gobbles up half of hisearnings.

51 Goofaround To waste time Roman should quit goofing

doingsillythings around at least in a serioussituation.

52 Goofoff A lazy personwho does notworkhard

Sillygoofeduphisexams.

53 Goofup To make amistake

Igoofedupwithmyhomework.

54 Gouge sthout

Toremovesthbydigging into asurface

Rabbitgouged out the carrot andstartedeatingit.

55 Grab atsb/sth

To try to takeholdofsb/sth

Roman grabbed at the branch,missed,andfell.

56 Grapple withsth

To deal or solvea difficultproblem

This is an issue that is beinggrappledwithbythecouncil.

57 Grasp atsb/sth

To try to takeholdonsb/sth

Shegraspedatroomie’scoat.

58 Graspatsth Try to takeadvantage of anopportunityespecially whenyouareunhappy

She grasped at my hope ofescape.

59 Grass sthover

To cover an areaof ground withgrass

Theparkedhasbeengrassedover.

60 Grasssbup To inform policeaboutthecrime

My friend grassed up hisboyfriend.

61 Gravitatetowardssb/sth

Tomovetowardssth that you areattractedto

Most visitors gravitate towardstheMumbaiGatewayofIndia.

62 Grind sbdown

To treat sb in aharshway

Don’t let your boss grind youdown.

63 Grind sthdown

To rub sthagainst a hardsurface

I asked them to grind down thedoorsbeforepaintingthem.

64 Grindon Tocontinueforalong time in aboringway

The negotiations for the projectgroundonformonths.

65 Grindsthout Toproducesthinlargequantities

Thesillygroundout thecigarettewithherheels.

66 Grope for sth To try hard tofinishsth

Shewasgropingforwords.

67 Gropetowardssth

To try to find anagreement

Afterfightingthetwofriendsweregropingtowardsacompromise.

68 Grosssbout To make sb feeldisgusted

Thisfoulsmellgrossesmeout.

69 Be groundedin/onsth

To be based onsth

Isthismoviegroundedinfact?

70 Growapart To become lessclosetosb

We grew apart after we finishedourschooling.

71 Growback To grow oftenafter It has beencut

My hair doesn’t grow back thatquickly.

72 Growintosth To graduallybecome sth oversometime

She has grown into a beautifulwoman.

73 Growonsb If sb/sth growsonyou,you startlikingthem

Thatstoriesaregrownonme.

74 Growout Todisappear My hair color has grown outquicklythistime.

75 Growsthout To let your hairgrowsothecolordisappears

I’vedecidedtogrowmyhairlong.

76 Growup Becomeanadult Shetalkslikeagrown-up.77 Grubsthout Todigsthoutof

thegroundWater was seen when Thousandsofmilesweregrubbedout.

78 Guardagainststh

To do sth toprevent sth fromhappening

Regularexercisesandhealthyfoodcanguardagainstmanydiseases.

79 Guessatsth Tryingtomakeajudgmentwithoutknowingthefact

We can only guess at the reasonforheractions.

80 Gulp sthback

To stop yourselfshowing thatyou are upset byswallowinghard

Igulpedbackmytears.

81 Gulp sthdown

To swallow sthquickly andnoisily

Shegulpeddownaglassofwater.

82 Gumsthup Tofill sthwithastickysubstance

The substance gummed themachineup.

83 Gunsbdown To shoot sb bykillingormakingtheminjure

Hewasgunneddowninthegym.

84 Gunforsb To try to blamesb

Myboss isgunning forme sinceI’vejoinedthiscompany.

85 Gunforsth Totryhardtogetsth

I am gunning for the mobilephonesincelastyear.

86 Gussy sb/sthup

To dress inattractiveclothes

Her dresswas plain but Igussieditupwithstones.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘H’

1 Handback Return After reading the newspaper AlihandeditbacktoAslam.

2 Handdown Passon Mycultureishandeddowntomebymyancestors.

3 Handin Submit All the assignments must be

handedinwithinduetime.4 Handout Distribute Noteswouldbehandedoutatthe

endofthepresentation.5 Handover Givetosomeone All the students are directed to

handovertheirpapers.6 Handback Reluctant to do

somethingThosewhodonothandbackandkeep on working in changingcircumstancesgetsuccess.

7 Hangon Wait Herequestedhisfriendtohangonforawhile.

8 Hangonto Keepaholdon Do not worry! Hang on to thattree.

9 Hangout Spendtime I love to hang out with myfriends.

10 Hangup End a telephoneconversation

Hang it up and complete yourwork.

11 Headoff Start to gosomewhere

We headed off to the WagahBorder.

12 Headfor Gotoward I became unconscious when mybikeheadedforabus.

13 Hitat Aim a blow atsomething

Thefarmerhitat theserpentwithanax.

14 Hitback retaliate When India attacked, Pakistanhitback.

15 Hitupon Findexpectedly I was pondering about this issueforalongtime,finally,Ihituponanidea.

16 Holdoff Delaysomething Hold off your questions until theendofthemeeting.

17 Holdon Wait for a shorttime

Hold on for a while, let mecompletemydiscussion.

18 Holdup Show as anexample

The coach held up the bat forplayerstosee.

19 Hookup Fasten Mymother helps me to hook upmydress.

20 Hurryup Bequick Hurry up, guys! We are gettinglate.

21 Hailfrom Live in aparticularplace

WhichpartofIrelanddoeshehailfrom?

22 Hamitup Doinanartificialway

Theactorswerehammingitup.

23 Hammeraway

Workhard He kept hammering away at thesame point all through themeeting.

24 Hammerinto

Forcedtolearn I managed to hammer the pointinto.

25 Hammerout Planordiscuss It took weeks tohammer out anagreement.

26 Harpon Keep talkingabout

He’salwaysharpingon thesametheme.

27 Hashout Discussindetail They are stillhashing out detailsofthecontract.

28 Hatchout Come out of theegg

Thechickshatchout after fifteendays.

29 Haulbefore Appear in thecourtoflaw

They were hauled before thecourt.

30 Healover recover Thecuthashealedovernow.31 Heapwith Pileup Sheheapedmyplatewithfood.32 Heapup Toputintoapile Ahugepileofplateswasheaped

up.33 Hearout Listentilltheend Iknow,you’llnotbelievebuthear

meout.34 Heatup Becomehot Thepipeswillexpandastheyheat

up.35 Hedge

aroundLimit withrestrictions

Employment is hedged aroundwithlegislationnowadays.

36 Helpout facilitate Thankyouforhelpingout.37 Herd

togetherMove-inparticulardirection

They were herded together intothetruckanddrivenaway.

38 Hideaway Go to a secretplace

Shehidawayuntilshefeltbetter.

39 Hingeon Dependson My whole career could hinge ontheresultsoftheseexams.

40 Hintat Suggest in anindirectway

In his speech, the PrimeMinisterhintedatanearlyelection.

41 Hitback Criticize inreaction

In an interview, she hit back athercritics.

42 Hitfor Askfor They hit us for a commission aswell.

43 Hiton Thinkaplan She hit on an idea for raisingmoney.

44 Holeup To hidesomewhere

Thethievesholedup inanemptywarehouse.

45 Hookinto Persuade He tried to hook me into goingwithhim.

46 Huntdown To search untilfind

Hevowedtohuntdownthekiller.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘I’

1 Identifywith Relateto Everybodywants to be identifiedwithhisfavoritepersonality.

2 Immersein Busy After getting married he wasimmersedinhisfamilylife.

3 Imposesomethingon

Force Managementhasimposeditsrulesonworkers.

4 Indulgein Getinvolved Idonot like to indulge in suchapettysortofissue.

5 Inquireinto Investigation The teacher wants his studentskeenlyinquireintotheissue.

6 Insiston Demand strongly Before going to school the girlinsistedonchocolate.

7 Interferewith

Disturb I do not want any interferencewithmywork

8 Itchfor Desire Thespectatorswereitchingforaninterestingmatch.

9 Ironout Resolve Finally, we can iron out modernproblems.

10 Impacton Have significanteffect

Parents’behaviorleftasignificantimpactontheirchildren.

11 Imposeon Forcesomething ThegovernmenthasimposednewStandardOperatingProceduresonpeople keeping forth changingcircumstances.

12 Interestin Haveinterest I am interested in learning newthings.

13 Invitearound

Send aninvitation to aparty

Iinvitedaroundmyfriendsatthebirthdayparty.

14 Inviteout Ask someone forrefreshment

Our teacher invited us out lastnightforamovie.

15 Impingeon Have a strongeffect

She didn’t allow her problem toimpingeonherwork.

16 Imprintwith Have a greateffect

Thepicture is imprintedwithhisstyle.

17 Improveon Achievebetter TheBritish girl improved on herbestperformance.

18 Inclinedtowards

Tendtothink I inclined to the view that weshouldtakenoaction.

19 Informon Giveevidence Oneof thegang informedon therest.

20 Infringeon Limitfreedom The media is accused ofinfringingonpeople’sprivacy.

21 Infusewith Fillwith Herworkisinfused withanger.22 Inkin Towriteordraw ThecompanyhasinkedinJune1

stforthelaunch.23 Insinuate

intoGet a position ofadvantage

She cleverly insinuated herselfintohisfamily.

24 Inureto Becomeusedto The prisoners get inured to theharshconditions.

25 Investin Spend money onsomething useful

Someonemustinvestinbooks.

26 Issuefrom Goorflowout I could see smoke issuing fromthewindow.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘J’

1 Jackaround Towastetime The work must be done beforesunset, so stop jacking around,andlet’sgettheworkdone.

2 Jackin To stop doing aregularactivity

Mysister isgoingtojackher jobinaftermarriage.

3 Jackup Toraise,increase The government is going to jackupthepriceofgasolineagain.

4 Jazzup To make gaudy,more attractiveandbright

My mother jazzed up my roomwithnewfurniture.

5 Jerkaround Toactfoolishly Stop jerkingmearound and tell

methetruth.6 Jerkoff To waste time

doingnothingYouhavetostopjerkingoffnowaswehave tocomplete thisworksoon.

7 Jotdown To write downhurriedly

Let me jot down your details onthispapersoasnottoforgetit.

8 Juiceup Tochargeup I need to juice up my phonebecausethebatteryisdead.

9 Jumpin To entersomeonequickly

Feel free to jump in at anymomentwhilewearetalking.

10 Jumpoff To be veryinteresting,noticeable,exciting

The story is so realistic that thecharactersjumpedoffthepage.

11 Jumpon Toboardapublictransportvehicle/to attacksomeoneverbally

Jumped on the bus and went tothetheatre.

12 Jumpoutat To beimmediatelynoticeable

The idea behind the intelligentlydrawnpicturejumpsatyouwhenyouseeit.

13 Jaminto toforcetoomanythings or peopleinto a smallspace

She jammed all books into asmallplace.

14 Jamup Can’t workproperly

Anddon’tjamupthetrafficflowby standing around the escalatorlanding.

15 Jumbleup Not in properorder orformation

She stared at the door, confusedjumbledupemotionsburninghereyes.

16 Jutout Sticks out morethanusual

Shehasspreadthewatchingofthebranchesjutoutbeyondthepointofbalance.

17 Joinup Toconnect We’ll join up with the othergroupslater.

18 Joinin Start doing withpeople who arealreadydoingit

I wish hewould join in with theotherchildren

19 Joinwith Join withsomeone to do ittogether

She persuaded him to join theirteam.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘K’

1 Keep around Keep somethingnearyou

Ikeep a dictionaryaroundwheni'mdoingmyhomework.

2 Keep watchover

Protect,guard May god keep close watch overyou.

3 Keepat Continue withsomethingdifficult

Shefoundthecoursehardbutshekept at it and completed itsuccessfully.

4 Keepaway Don't allowsomeone nearsomething

Medicines should always bekeptawayfromchildren.

5 Keepback Maintain a safedistance

Thepolicetoldthecrowdtokeepbackfromthefire.

6 Keepdown Notvomit The food was so horrible that istruggledtokeepitdown.

7 Keepfrom Control yourself,refrain

I could not keep from arguingwithher.

8 Keepin Not allowsomeoneout

The teacher kept the students inafter school because they hadmisbehaved.

9 Keepoff Nottalkabout She kept off the subject of herdivorce.

10 Keepon Continue Hekept on trying and succeededintheend.

11 Keepto Stay withinlimits

Pleasekeeptothepath.

12 Keepup Not let someonegotobed

My neighbors kept me up tillafter 4 am with their loud musiclastnight.

13 Keepupat Continue, notquit

Learning a language is difficult,but if you keep up at it, you'llsucceedintheend.

14 Keep upwith

Moveatthesamerate

He walks too fast and it's reallyhardtokeepupwithhim.

15 Keepin Not allowsomeoneout

The teacher kept the students inafter school because they hadmisbehaved.

16 Keep aroundwith

Moveatthesamerate

He walks too fast and it's reallyhardtokeepupwithhim.

17 Keyin Enternumbersorinformation intoa computer orelectronic system

It tookme ages tokey in all theinformationintothedatabase.

18 Kickback Pay someoneillegally as partoftheprice

Ihad tokick tenpercentback tothegovernment official to get thecontract.

19 Kickabout Discuss Wekicked the idea about at themeeting.

20 Kickback Pay someoneillegally as partoftheprice

Ihad tokick tenpercentback tothegovernment official to get thecontract.

21 Kickdown Breaksomethingwithyourfeet

Thepolicekickedthedoordown.

22 Keelover Turn upsidedown

Theboatkeeledoverinthestormandthecrewdrowned.

23 Kick-off Start a game offootball

The match kicks off at threeo'clock.

24 Kickout Expel Thefamilykickedtheaupairoutwhen theyfoundout thatshewasplanning to move to work foranotherhousehold.

25 Kickup Cause trouble orpain

My back kicks up when it getscold.

26 Kissoff Used to tellsomeone to goaway

He was bugging us, so we toldhimtokissoff.

27 Kissupto Try to get intosomeone'sfavor

He is a creep and is alwayskissinguptothedirector.

28 Knockabout Beatsomeone He knocked his brother aboutaftertheyargued.

29 Knockaround

Discusscasually We knocked the idea around abitbutdecidednottobother.

30 Knockback Cost someone alotofmoney

Yourholidaymusthaveknockedyoubackabit.

31 Knock down Demolish

They knocked down the oldchurchandbuiltablockofflatsinitsplace.

32 Knockitoff Stop doingsomethingannoying

They were making too muchnoise, so i told them toknock itoff.

33 Knockoff Finish work fortheday

Weknockedoffearlyonfridaytoavoidtherushhourqueues.

34 Knockout Sell,distribute Theyareknockinghundredsouta

dayinthesales.35 Knock

togetherJoin houses thathad beenseparate

They knocked together twooutbuildingsand turned them intoahome.

36 Knockup Produce orcreate somethingquickly

They knocked a model up overtheweekend.

37 Knuckledown

Make a greateffort

I'vegotmyexamsnextweekandihaven't done much work, so i'dbetterknuckledown.

38 Knuckleunder

Submit toauthority

The teacher made the studentsknuckle under and hand theirprojectsinontime.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘L’

Sr.# Phrasalverb

Meaning Sentence

1 Landin Getsomeoneintotrouble

Hewas a thief and landed in tojailforhiscrimes.

2 Landwith Createaproblemforsomeone

She landed me with the job ofdoing phrasal verbs of A to Zalphabetsinoneday.

3 Lapup Appreciatesomething.

Helappeduptheirefforts.

4 Larkaround Behaveinasillyway

The children wouldn’t stoplarkingaround.

5 Lashout Suddenlybecomeviolent.

She lashed out and broke theglassdoor.

6 Lash outagainst

Criticizesomethingstrongly

The socialmediahas lashedoutagainstthegovernmentpolicy.

7 Lashoutat Criticizesomeoneorshoutatthem.

The teacher lashed out atstudents when they notresponding.

8 Lashouton Spend a lot ofmoneyonbuyingsomething.

Ilashedoutontobuyanewcellphone.

9 Latchon Understand,oftenafteralongtime.

He speaks a liebut I latchedonhissituationatthistime.

10 Latchonto Connect tosomething

Pollutioncontrolthroughlatchedonto friendly environmentstrategies.

11 Laydown Establish Rulesandprocedures

In nineteenth-century rules ofsportswerelaiddown.

12 Layinto Criticizeangrily. The teacher laid into the studentwhen he came two hours late inclass.

13 Layon Organize,supply. They lay on the buffet dinner atthemeeting.

14 Layout Spendmoney They laid out thousands ofmoneytohelpneedypeople

15 Leadto Resultin Thestudents’performanceledtotheendoftheacademicyear.

16 Leakout Become publicknowledge

Governmentplans to leakout tofightagainstthecoronavirus.

17 Leanon Put pressure onsomeone to getthem to do what

Parentshave leanedon thechildtobecomeasuccessfulperson.

youwant.18 Leapat Take an

opportunityenthusiastically.

Heleapedattowinthegame.

19 Leapon Show interest inor try to usesomething toyouradvantage

Employers have leaped on toincreasethesalesofproducts.

20 Leapoutat Be verynoticeable.

GovernmentpolicyaboutCoronaleapsoutNowadays.

21 Leaveon Notturnoff. He must be Leaving on forcollegebynextMonday.

22 Leaveout Notinclude He was leaving out of theclassroombecauseofillness.

23 Letin Allow someonetoenter.

Students are not let in theteachers’staffroom.

23 Letoff Notpunish The teacher let off him becauseheistoogoodatstudies.

25 Leton Tellasecret Acriminalpersonletonbecauseofpoliceremand.

26 Letout Allowtoleaveorgoout.

The school let out the sickstudenttostayhome.

27 Liedown Rest I am going to lie down becauseoftiredness.

28 Liewith Have the right tomakeadecision.

Iliewithaboutalifepartner.

29 Lightout Leavesuddenly I let out the basket when I feelsomethingdangerousinit.

30 Lightup Light or startsmoking acigarette

Amirletupassoonashegotoutoftheroom.

31 Lightenup Belessserious.

Itoldthemtolightenupbuttheycontinueddiscussingthistopic.

32 Lineup Arrangeinaline The animal line up gives the

messageofdiscipline.33 Linkup Connect,join Themarketlinksupwithsociety.34 Linkupwith Connect with

someone orcontactthem.

We link up with the Oxforduniversityovertheweb.

35 Listen outfor

Listen to aparticular noiseorsound.

Themediapersonjustlistensoutforhissocialbenefits.

36 Liveby Follow a beliefsystem to guideyourbehavior.

He tries hard to live by thebibliography.

37 Livefor Believesomething isextremelyimportant.

Helivesforcricket.

38 Liveitup Haveagoodtimebyspendingalotofmoney

She'sbeenlivingituplikecrazysinceshewontheworld.

39 Loadup Fillamachineorvehicle.

Loaded up runs on the left sideoftheroad.

40 Lockaway Lock in a safeplace.

Gunlockedawayinadrawer.

41 Lockdown Make it verysecure.

Government locked-downpolicyisgiventospreadcoronavirus.

42 Login Enterarestrictedarea on acomputersystem.

Someone is changing mypasswordsoIcouldn'tlogin.

42 Logout Exit a computersystem.

Icouldn’tlogoutbecauseIhaveforgottenmypassword.

43 LookafterTakecare

Maidlooksafterachildbecausehismotherisdoingajob.

44 Lookback Think about thepast.

Somepeoplelookbackandspoiltheirpresent.

45 Lookout Becareful. Lookout ; you're going to fight

againstcancer.46 Lookto

Expect,hopeSchool administration looks tothe best results in boardexamination.

47 Lookthrough

Readquickly Osamalookthroughthebookascomparedtome.

48 Lookupto Respect She looks up to her parents andteachers.

49 Lookup Improve The company is looking up daybyday.

50 Luckout Beverylucky. Ifeel luckedoutwhenImetthepositivepeopleinmylife.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith'M'

1 Magicaway Make something

disappearquickly.

He asked somewords and all thethingsaremagicaway.

2 Make it dowith

Acceptsomething lesssatisfactorybecause there'snoalternative.

There's no juice so we'll have tomakeitdowithwater.

3 Makefor Headinacertaindirection.

Wemade for home when it hottoomuch.

4 Makeit Arrive or get aresult

When you have not come at afixed time so Imade it to fix abusinessdeal.

5 Makeof Understand orhaveanopinion.

What do youmake of your newteacher?

6 Makeoff Leavesomewhere in ahurry.

Theymade off when they heardthevoiceofasiren.

7 Makeout Pretend Hemadeoutthathewasnotwellso thathedidn'thavetogoto theoffice.

8 Makeout Progress What are the employersmakingoutatthenewoffice?

9 Makeover Changeappearance.

The beauty salon gave her amakeover and she looks toobeautiful.

10 Makeup Inventastory. They made up an excuse to

submitthelateassignment.11 Markdown Reduce the price

ofsomething.Sugar marked down due to thesupplyanddemanddifference.

12 Markout Drawlines toencloseanarea.

They marked out the sportsground.

13 Markoutfor Show promiseforthefuture.

Her dedicationmarked him outforabetterfuture.

14 Markup Increasethepriceofsomething.

Industriesmarked up due to themoredemandandlesssupply.

15 Marryin Marry someoneof the sameethnicity,religion,etc

Islam encourages its followers tomarryin.

16 Marryout Marry someoneof differentethnicity,religion,etc.

Hisfamilydisownedhimwhenhemarriedout.

17 Mashup Mix sources ofaudio, video orother computersources

Hemashed up the videos into asinglemovie.

18 Measureagainst

Evaluateorjudgebycomparison.

Headofschoolmeasuredagainstdifferentsectionsofclass9th.

19 Measureup Find the size ofsomething

The area of the roommeasuredupbytheestateagent.

20 Measureout Measure orweigh theamountneeded.

She measured out the flour forbakingcake.

21 Meetwith Have somethinghappentoyou.

Most of the time problems metwithindoingprojectassignments.

22 Meltdown Heat somethingsolid, especiallymetal, until it

Theymelted down the steal andturneditintothepot.

becomesliquid.23 Messabout Not be serious,

not usesomethingproperly.

The parents weremessing aboutwithchildren'sattitudes.

24 Mess aboutwith

Try to improvesomething,usually makingthingsworse.

TheMobileworkingniceuntilshestartedmessedaboutwithit.

25 Mess around Treat someonebadly.

Boss is always messing aroundwiththeemployees.

26 Messup Spoilorruin. Shemessedupalltheinformationbecauseofcarelessbehavior.

27 Messwith Becomeinvolvedin somethingdamaging ordangerous.

Negativebehaviormessingwithafriendlyenvironment.

28 Millaround Walk aroundwithout goinganywhere.

A lot of people milling aroundwaitingforthecar.

29 Missout Notinclude. She is missed out when theteachermarkstheattendance.

30 Mixup Confuse I mixed up to do freelancingbecauseofnoexperience.

31 Mockup Makeamodelofsomething toshowortestit.

The teacher also mocked up inthelearningabilityofstudents.

32 Monkeyaround

Notbeserious. Studentsmonkeyaroundtolearnsciencesubjects.

33 Moocharound

Spendtimedoinglittleornothing.

HemoochedaroundtheHomeallday.

34 Mopup Resolve aproblem

Research is doing tomop up ondifferentlevels.

35 Moveaway Leave the areawhere you have

He moved away when thecompanyfiredhim.

beenliving.36 Move-in Start living in a

place.He moved in where he feelscomfortable.

37 Moveon Change thesubject of yourjob.

Hemovedontoanothercompanybecauseoftheirsalarypackage.

38 Moveout Remove He moved out of his mistakeswhenIrealizedhisheiswrong.

39 Movetowards

Makepreparations forsomething.

The governmentmoved towardsthelockdowntocontrolthecoronasituation.

40 Moveup Movetoahigherlevel.

She moved up because of herhardwork.

41 Mugup Study quickly,revise.

Students mug up the entiresyllabusbeforeexams.

42 Mullover Think about anissueorproblem.

Noonemullovertosolveit.

43 Muscleout Use power,contacts, etc. toforce someoneout.

They used their resources tomuscletheircompetitorsout.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘N’

1 Neffoff Get lost, goaway

He is not serious about the worksoaaskedhimtoNeffoff.

2 Nagat Repeatedlycriticizesomeoneverbally.

Theteacherisnaggingatstudentsaboutmisbehave.

3 Naildown Understandfully.

Doctornailed down the all goodorbedsimpactofmedicine.

4 Nerdout Play safe andavoid taking arisk.

He is going to nerd out and notgoontheschooltriphillarea.

5 Nipoff Go somewherequickly

She is nipping off to get somefruits.

6 Nodoff Fallasleep. Inoddedoffduringthemovie.7 Noseout Find out,

discoverShenosedoutstudyplans.

8 Notedown Write somethingshort like aphone numberfor futurereference.

I note down some importantpointsofalectureonanotebook.

9 Nutout Find an answertoaproblem

The staff had a meeting to nutthingsout.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘O’

1 Occurto Enterone'smind You do not occur to help mewhenyouseemeintrouble.

2 Openup Start to talkfreely aboutsomething.

I hate to open up my personallife.

3 Operateon Performsurgery. He was operated on for twohours.

4 Optfor Choose Ioptedfor atopicforaresearchproject.

5 Opt-in Choose to bepart of amember ofsomething

If youwant them successful, youhavetoopt-in.

6 Optinto Choose to be amember or partofsomething.

Ioptedintoaluckydraw.

7 Oweto Be the reasonforsomething.

I owed my success to my hardworkanddedication.

8 Oweup Confess Heoweduptobreakingglass.

Phrasalverbstartingwith‘P’

1 Passaway A politeexpressionfordie

The old lady passed awayyesterdayatten.

2 Passby Togo/movepast Every day I pass by this shopwhenI'monmywaytowork.

3 Passon Place into thehands

Iwillpassonthispagetoyouinsometime.

4 Passout to becomeunconscious for ashorttime

ItwassostuffyintheroomthatIwasn't surprised at all that somepeoplepassedout.

5 Passback Toreturn Please pass back my book onceyouaredonewiththereading.

6 Payoff Tohappen Ihope topay this loanoffbeforethedeadline.

7 Paysomebodyback

To pay someonethe money thatoweshimorher

I'mgoingtopayhimbackforallthesestingingremarks.

8 Pickout Topicksomethingtosomeonefromasetofoptions

We spent hours looking forpresents and finally picked outsomebooks.

9 Pickup Theactofpickingsomeone orsomethingup

Will you pick me up from thestationonMonday?

10 Pindown To demand orreceive a firmanswer fromsomeone

He didn't tellmemuch.Wewillneedtopinhimdowntodetails.

11 Pissoff Anger,irritate She was pissed off with hisbehavior.

12 Plugin Able to connectemployingplug

Ihaven'tpluggedintheTVyet,Ijustboughtit.

13 Pointout to directsomeone'sattentionto (someone orsomething)

Shepointedout commonwritingmistakes her students should beawareof.

14 Polishup To make or His Spanish is not bad but he

becomesmoothbypolishing

shouldpolishitupabit.

15 Printout Touseacomputerprintertoprintsomething.

Could you please print out thisdocumentforme?

16 Pulldown Todestroy They had to pull down the oldbuilding to build a new shoppingcenterthere.

17 Pull-in To movesomethingtowardsyourself

I need a break, I'll pull in overthereandwe'llhavesomerest.

18 Pullout To removesomething

Canyouimagineit?Ihadtowait5minutestopullout!

13 Putback Toreturn Remember to put back yourwatchwhenyou'lllandinLondon.

20 Putdown a remark intendedto humiliate orcriticizesomeone

How could youputme down infrontofallthesepeople?!

21 Putdownto Gotogetsomeoneor somethingdown

Shewasunbearableyesterdaybutwe put it down to the problemsshehasinhermarriage.

22 Putforward To raise upright:erect,pitch,raise

We put the clocks forward inspring.

23 Putoff to stop or preventsomeone fromdoingsomething

Can you put off the meeting? Ineedtotalktoyou.

24 Puton Towear It's quite cold so you'd betterputonyourcoat.

25 Putout Irritated,bothered Put out the lights, I'm tired andwanttogosleep.Putthecigaretteout,it'sanon-smokingarea.

26 Putupwith To tolerate oraccept

How do you put up with him?He'ssoirritating.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘Q’

1 Quietendown

To become quiet orquieter

The class quietened downwhen the teacher entered theclassroom.

2 Quarrelwith

Tohaveanargumentordisputewithsomeone

Iamnotquarrelingwithyouridea I just think you need tothinkaboutitmore.

3 Quiton To stop doingsomething

My friends quit on me whenthingsgottoorough.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘R’

1 Rambleon Talking for along time in aboring orconfusingway

I almost fell asleep when hestarted rambling on about hischildhood.

2 Reachout Moveforwardorupwardtotouch

Couldyoureachouttopressthisbutton,please?

3 Readout To utter orrender

NowIwillreadoutthenamesofourcompetitionwinners.

4 Reduceto To bringsomeonetosomehumbler,weaker,difficult,orforcedstateorcondition

Their accusationsreducedher totears.

5 Referto To regard asbelonging tourresulting fromanother

Inhisacademicwriting,healwaysrefers to Professor Johnson'sresearch.

6 Relateto To find or showthe connectionbetween twothings

This book relates to the case ofJFK'sassassination.

7 Relyon/upon Tobedependent Hereliesonhercommonsenseinsituationslikethisone.

8 Remindof make (someone)aware (ofsomething he orshe may haveforgotten)

SheremindsmeofagirlIknewyearsago.

9 Resortto doing somethingin a particularsituationbecausethere is no otherwayofachievingsomething

To gain their goals they evenresortedtoviolence.

10 Resultin Outcome Hisnegligenceresulted in severehealthproblems.

11 Ringback to call someonewho called youearlier,or tocallsomeone for asecondtime

She can't talk at themoment, canyouringbacklater?

12 Ringup Make a Ringmeupintheevening.

telephonecall13 Ringdown to lower the

curtainattheendof a theatricalperformance

The curtain was ringed downoncetheperformancewasover.

14 Roundup Round it up to fifty pounds,please.

15 Rubout Toclean You can write in pencil so ifanybody wants to correctsomething just rub it out andwriteonceagain.

16 Ruleout Exclude,eliminate

Thepolicehadruledhimoutasasuspect.

17 Runacross to meetsomeone youknow when youarenotexpecting

Sherunacrossheroldlovewhenshe was buying a present for herhusband.

18 Runaway To leave aperson or placesecretly andsuddenly

Runawayorthey'llbeatyouup.

19 Rundown someone orsomethingthatisnotlookinggoodand that hasbecomedilapidated ordisheveled,oftenduetoneglect

The press will run the Congressdownforpassingthisbill.

20 Runinto To meetsomeone bychance

You won't believe whom I ranintothismorning!

21 Run-up the periodpreceding anotableeven

Iranuptohimandhuggedhim.

22 Runout Tofinish,use,orsell all ofsomething sothatthereisnoneleft

We've run out of the paper forprinting.Timesrunningout,we'vegot only 3minutes left. I ran outof butter in themorning so I hadtogoshopping.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘S’

1 Sailthrough To deal withsomething

She sailed through all theexaminations. We sailed throughpassportcontrol.

2 Saveup To keep themoney so thatyou can buysomething withitinthefuture

I want to save up for a newcomputer.

3 Screwup Completelymismanage ormishandle asituation

You'd better not screw it up thistime.

4 Scribbledown

Writequicklyorroughly

Youcan'tscribbledownlikethat-nobodycanreadit.

5 Seeoff To go to anairport, trainstation, etc. tosaygoodbye

Allmyfriendscametoseemeoffattheairport.

6 See-through Not be deceivedby; detect thetruenatureof

Ididn'tseeherthroughandnowI'mtoasted.

7 Sellout An event forwhich all ticketsor things aresoldout

The bookstore sold out his newbookinjustafewhours.

8 Sendin To sendsomething

Please send in application formsbeforetheendofthemonth.

9 Setout Aimorintendtodosomething

We are planning to set out atabout8.

10 Setoff Beginajourney Wesetoffearlyinthemorning.11 Settledown To begin to live

a quiet andsteady life bygettingajob

He thinks it is high time to settledownandstartadecentlife.

12 Shootdown An act orinstance ofbringing downan aircraft byshootingatit

Three enemy planes have been shotdownduringthebattle.

13 Showoff Boastfullyshowoff ordisplay one’sabilities oraccomplishment

Whata jerk!Allhecando is justshowingoff!

14 Showup To arrivesomewhere tojoin a group ofpeople,especiallylateorunexpectedly

We'd been waiting for him for 2hoursandhedidn'tshowup.

15 Signin Sign a registeronarrival

Firstofall,youhavetosigninatreception.

16 Signout Sign a registerondeparture

Don't forget to sign out beforeyouleave.

17 Signup Conclude abusinessdeal

Johnhassignedup foralmostallclasses.Whenwillhefindtimeforthat?

18 Slipaway Leavequietly orsurreptitiously

Go for it! Don't let thatopportunityslipaway.

19 Slowdown An act ofslowingdown

You're driving too fast, pleaseslowdown.

20 Sortout An act oftidying ororganizingthings byseparating themintocategories

She needs to sort out thingsconcerningtheirrelationship.

21 Speakfor To represent thefeelings oropinions ofanother personor group ofpeople

Speak for yourself. I hate thisplace.

22 Speedup An increase inspeed,especiallyinmachines rateofworking

Speedup,wecan'tdrivesoslowonahighway.

23 Splashout Spend moneyfreely

She needed some entertainmentso decided to splash out in thecitycenter.

24 Splitup An ending of arelationship orpartnership

I'm notwith Susan anymore,wesplituptwoweeksago.

25 Spreadout To open,arrange,orplaceoveralargearea

The forests spread out to thehorizon.

26 Stakeon A share insomething

He staked his reputation on anddecidedtosupportthestrike.

27 Standback Withdraw froma situationemotionally toview it moreobjectively

Thepolicetoldeveryonetostandback.

28 Standby Bepresentwhile The anti-terrorist squads are

somethingbadishappening butfail to take anyactiontostopit

standingbybehindthisbuilding.

29 Standfor Be anabbreviation oforsymbolfor

DoyouknowwhatCNN standsfor?

30 Standupfor Speak or act insupportof

You should always stand up foryourbeliefs.

31 Startover Make a newbeginning

I made so many mistakes that Ibetter start everything overagain.

32 Staveoff Towardoff Inthisclimate,youshoulddrinkalot of water to stave offdehydration.

33 Stayaway To not go nearsomeone orsomething

You'd better stay away frommybrother.

34 Stayin Tostayinsideorat home insteadofgoingout

I don't feel like going out today,I'llstayin.

35 Stayout To avoid goingintoaplace

I don't mind if he stays out butyesterdayhewenttoofar.

36 Stayoutof Toavoidgettinginvolved insomething

Stay out of any trouble or you'llgetbacktojail.

37 Stayup Notgotobed Tomstayeduptill3inthenighttowatchthefinalNBAplay.

38 Stemfrom Tobecausedbysomething orsomeone

His shyness stems from his lowself-esteem.

39 Stickto Adhere to(acommitment,belieforrule)

It looks yummy but I need tosticktomydiet,youknow.

40 Stockup To get a largequantity ofsomething forlateruse

I thinkwe should stockupwithbeer - your friends are comingtonight.

41 Stoopto Lower one’smoral standardsso far as to dosomethingreprehensible

Idon'tthinkSallywouldstooptosharingthedetailsoftheirintimatelifewithtabloids.

42 Strikeback Tohitback Ifweattackthem,theywillstrikebackforsure.

43 Sumup Giveasummary To sum up our discussion - weneedtohiretwomorepeople.

44 Switchoff Cease to payattention

Switchofftheradiobeforeyouleave.

45 Switchon To turn onsomething byturning orpushingabutton

Switch on the TV, there's aweatherforecastinafewminutes.

46 Saddleup tofastenaseat on the back ofa horse , ortorideahorse

Fredsaddledupahorseandsetout forKingston to pick up themail.

47 Saddleyourself

Togiveyourselfadifficulttask

I saddledmyself to complete theproject.

48 Sailthrough Tosucceedinanexamination

My sister sailed through all herexamination.

49 safeguardagainststh

To prevent sthbad fromhappening

Safeguard against thief byinstallingaburglaralarm.

50 Saltsthaway To save moneyfor the futureoftensecretly

SamclaimedhehadsaltedmoneyawayinAmerica.

51 Sand sth To make sth Sand the wall down before you

down smooth byrubbinghard

paintthem

52 Sandwich sthbtn

To fit sth in asmall spacebetween twothings

I was sandwiched between twolargewomenonthetrain.

53 Saveonsth To use less ofsomething

Iamsavingup thebatteryofmyphonesothatitlastslong.

54 Savesthup To keep yourmoney insteadofsavingit

Isavedupallmysalarytogiftmymomaring.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘T’

1 Takeaback Togetintooneshold orpossession byvoluntary action

Iwas taken aback when I heardSuemarriedTom.

2 Takeafter resemble Peter takes after his father, he'sverytall.

3 Takeaway To takesomething awayfromsomeone

Marytookawayaknifefromherchild.

4 Takeback To make aretractionof

I admit that I was wrong aboutHelen. I take back everything Isaidabouther.

5 Takein A deception,fraud, orimposition

She was taken in by his loftypromises.

6 Takeoff To remove apiece ofclothing

He was so tired that he didn’teventakehisclothesoff.

7 Takeon To begin or todosomething

Our company wants to take ontwonewprogrammers.

8 Takeout If you takesomethingout

Hehadhistoothtakenout.

9 Takeover An act ofassumingcontrol ofsomething

I wonder who will take overfrom me when I'm on a longholiday.

10 Taketo Form a likingfor

I took to her the moment I sawhersmile.

11 Take-up Becomeinterested orengaged in apursuit

Roan's taken up basketballrecently.

12 Tellapart To able to seethe differencebetween twovery similarthings

Theyceasedfireasitwastoodarktotellalliesapartfromenemies.

13 Telloff To criticizesomeoneangrilyfor doingsomethingwrong

Hetoldmeofffornotbeingreadywiththeprojectyet.

14 Throwaway A thingintended to bediscarded afterbriefuse

When will you finally throwawaythisoldcoat?

15 Throw-in an act ofthrowingsomething

If you buy this coat, madam, wewillthrowtheglovesin.

16 Touchdown Toland The plane touched down safelyandontime.

17 Trackdown To findsomething or

They managed to track downstolen jewelry from the Royal

someone afterlookingforit

collection.

18 Trafficin Deal or trade insomethingillegal

They were charged withtraffickingindrugs.

19 Triggeroff To activate,trigger,trip

This street fight may trigger offmoreseriousevents.

20 Tryon Toputon Try on the red blouse, I think itsuitsbetter.

21 Tryout Anexperimentalperformance ordemonstration

We'retryingoutanewcomputersysteminourcompany.

22 Turnback Go back in thedirection whichtheyhavecome

After twodayswehadnomoneyandhadtoturnback.

23 Turndown Arejection/refusal

Mark asked Susan to marry himbutsheturnedhimdown.

24 Turninto Be transformedinto

Youwouldn't recognize her - shehas turned into a dedicatedwomenrightsfighter.

25 Turnoff Tostop Turnofftheradioplease,I'dliketoread.

26 Turnon To startsomething

Turn on the TV, the game startsinafewminutes.

27 Turnout To happen orbecome knownin a particularway

It turned out that we've boughtthesameskirt.

28 Turnto To go tosomeone forhelp when youare havingdifficultydealingwith the

He turned to the judge topostponethedateofthetrial.

situation29 Turnup Something that

you have beenlooking forturnsup

He disappeared as quickly as hehadturnedup.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘U’

1 Useup To finish supply ofsomething

You need to use up theoldpaintbeforeopeninganewtin.

2 Usherin To serve to bringinto being adiscovery thatushered in a periodofchange

Jane and her husbandalways have a party tousherintheNewYear.

3 Urgedon To encouragesomeone

The Manchester fansurgedthereteamon.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘V’

1 Vampup To Makeup,manufacture,fabricate

Helen decided to vampup the living room as itwas lookingoldanddullnow.

2 Vegout Tospendtimeidly We are all going to vegout and watch a movietonight.

3 Venture forth Togooutcautiously When the storm asfinished we can allventure forth (leave asafeplace).

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘W’

Sr.# PhrasalVerbs

Meanings Sentences

1 WalkAway To leave adifficult orunpleasantsituationtoavoidit.

Hewalkedawayunhurt.

2 Walk-in To go into aroom

Sorry,Ididnotmeantowalkinonyou.

3 Walkinto To crash intowhile you arewalking.

Youwalkedstraightintome.

4 Walkoff To leave a placeor a personsuddenlybecause you areangry.

She turned and walked offwithoutaword.

5 WalkThrough

To show or tellhow to do bycarefullyexplaining.

She walked me through thecomplicateddocument.

6 Walk-up To approachconfidently.

She walked straight up to thedesk and asked to see themanager.

7 Walkout To leave ameetingetc.

Some of the audience walkedoutindisgust.

8 Wadein To get involvedin a situation, ordiscussion,etc.

Shewaded inwith an attack oncompanypolicy.

9 Wadeinto To attack She waded straight into her

physically orwithwords.

criticswithheropeningremarks.

10 Wadethrough

Tospendalotoftimeandeffort.

Ihadtowadethroughpagesandpagesofstatistics.

11 Waffleon Totalkorwritealotaboutwithoutgiving anyinformation.

Hewaffledonforagesabouthisgarden.

12 Wait around To stay in aplace withoutdoinganything.

She did notwait about hearinghisreplay.

13 Waitbehind To stay afterother peoplehavegone.

He asked her to wait behindafterthemeeting.

14 Waitin To stay at homebecause you areexpecting toarrive.

Shewaited inallday incasehecalled.

15 Waiton To wait untilarrivesoruntilisavailable.

Shewaswaitingonmydecision.

16 Waitout To stay in aplace untildifficult orunpleasant haspassed.

Their strategy has been to waitouttherecession.

17 Waitup Tonotgotobeduntil comeshome.

Heyguys,waitup.

18 Walloff To build a wallorbarrieraroundan area toseparate it fromanotherarea.

Partoftheyardhadbeenwalledoff.

19 Wallup To keep as aprisoner in a

A woman was walled up in asmallroom.

place surroundedbywalls.

20 Wallowin To enjoy thatgivespleasure.

Shewallowsinnostalgia.

21 Waltzoff To leave aperson or placeannoyingly.

Hejustwaltzedoffandleftme.

22 Wantfor To sufferbecause you donothave.

Iwork hard so thatmy childrenwantfornothing.

23 Wantin To want to beinvolved in abusinessdeal.

DoesJackwantinaclub?

24 Wantout To no longerwant to beinvolved.

I want out before we get intodifficulties.

25 Wardoff To preventdangerous orunpleasant fromaffectingyou.

He keeps dogs to ward offunwantedvisitors.

26 Warmto To start as aperson.

I warmed to the teacherimmediately.

27 Warm-up To becomewarmer.

This computer takes a long timetowarmup.

28 Warnaway To tell a person,a ship, etc., notto come near aplace because itisdangerous.

The male birds sing to warnothermalesaway.

29 Washaway To use water toremoveamark.

A hot bath soon washed mytirednessaway.

30 Washdown To clean byusing a largequantity ofwater.

I washed the car down with ahose.

31 Washoff To be removed Washoff thedirtwith soap and

fromthesurface. dirt.32 Washout To be removed

from a piece offabric,hair,etc.

Itwillwashoutinafewweeks.

33 Washover To suddenlyaffect.

Alltheircriticismseemstowashoverhim.

34 Washup Wash dirtyplates, glasses,etc.

Hisbodywaswashedupon thebeachtwodayslater.

35 Wasteaway To grow thin orweak in anunhealthyway.

The muscles in her arm hadwastedaway.

36 Watchout To be quick tonoticeetc.

Watch out for a new feature innextmonth’smagazines.

37 Watchover Totakecareof The childneeded tobewatchedover24hoursaday.

38 Waterdown Tomakealiquidweaker byaddingwater.

Thecriticismshadbeenwatereddowntoavoidgivingoffense.

39 Weaselout To avoidkeeping apromise

Iamnotgoingtotryandweaselout.

40 Weedout Toremoveorgetridofthatyoudonotwant.

Weak or sick animals wereweededout.

41 Weighdown To make feelanxious ordepressed.

He was weighed down withgrief.

42 Weighon To make feelworried

The debt burdenweighs heavilyonthegovernment.

43 Weighup Think carefullyabout a situationbefore youdecide what todo.

It’s important to weigh up allpossiblecoursesofaction.

44 Weightdown

Toaddweightsothat it feels veryheavy.

Mypocketswereweigheddownwithlotsofcoins.

45 Wellup If a liquid wellsup, it raises tothe surface andflow.

She felt angerwellingup insideher.

46 Whaleinto To attack byhitting themagainandagain.

She whaled into me for beinglateagain.

47 Whipout To take outquickly andsuddenly

Hewhippedouthiscameraandstartedtakingphotos.

48 Whiskaway/off

To remove fromaplacequickly.

The food was whisked awaybeforewehadfinished.

49 Whizzthrough

To do readquickly

Shewhizzed through the workandwasfinishedbeforelunch.

50 Winback To get again byyourefforts.

Youdon’t have a chance towinyourmemoryback.

51 Win through To finallysucceed aftertryingveryhard.

Unitedwonthrough to thefinalinanexcitinggame.

52 Wipeout To kill a largenumber ofpeople oranimals.

Pollutionhaswipedouthalf thespeciesoffishintheriver.

53 Wireup To connectthrough a pieceof electricalequipment byusing electricalwires.

The microphone had not beenwiredupproperly.

54 Wolfdown To eat veryquickly

He wolfed down his breakfastandrushedoutofthehouse.

55 Workoff Toget ridofmyphysicalefforts.

Shehadworkedoffheranger.

56 Workout Tocalculateetc. Canyouworkouttheanswertonumber2?

57 Worktowards

Totrytoteachorachieveagoal.

He is working towardsobtainingaMaster'sdegree.

58 Wormoutof To manage toobtaininformationfrom.

It took me days to worm thetruthoutofmydaughter.

59 Wrenchoff To remove frombyforce

Hewrenched thepictureoff thewallandthrewittotheground.

60 Writeout To write onpaper.

Iwroteoutthepoeminmybesthandwriting.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘Y’

1 Yankat To pull at hardandquickly.

Someoneyankedatmyhair.

2 Yankoff To remove it bypulling hard andquickly.

Heyankedoffhisshoes.

3 Yankout To remove fromsomewhere bypulling hard andquickly.

Hewasyanked out of the houseandbundledintoacar.

4 Yearnfor To want verymuch.

Murayearnedforachild.

5 Yellout To suddenlyshout in a loud

Shewasyellingoutinterror.

voice.6 Yieldto To be replaced

byBarges yielded to road vehiclesfortransportinggoods.

7 Yieldup To allow else totake that youown.

He swore, he would never yieldupthecastletotheEnglish.

8 Yankon Talkcontinuously, inan annoyingway.

Heyankedonforanhour.

9 Yakon Talkcontinuously

Willyoupleasestopyakkingon?

10 Yammeron Talkcontinuously (same expression)

She yammered on and on aboutherdiamonds.

Phrasalverbsstartingwith‘Z’

1 Zipthrough

Todoreadetcveryquickly. Could you zip through myreportandcheckit’sOK?

2 Zipup Tofastenwithazip/zipper. Ican’tzipmyjacketup.3 Zone

offTokeepanareaoflandtobeusedforaparticularpurpose.

The city center has been zonedoffforpedestrians.

4 Zoneout

Tostopthinkingandnoticingwhatisgoingonaroundyou.

Relaxyourmuscles, takeadeepbreath,andzoneoutforawhile.

5 Zonkout

To fall asleep, becomeunconscious.

Hezonkedoutafterabigexam.

6 Zoomoff

Tohurryaway He jumped into his car andzoomedoff.

7 Zip-around

To move quickly from oneplacetoanother.

IfIgettime,Imightziparoundthecity.

8 Zero inon

To aim weapons at or to apinpoint.

Theyzeroedinonthetarget.

9 Zipby Passquickly The motorbike zipped by thecarsstuckinthetrafficjam.

10 Zoomin

Focusmoreclosely The camera zoomed in to showpeople’sfaces.

11 Zoomout

Focuslessclosely Thecamerazoomedouttoshowtheentirecrowd.

12 Zoominon

Focusmoreclosely The camera zoomed in on hisface.