Phrasal Verbs Answer back: Ask after: Ask sb in
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Phrasal Verbs • Answer back: answer impolitely • Ask after: inquire about the health of(preguntar por alguien) • Ask sb in: invite to enter • Back sb up: support (apoyar) • Be up to: be doing/ be the responsible of/ be capable • Be in for: run the risk • Be back: return • Be over: be finished • Be against: be opposed to • Blow up: inflate/ cause to explode • Break up: finish/ disperse • Break out: start • Break down: stop functioning/ have a mechanical failure/ fail • Break into: force entry into • Break off: interrupt • Break in: train (entrenar o prepararse) • Bring up: rear/ vomit/ raise as a child • Bring out: give • Bring down: defeat • Bring about: cause • Bring round: persuade/ revive • Call up: telephone/ order to join in the army • Call for: require/ collect/ demand • Call in : visit briefly • Call off: cancel • Catch on#: become popular • Catch up: reach (alcanzar) • Carry on: continue • Carry out: obey • Carry away: cause to lose one's self control • Cheer up#: make someone feel happier • Come off: succeed (tener exito) • Come out: bloom/ to be on strike/ be punished (1.Florecer) • Come down: lose one's social position • Come on: progress • Come up: happen • Cut off: disconnect/ isolate • Cut back: reduce • Cut out: stop/ omit • Cut down: reduce • Cut in: suddenly move in front • Do up: decorate/ fasten (decorar/ abrochar) • Do away with: abolish • Hard done by: treated badly (tratar malamente) • Have nothing to do: not concern • Have to − without: not have • Could do with: need/ want • Do for: ruin 1 • Die down: become extinguished (apagar) • Draw up: stop • Dress up#: put on different clothes • Drop out: withdraw (retirar/sacar) • Drop in: visit briefly • Eat up#*: use or consume in great quantities • Fall off: decrease (disminuir) • Fall in: agree to/ collapse • Fall out: quarrel (discutir) • Fall through: fail (suspender) • Fall back: retreat (retirarse) • Fall back on: have recourse to • Fall for: be attracted by • Feel like: want (tener ganas) • Feel up: be capable of • Find out: discover • Fill out: put on weigh • Fill in: complete • Fit out#: provide with everything that will be needed • Get on: make progress • Get up: arise (levantarse) • Get out: leave • Get across to: communicate successfully • Get off: post/ send/ mail • Get back: return • Get through: make contact on the phone • Get to : reach • Get away: escape/ flee/ avoid doing sth • Get over#: recover from • Give out: distributed • Give up: stop/ surrender • Give out*: finish/ announce/ broadcast/ distribute • Give off*: send out • Give in: surrender (rendirse o entregarse) • Give away: surrender/ reveal • Go off: go bad • Go up: rise • Go down: decrease • Go in for: enjoy/ take part in • Go out with#: have a romantic relationship with sb • Go on: continue • Go through: spend • Go into: investigate • Grow out for: become to elder for • Grow up: become adult • Hand out#: give sth to everyone in a group • Have sb in: have as guests • Have sth on: be socially engaged (tener un compromiso) • Have sth out: discuss fully • Hang on: wait • Hang out with#: spend time with sb doing nothing • Head for#: go towards 2 • Hold up: rob/ delay (robar/retrasar) • Hold on: wait • Hold out: resist • Hold over: postpone • Hold back: prevent form making progress • Keep on: continue • Keep up: go as the same speed as • Keep down: control • Keep in after: oblige to remain (obligar a permanecer) • Keep out: stay outside • Keep off: not walk on • Keep back: conceal (ocultar o disimular) • Keep in: stay on good terms with • Knock off: stop work • Lay down: establish • Lay up with: forced to stay in bed • Lay off: send home from work • Lay on: arrange • Leave off: stop • Leave out: omit • Live through: survive • Live down: recover from • Lock up: imprison/ jail (estar en la cárcel) • Let off: treat leniently • Let in: admit/ leak (2.filtrar(liquido)) • Let out: allow to go out/ make wider • Let up: stop • Let down: break one's trust/ disappoint (2.decepcionar) • Let back: allow to return • Look up: admire/ visit/ find in a dictionary/ visit • Look out: be careful • Look for: seek • Look forward to: anticipate with pleasure • Look after: take care of • Look over: inspect • Look down: despise (despreciar) • Look into#: investigate • Make out: understand/ write/ pretend/ succeed • Make up: apply cosmetics/ prepare/ be reconciled/ invent • Make off: run away • Move on#: change to a different job or place • Move out#: stop living somewhere • Own up#: admit to doing something • Pass over: leave out • Pass up: not take the advantage • Pass out: faint (desmayarse) • Pass away: die • Pass through: to be in transit • Pass round: circulate/ offer to everybody • Pass down: transmit • Pick up: give a lift/ call for/ acquire/ receive/ correct • Pick out: identify 3 • Pick through: inspect • Pick on: victimize • Pull into: stop • Pull down: demolish • Pull through: recover • Pull up: stop by • Put of: delay • Put across: communicate to • Put by: save • Put off: kill one's taste of • Put down: attribute/ kill painlessly • Put on: pretend/ organize • Put out: inconvenience • Put forward#*: suggest for consideration • Run down: speak badly about/ become unwound • Run into: meet • Run over by: kill by • Run out: come to the end of • Run up: encounter • Run off: print • Run through: read quickly • Set off: leave • Set up: establish • Set in: settle • Set out: intend/ express • Set upon: attack • Set back: cost/ hinder • See off: say goodbye to • See through: finish • See to: attend • Show off#: try to impress people • Sign up#: sign something with interest • Splash out on#: buy sth expensive • Split up#: end a relationship • Stay up: not to go to bed • Stand in: take the place of • Stand out: to be easily notice/ resist • Stand down: to be withdrawn • Stand up: defend oneself against/ not to keep an appointment • Stand by: be ready/ watch without doing anything • Take after#: resemble a member of your family • Take back: apologize • Take off: leave the ground • Take in: make smaller • Take up*: start • Take aback: to be astonished • Take down: write • Take on: accept/ employ • Take away: remove • Throw up: abandon • Throw away#: get rid of something you don't need more • Tell off: reprimand 4 • Turn over: capsize (darse la vuelta) • Turn down: reject • Turn in: go to bed • Turn off: extinguish • Turn up: appear/ arrive • Turn out: developed • Turn away: refuse to entry • Wear out: ruin/ to be exhausted • Wear down: weaken (debilitar) • Wear off: disappeared • Work out: plan • The noun is used after the particle in verbs marked with an asterisk*. However the pronoun must be used before the particle. • Verbs marked with # are not necessary for college. 5
