phrasal verbs

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Break down
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To explain step by step or divide into simpler parts
Go over
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To review or explain something again
Explain in detail
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To give all necessary information
Give an explanation
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To explain something, usually formally
Make it clear
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To ensure that everyone understands
Stand to reason
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To introduce or emphasize an obvious explanation
Get to the point
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To explain the most important part without unnecessary details
Elaborate on (something)
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To give more details or information about something
Fill in
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To provide missing information
Flesh out
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To add more details to something
Sum up
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To give the main information in a short statement
Outline (an idea)
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To give a general explanation or summary
Enlighten (someone)
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To give someone information that makes something clearer
Shed light on
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To give new or clearer information about something
Clear up
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To make something less confusing or easier to understand
Drive home
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To make something clear by emphasizing it
Talk over
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To discuss or explain something with someone
Spell something out
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To explain something step by step or in detail
Expand on
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To add more detail or information to something
Put across
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To express or explain an idea so that people understand it
Dispel (a doubt, a myth)
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To make something (such as a doubt or myth) easier to understand or prove it wrong
Draw a distinction
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To explain the difference between two things
Put off
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To postpone or delay something
Put on
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To dress in (clothes), organize, or pretend
Put out
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To extinguish (a fire), publish, or inconvenience someone
Put up with
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To tolerate or endure something unpleasant
Put away
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To store or place something in its proper place
Put down
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To place something on a surface, insult, or write
Put through
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To connect by phone or cause to experience
Put aside
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To save or reserve for later
Put together
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To assemble or combine
Put up
to accommodate someone
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To build or erect
Put forward
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To suggest or propose
Put back
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To return something to its original place
Put across
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To communicate effectively
Put in
to install
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To make an effort
Put over
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To communicate something clearly
Put at
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To estimate (a value or amount)
Put down to
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To attribute as the cause
Put up for
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To offer for sale or adoption
Put yourself in someone’s shoes
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To imagine oneself in another’s situation
Put pressure on
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To force or persuade someone
Put to use
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To use something for a purpose
Put off by
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To be discouraged or repelled by
Put out of
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To remove or get rid of
Come about
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To happen or occur
Come across
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To find or encounter by chance, or to make an impression
Come after
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To pursue or follow
Come along
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To accompany, arrive, or make progress
Come apart
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To break into pieces
Come around
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To change one’s opinion or recover consciousness
Come at
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To approach or attack
Come away
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To leave a place with a particular feeling or result
Come back
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To return
Come before
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To have greater importance or to appear before someone in authority
Come by
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To visit, or to acquire something
Come down
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To descend or fall
Come down on
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To criticize heavily
Come down with
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To become ill with something
Come forward
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To offer help or information
Come in
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To enter
Come in for
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To receive (especially criticism or blame)
Come into
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To inherit or receive something
Come off
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To succeed or to be separated from something
Come on
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To make progress or to start functioning
Come out
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To be published, revealed, or to leave a place
Come out in
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To develop (especially spots or a rash)
Come out of
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To result from a process or event
Come over
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To visit, or to be affected by a strong feeling
Come through
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To survive or successfully complete something
Come to
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To regain consciousness, or to result in a total amount
Come together
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To join or assemble
Come under
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To be subject to or experience something
Come up
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To arise or be mentioned
Come up against
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To face opposition or trouble
Come up to
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To approach or reach a standard or level
Come up with
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To produce or think of an idea or plan
Come upon
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To discover or find unexpectedly
Come with
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To be included or involved as part of something
Come for
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To arrive to arrest or punish
Come in for
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To receive something, usually criticism or blame
Get across
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To successfully communicate an idea or message
Get along
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To have a good relationship or to manage
Get around
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To move from place to place or to avoid a problem
Get at
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To suggest or imply something
Get away
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To escape or go on a short trip
Get back
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To return or recover something
Get by
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To manage to survive or cope, especially financially
Get down
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To make someone feel sad or to write something down
Get in
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To enter or arrive
Get off
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To leave a vehicle or to avoid punishment
Get on
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To board a vehicle or to have a good relationship
Get out
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To leave or escape from a place
Get over
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To recover from an illness or an emotional experience
Get through
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To successfully complete or endure something
Get together
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To meet socially
Get up
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To rise from bed or to increase
Get rid of
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To remove or discard something
Get behind
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To support or to fall behind schedule
Get down to
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To start to focus seriously on something
Get off with
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To receive a light punishment or to leave company with someone
Get on with
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To continue doing something or to have a good relationship
Get out of
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To avoid doing something or to emerge from a place
Get round to
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To find time to do something
Get carried away
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To become overly excited or enthusiastic
Get wind of
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To learn about something secret or private
Get in on
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To become involved in something
Get stuck
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To become trapped or unable to move forward
Take after
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To resemble a family member in appearance or behavior
Take apart
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To disassemble or separate into pieces
Take back
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To return something or to withdraw a statement
Take down
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To write something or to remove something from a higher place
Take in
also to allow someone to stay temporarily
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To understand or absorb information
Take off
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To remove clothing or to leave the ground (for airplanes)
Take on
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To accept a challenge, responsibility, or a task
Take out
also to go on a date or treat someone
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To remove something or someone
Take over
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To assume control or responsibility
Take through
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To explain something in detail step by step
Take up
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To begin a new activity or to occupy space/time
Take away
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To remove something or to subtract
Take for
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To mistaken someone or something as something else
Take up with
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To begin to associate with someone, usually new friends or company
Take to
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To develop a habit or to like someone or something
Take off with
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To leave quickly with something, often stealing
Take back on
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To hire someone again after firing or leaving
Take in stride
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To deal calmly with difficulties or challenges
Take the lead
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To be in front or to be the first to do something
Look after
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To take care of someone or something
Look around
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To explore or inspect a place
Look back
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To think about the past
Look down on
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To regard someone or something as inferior
Look for
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To try to find something or someone
Look forward to
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To anticipate something with pleasure
Look in
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To visit briefly or check on someone
Look into
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To investigate or examine something
Look on
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To be a spectator or observer
Look out
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To be careful or watchful
Look over
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To examine or check something quickly
Look through
to ignore
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To examine or read quickly
Look to
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To rely on or depend on someone or something
Look up
to improve
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To search for information
Look up to
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To admire or respect someone
Break down
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To stop functioning or to analyze something into parts
Break in
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To enter a place by force or to interrupt
Break up
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To end a relationship or to divide into smaller parts
Break out
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To start suddenly (usually something unpleasant, like a war or fire)
Break off
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To end something suddenly or to detach a part
Break through
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To overcome an obstacle or make progress
Break into
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To enter forcibly or suddenly begin doing something
Break away
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To separate from a group or escape
Break even
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To have no profit or loss
Break out in
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To develop (especially spots, a rash, or sweat)
Break the news
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To inform someone about important or disturbing information
Turn around
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To change direction or to improve a situation
Turn away
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To refuse entry or to look in another direction
Turn back
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To return to a previous place or to reverse a decision
Turn down
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To reject an offer or to reduce volume or intensity
Turn in
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To submit something or to go to bed
Turn into
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To transform or change into something else
Turn off
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To switch something off or to cause dislike or disinterest
Turn on
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To switch something on or to excite or attract someone
Turn out
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To result in a particular way or to attend an event
Turn over
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To flip or rotate something or to transfer control or ownership
Turn up
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To appear or be found unexpectedly or to increase volume or intensity
Turn to
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To seek help or advice from someone
Turn against
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To become hostile toward someone
Turn away from
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To reject or refuse to accept
Turn over to
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To hand something over to someone else
Turn over in one’s mind
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To think carefully about something
Bring about
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To cause something to happen
Bring along
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To take someone or something with you
Bring around
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To persuade someone to agree or to make someone regain consciousness
Bring back
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To return something or to cause a memory or feeling to return
Bring down
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To reduce or to cause to fall
Bring forward
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To mention or present something for consideration earlier than planned
Bring in
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To introduce or earn money or bring someone into a situation
Bring off
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To succeed in doing something difficult
Bring on
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To cause something to happen, usually something negative
Bring out
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To make something noticeable or to publish/release something
Bring round
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To persuade or to revive someone (similar to bring around)
Bring to
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To cause to regain consciousness
Bring up
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To mention a topic or to raise a child
Cut across
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To go from one side to the other, often indicating directness
Cut back (on)
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To reduce the amount of something
Cut down
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To fell a tree or to reduce the size or amount of something
Cut in
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To interrupt a conversation or to move into a lane of traffic closely
Cut into
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To reduce profits or resources, or to interrupt
Cut off
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To stop supplying or to isolate someone or something
Cut out
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To remove something by cutting or to stop doing something
Cut up
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To cut into pieces or to behave in a silly or annoying way
Set about
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To begin doing something
Set aside
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To save or reserve something for a particular purpose
Set back
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To delay progress or cause someone to spend money
Set down
to place something on a surface
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To write or record information
Set forth
to start a journey
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To explain or describe something clearly
Set in
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To begin and seem likely to continue (usually something unpleasant)
Set off
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To start a journey or cause something to explode or happen
Set on
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To attack someone or to be determined to do something
Set out
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To start a journey or to explain something in detail
Set to
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To start working hard or attacking
Set up
to trick or frame someone
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To establish or arrange something
Make up
She made up a story to explain her absence.
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to invent or reconcile
Make out
I couldn’t make out what he was saying.
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to see, hear, or understand something with difficulty
Make for
After the show, we made for the exit quickly.
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to move towards or help result in something
Make off
The thief made off with the money.
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to escape or run away (usually with something)
Make into
They made the old barn into a guesthouse.
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to change something into something else
Make over
She made over the house to her daughter.
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to renovate or transfer ownership
Make up for
He worked hard to make up for lost time.
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to compensate
Make of
What do you make of his reaction?
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to think or interpret something
Make after
The dog made after the cat down the street.
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to chase or pursue
Make with
Come on, make with the money!
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to provide or produce something (informal)
Make out to be
He makes himself out to be a victim.
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to claim falsely
Make away with
Someone made away with my wallet.
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to steal or take
Make do with
We’ll have to make do with what we have.
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to manage with less than ideal
Make time for
He always makes time for his children.
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to find time for someone or something
Make a difference
Volunteering can really make a difference.
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to have an effect
Make a fuss
Don’t make a fuss about the delay.
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to complain or get upset
Make an effort
Please make an effort to be on time.
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to try
Make sense
That explanation doesn’t make sense to me.
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to be reasonable or understandable
Make believe
The kids were making believe they were pirates.
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to pretend
Make peace
The two countries made peace after years of conflict.
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to reconcile or stop fighting
Make war
The kingdom made war on its neighbor.
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to start or engage in conflict
Make friends
He finds it easy to make friends at school.
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to establish friendships
Make fun of
Don’t make fun of his accent.
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to mock or tease
Make a move
It’s time to make a move and change jobs.
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to take action
Make money
He made a lot of money in real estate.
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to earn income
Make a call
I need to make a call before we leave.
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to telephone
Make a deal
They made a deal on the price of the car.
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to come to an agreement
Make a point
She made a point of thanking everyone.
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to emphasize something
Make a decision
He finally made a decision about the job offer.
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to choose something

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