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What are Phrasal Verbs?

Phrasal Verbs consist of a verb and sometimes either an adverb, as in break down, or a preposition, for example turn up, or a combination of both, such as look down on in order to convey the meaning.

Why are Phrasal Verbs Used? 

Phrasal verbs are used in our written & oral communication in order to beautify or ornate the use of the language. They are like icing on the cake. 

List of Phrasal Verbs with Sentences: 

Sl. No.	Phrasal Verbs	Meanings	Sentences
1	Ask  for	Pray for	He asked for a pen.
2	Bear With	Tolerate	I cannot bear with such an insult.
3	Blow out	Extinguish	Blow out the Lamp.
4	Break down	Decline	Her health broke down recently.
5	Break into	Enter by force	The robber broke into the house.
6	Break out	Spread quickly	COVID 19 broke out quickly.
7	Break in	Interrupt	You should not break in our conversation.
8.	Break through	Enter by force	The soldiers broke through the enemy’s line.
9.	Bring out	Publish	The publisher has brought out a new book on politics.
10.	Bring up	Rear	She was brought up by her aunt.
11	Bring down	Reduce	The new policy may bring down the price.
12	Burst into	Express emotion	She burst into tears on hearing the news.
13	Call at	Visit for a while	She called at my office yesterday.
14	Call for	Demand	He called for an explanation from me.
15	Call on/upon	Meet	She called on me in my office.
16	Call up	Remember	I cannot call up your name.
17	Carry out	Obey	He must carry out the order of his boss.
18	Come across	Meet	Swami Vivekananda came across Ramakrishna, his guru.
19.	Come down	Decrease	The price of petrol has come down.
20.	Come off	Take place	Our annual sports came off last week.
21.	Come round	Recover	The patient will come round soon.
22	Cut down	Reduce	Try to cut down the expenditure.
23.	Do away with	Abolish	We should do away with bad habits.
24.	Drive out	Turn out	He was driven out from the village.
25.	Fall out	Quarrel	The children fell out over their fathers.
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Sl. No.	Phrasal Verbs	Meanings	Sentences
26	Get away	Escape	The thief could not get away with the bike.
27	Get down	Descend	He got down from the train.
28	Get into	Ascend	He got into the local train by mistake.
29	Get through	Succeed	He got through the exam easily.
30	Get up	Rise	I got up at 5 am regularly.
31	Give away	Distribute	The president gave away the prize.
32	Give Up	Abandon	Try to give up your bad habit.
33	Go away	Leave	He has gone away with the baggage.
34.	Go through	Read	I have gone through most of the novels.
35.	Keep away	Remain at a distance	Keep yourself away from evil company.
36	Keep off	Remain at a distance	Keep off the fire.
37	Keep up	Maintain	He keeps up his reputation as a good teacher.
38	Keep up with	Keep pace with	Try to keep up with the changing world.
39	Lay down	Sacrifice	He laid down his life for the country.
40	Lay off	Dismiss temporarily	The workers were laid off for two months.
41	Look after	Take care of	All mothers look after their children.
42	Look down upon	Hate	Do not look down upon the poor.
43	Look for	Search	He is looking for the job.
44	Look Into	Examine	The police is looking into the matter seriously.
45	Look up	Find out	Look up the word in the dictionary.
46	Make out	Understand	I cannot make out your words.
47	Make up	Complete	You cannot make up if you do not start now.
48	Pass away	Die	The patient passed away peacefully.
49	Pass by	Go alongside	He passes by our house regularly.
50	Put off	Postpone	The meeting was put off today.
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