Phrasal Verbs

take up

Meaning: to fill an area of space or a period of time

run away

Meaning: If children or teenagers run away, they leave home without telling their parents or guardians.

knock off

Meaning: to stop work for the day

let out

Meaning: to make a particular sound or noise

take down

Meaning: to remove something that's fixed to a wall, like a picture or a poster 

pass on

Meaning: If you pass something on, you give it to another person after receiving it yourself.

allude to

Meaning: to mention or refer to something or someone in an indirect way

think up

Meaning: to use one's imagination to come up with something like an excuse, a name, a plan, or a story

print out

Meaning: to make a printed copy of a document 

rough up

Meaning: to physically attack someone, usually to intimidate or make them afraid rather than to seriously hurt them

revert to

Meaning: to go back to a previous way of behaving, or an old way of doing things

get off

Meaning: to leave a means of transport such as a bus or a train

hang around

Meaning: to spend time somewhere without doing anything useful

urge on

Meaning: If you urge somebody on, you encourage them to continue trying to do something.

make up

Meaning: If you make up with someone, you become friends again after having an argument or a disagreement with them.

hang on

Meaning: If someone tells you to hang on, they want you to wait for a moment.

hook up

Meaning: If you hook up things like computers and their peripherals, or the components of a home theatre, you connect them with cables.

knock off

Meaning: to steal something

see off

Meaning: If you see somebody off, you go to the place from where they're beginning a journey, like an airport or a railway station, and wish them well as they leave.

knock down

Meaning: If something like a building or a wall is knocked down, it is destroyed on purpose.

let out

Meaning: to allow somebody or something to leave a place

pull up

Meaning: If a vehicle such as a car or a taxi pulls up, it stops.

speak up

Meaning: to speak louder

hold on

Meaning: to wait for a short time

eat up

Meaning: to eat all or most of something

jack up

Meaning: to increase the price or the cost of something by a large amount

go together

Meaning: If two things go together, they look good together or they harmonize. 

bring out

Meaning: to release a new product

take back

Meaning: If a store takes back something they've sold, they allow the buyer to return it for a refund, or exchange it.

cheer on

Meaning: to shout loudly to encourage someone, especially someone who's playing sport or competing in a race

fall apart

Meaning: If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces or parts start falling off.

let in

Meaning: If you let someone in, you allow them to enter a room or a building.

note down

Meaning: If you note down something, you write it on a piece of paper or in a notebook.

expose to

Meaning: If you expose someone to something, you introduce them to something they might not otherwise see or experience.

sit through

Meaning: If you sit through something like a long speech or a boring show, you wait until it's over before leaving, even though you're not enjoying it.

join with

Meaning: If you join with someone or something to do something, you do it together.

hand over

Meaning: If you hand something over, you give it to someone who has demanded it.

stop over

Meaning: to stop at a place and stay there for one or two days while on your way to somewhere else