Phrasal Verbs

break up

Meaning: If you break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, you end your relationship with him or her.

go over

Meaning: to review something, or look at it again, in order to learn or memorize it

take on

Meaning: to give someone a job

get in

Meaning: to enter a place or a vehicle

calm down

Meaning: If a person who is excited or agitated calms down, they become calmer and less excited or agitated.

get away with

Meaning: to do something illegal or immoral and not get caught or punished

fuss over

Meaning: to give someone lots of attention to show how much you like them or how important you think they are

come to

Meaning: to regain consciousness after an accident or an operation 

call off

Meaning: to cancel an event that was planned or scheduled

roll out

Meaning: to introduce a new line of products or services

go for

Meaning: to like a particular type of person, product, style, experience, etc.

ask after

Meaning: If you ask after someone, you ask about them when you talk to someone who's seen them recently.

act as

Meaning: to perform the same function as a particular person or thing

get at (1)

Meaning: to mean or to imply something

get up (2)

Meaning: to stand up or to get to one's feet 

knock around

Meaning: to hit or kick somebody repeatedly

send back

Meaning: If you send back something that's been delivered to you, you return it because there's a problem with it.

keep on

Meaning: If you keep on doing something, you continue doing it.

extricate from

Meaning: to get someone out of a difficult situation or a dangerous place

close down

Meaning: If a business closes down, or if someone closes it down, it stops operating.

buy up

Meaning: to buy all or a lot of something that is in limited supply

go together

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

take down

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

put forward

Meaning: to change the date or time of an event, an appointment, a meeting, etc. so that it happens earlier than originally planned

point out

Meaning: to tell someone something you think they should know

put aside

Meaning: to save or reserve something, like time, money, food, etc., for a particular purpose, or for use in the future 

hold up

Meaning: to steal from someone while threatening them with a gun or a similar weapon

lay down

Meaning: to officially state something like a policy, or rules, regulations, conditions, guidelines, etc.