451 English phrasal verbs
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Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘A’
act out
add up to
answer back
ask (someone) in
ask out
ask over / round
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘B’
bail out
barge in
believe in
belt out
belt up
big up
bite back
blend in / into
bliss out
blow away
blow down
blow up
blurt out
boil over
book up
bottle out
break down
breeze into
breeze through
brick up
brighten up
bring forward
bring off
brush up
bubble over
bucket down
build up to
burn down
burn off
burn out
butter up
butt in
buy out
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘C’
call back
call off
call round
camp out
care for
cash in on
cash up
cast away
cave in
change down
check in
check out
cheer up
chicken out
chill out
chip in
chirp away
chop up
cloud over
clown about
come out (photo)
confide in
contract out
cool down / off
coop up
copy in
cotton on
cram in / into
crop up
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘D’
dawn on / upon
deck out
die back
dip into
doll up
doze off
draw in
draw up
dress up (somebody)
drift apart
drift off
drink up
drop out
drum up
dry up
dying for (something)
Phrasal verbs beginnning with ‘E’
eat out
eat up
egg on
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘F’
fall about (laughing)
fall apart
fall behind
fall down
fall for
fall out
fall over
fall through
feed up
fess up
finish with
fish out
flag down
flip out
float around / about
flood out
flutter about / around
fold in
fool around
fork out
freak out
freshen up
frown on
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘G’
get ahead
get along
get up
give it up for
give up
goof around
go on
go under
grapple with (something)
grass on/up
grass over
gross out
grow up
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘H’
hack into
hand down
hand out
hang around (and hang round and hang about)
hang out
hang up
harp on
hit it off
horse about / around
hose down
hot up
huddle up
hurry up
hush up
hype up
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘I’
idle away
invite over
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘J’
jazz up
join in
jumble up
jump at
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘K’
keel over
key in
knock out
knuckle down
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘L’
latch on
laugh off
laze about / around
leaf through
leap at
leap on / upon
leap out at
let off
lie around
lighten up
limber up
line up
listen in
littered with
live down
live through
live up to
load down
load up
lock out
lock yourself away
look after
look back
look down on
look out
Look out!
look up somebody
look up something
look up to
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘M’
make it up to
make up
marry into
measure up
meet up
mess up
mill about / around
move in
move in together
move out
move up
muck about
muddle up
mug up
mull over
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘N’
name after
note down
Phrasal verbs begining with ‘O’
open onto
open up
own up
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘P’
pack away
pack out
pack up
pair off
pass away
pay up
pencil in
perk up
phish for
phone back
phone up
pick up
pig out
pile up
play up
plumb in
polish off
poodle around
pose as
post up
pour down
pour out
print out
pull out
pull up
push in
put across
put back
put down
put off
puzzle out
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘Q’
queue up
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘R’
rained off
read out
rely on / upon
rent out
report back
ring out
rip off
rip up
rope in
rub out
run around
run (something) by (somebody)
run off with
run out
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘S’
saddle up
save up
scrape in / into
scribble down
sell off
sell out
sell up
send for (somebody)
send off
set off
settle down
settle up
shell out
shop around
show around / round
show off
sign up
sing along
sit around / sit about
skive off
slave away
sleep in
sleep through
slip away
smarten up
smell of
sneak up
snap up
snowed in
snowed under
soldier on
sort out
speak up
spell out
split up
spread out
squirrel away
stand around
stand by (somebody)
stand out
stay behind
stay over
steam up
step up
stick around
stock up
storm out
stow away
stuff up
suss out
sweep up
swot up
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘T’
tail back
take over
take to
take up
talk over
tamper with
team up
tell off
thaw out
thin down
throw away
tidy up
tied up
toss for
touch down
trigger off
try on
turn against
turn away
turn down
turn in
turn into
turn off
turn to
turn up
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘V’
veg out
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘W’
wait about / around
wait in
wait up
wake up
walk out
warm to
warm up
wash up
waste away
wear off
weigh up
weird out
while away
wind down
wind up
work out
worm out of
wrap up
wriggle out of
write down
write off
write up
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘Y’
yell out
Phrasal verbs beginning with ‘Z’
zone out
zonk out
zoom in
zoom off
zoom out