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Commonly used Phrasal Verbs in English

 

a phrasal verb is the combination of two or three words from different grammatical categories such as a verb and preposition.

Many phrasal verbs in English are idiomatic (actual meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words) in the sense that the meaning of the verb is different from the base verb.

So, let’s sum up that a phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition; the combination creates a different meaning from the original verb.

 

Following are the most commonly used phrasal verbs in English

 

Phrasal verbs

Meaning

Hang out

To spend a lot of time in a place

Beef up      

To make something bigger, better

Chip in

To add or contribute something

Count on   

To depend/ trust

Dish out     

To distribute/ serve

Figure out  

To understand/ calculate         something

Get away   

Escape from a place / have a holiday

Toy with    

To consider a plan or idea

Look after  

Take care of

Put up with

To tolerate

Sort out     

To order/deal with an issue successfully

Tell off       

Scold

Turn down  

Reject

Turn up     

To be found, especially by chance/ arrive

Wind up    

To conclude an idea or a plan

Go off

Explode

Call off

Cancel

Put off

Postpone

Put away

Save or store

Put out

Extinguish

Bring up

Mention a topic

 

Worksheet :

create sentences by using all the above mentioned phrasal verbs.

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