A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination creates a meaning different from the original verb alone. i.e. Look + After = take care of
There are different types of Phrasal verbs: Separable, Unseparable, three words phrasal verbs... Follow the tag Phrasal Verbs on the right side menu.
Separable Phrasal Verbs
The object may come after the following phrasal verbs or it may separate the two parts:
When the object of the following phrasal verbs is a pronoun, the two parts of the phrasal verb must be separated:
blow up | explode | The terrorists tried to blow up the railroad station. |
bring up | mention a topic | My mother brought up that little matter of my prison record again. |
bring up | raise children | It isn't easy to bring up children nowadays. |
call off | cancel | They called off this afternoon's meeting |
do over | repeat a job | Do this homework over. |
fill out | complete a form | Fill out this application form and mail it in. |
fill up | fill to capacity | She filled up the grocery cart with free food. |
find out | discover | My sister found out that her husband had been planning a surprise party for her. |
give away | give something to someone else for free | The filling station was giving away free gas. |
give back | return an object | My brother borrowed my car. I have a feeling he's not about to give it back. |
hand in | submit something (assignment) | The students handed in their papers and left the room. |
hang up | put something on hook or receiver | She hung up the phone before she hung up her clothes. |
hold up | delay | I hate to hold up the meeting, but I have to go to the bathroom. |
hold up (2) | rob | Three masked gunmen held up the Security Bank this afternoon. |
leave out | omit | You left out the part about the police chase down Asylum Avenue. |
look over | examine, check | The lawyers looked over the papers carefully before questioning the witness. (They looked them over carefully.) |
look up | search in a list | You've misspelled this word again. You'd better look it up. |
make up | invent a story or lie | She knew she was in trouble, so she made up a story about going to the movies with her friends. |
make out | hear, understand | He was so far away, we really couldn't make out what he was saying. |
pick out | choose | There were three men in the line-up. She picked out the guy she thought had stolen her purse. |
pick up | lift something off something else | The crane picked up the entire house. (Watch them pick it up.) |
point out | call attention to | As we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed out the major historical sites. |
put away | save or store | We put away money for our retirement. She put away the cereal boxes. |
put off | postpone | We asked the boss to put off the meeting until tomorrow. (Please put it off for another day.) |
put on | put clothing on the body | I put on a sweater and a jacket. (I put them on quickly.) |
put out | extinguish | The firefighters put out the house fire before it could spread. (They put it out quickly.) |
read over | peruse | I read over the homework, but couldn't make any sense of it. |
set up | to arrange, begin | My wife set up the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set it up. |
take down | make a written note | These are your instructions. Write them down before you forget. |
take off | remove clothing | It was so hot that I had to take off my shirt. |
talk over | discuss | We have serious problems here. Let's talk them over like adults. |
throw away | discard | That's a lot of money! Don't just throw it away. |
try on | put clothing on to see if it fits | She tried on fifteen dresses before she found one she liked. |
try out | test | I tried out four cars before I could find one that pleased me. |
turn down | lower volume | Your radio is driving me crazy! Please turn it down. |
turn down (2) | reject | He applied for a promotion twice this year, but he was turned down both times. |
turn up | raise the volume | Grandpa couldn't hear, so he turned up his hearing aid. |
turn off | switch off electricity | We turned off the lights before anyone could see us. |
turn off (2) | repulse | It was a disgusting movie. It really turned me off. |
turn on | switch on the electricity | Turn on the CD player so we can dance. |
use up | exhaust, use completely | The gang members used up all the money and went out to rob some more banks. |
Modified from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrasals.htm
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