What are phrasal verbs?

Phrasal verbs often function as informal versions of more formal expressions. For example "given up" is more informal than  "i thought you had quit your job"

Some phrasal verbs have a literal meaning. They can be easily understood.

• She opened the door and looked outside.
• She walked across the street.

Phrasal verbs can also have a figurative or idiomatic meaning which may make them difficult to understand.

• Can you put me up for tonight? The phrasal verb 'put up' here does not mean to build. It has an idiomatic/figurative meaning. It means to let someone stay.

Examples of phrasal verbs:

ask someone out	invite
back someone up	support
break down	stop functioning
break up	end a relationship
break out	escape
call someone back	return a phone call
call off	cancel
check in	register in a hotel
check out	leave a hotel
check something up	look at carefully
cheer someone up	make happy
come across	find unexpectedly
come down	become sick
do something over	do again
dress up	wear nice clothes
fill in	write information
find out	discover
figure out	understand
get away	escape
get back	return
keep up	continue
let down	fail to support
look after	take care of
look forward	to be excited about
look for	try to find
look up	search and find
make up	invent
pass away	die
pass out	faint
put off	postpone

 

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