Phrasal Verbs List with Meanings and Examples

 

Get on – to have a good relationship with someone.

• I get on really well with the people at work, everyone is very friendly.

Take on – to accept extra work.

• I will take on a lot of extra hours this week, I need the money.

Build on – to use your success to go further.

• She has really built on her excellent work in this department, I think she should be promoted.

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Decide on – to choose.

• I’m trying to decide on what type of cake I want for the wedding.

Hold on – to wait.

• Please hold on, the manager isn’t ready to see you yet.

Try on – to try clothes to see if they fit.

• Could I try on this dress in a size ten please?

Go on – to continue

• Sorry about that interruption, please go on.

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Carry on – to continue

• I carried on with my work after a swim.

Come on – to go down

• Come on down kids! Dinner is ready!

Pile on – to gain weight

• He has been piling on the pounds lately.

• List Of Phrasal Verbs With PUT!

   

  1. Put Aside
  To save
  
• We have to put some money aside for our trip to New York.

To reserve something for a customer to pick up later.

• We will put this dress aside for you.

To ignore or forget something

• Jeffrey and Mark became really good friends, once they put their differences aside.

2. Put up with
To tolerate

• The neighbors couldn’t put up with our noise anymore, and they called the police. 

To accept an annoying situation or behavior

• We had to put up with her habit of saying out loud what she thinks. She is our aunt after all.

 
3. Put off
To postpone

• We need to put off our trip to Hawaii this year.
   

4. Put away
To clean, to store, to put something in its place after using it

• Please put away your toys, children!
• I will put away my motorcycle in the garage.

To put someone into prison

• They put him away for more than 20 years.

To save money

• Jennifer put some money away for her future children.

5. Put through
To connect somebody through telephone

• I will put you through to the general manager. Hold on a minute!

To make someone experience difficulties

• He put me through a lot of trouble at work today.

6. Put out
To stop from burning

• He put out a fire pretty quickly.
• Jake put out his cigarette, and went to bed. 

7. Put up
To give food and accommodation

• Give them a call, and they will put you up for a few nights.

To increase the price of something

• The government has put up the gas prices again.

8. Put down
To insult

• My boss is constantly putting me down in front of everyone.

To stop carrying something

• I asked him to put the heavy box down.

To pay a deposit

• I put the first 2000$ down on my new car.
   

9. Put across
To communicate something

• He put his ideas across pretty clearly.

10. Put on
To dress oneself

• She put on a gorgeous dress.

To gain weight

• She put on 15 kilos during the summer.

11. Put back
To put something where it was before

• Please, put all the books back on the shelf.

12.Put in
To interrupt a conversation

• Jake put in his boss’s speech during the meeting.

To make a financial contribution

• Every employee need to put in 10$ for Jessica’s birthday.
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