100 Most Common Phrasal Verbs List with Meaning and Examples

100 Most Common Phrasal Verbs List with Meaning! Phrasal verbs are very important in learning English. It help us in speaking English perfectly like a native speaker. Below are 1oo examples of phrasal verbs with meaning and examples.

Most Common Phrasal Verbs List with Meaning and Examples

• Back down on (take back a demand, an opinion, etc.; accept defeat) Do not back down on your stand.
• Account for (give a good reason for, explain well) You should now account for your failure.
• Act for(act on behalf of ) The Chairman acts for the President.
• Act on or upon( act in accordance with) Please act upon my suggestion.
• Act on or upon (affect, to exert an influence upon) Water acts on iron.
• Ask for (request or demand) I shall send the money you have asked for.
• Back away (to stop or move back slowly from some danger, etc.) I backed away and climbed the tree.
• Back out (fail to fulfil a promise) India promised elections in Kashmir, but later backed out.
• Back someone) up (to support) We shall back him up in the election.
• Be up to (be busy with some mischief) What mischief is he up to?
• Bear away (win) She will bear away the first prize.
• Bear out (confirm) Who can bear out this story.
• Bear with (have patience with) Raza will never bear with this insult.
• Blow out (put out or extinguish a flame by blowing) The wind will blow out this flame (or blow this flame out).
• Blow up (destroy by explosion, explode) They will blow up the hill. The plane blew up in the air.
• Break down (stop working, fail) Our bus can break down on the way. Your health may break down. (
• Break down the figures)(give a detailed explanation of figures) Break down the result into first and second divisions.

• Break off (stop suddenly; bring suddenly to an end) She broke off while speaking. India and Pakistan can break off their relations.
• Bring about (cause) We should bring about changes in our college.
• Bring in (give as profit or rent to) Our business brings in big income.
• Bring in (introduce a new law or tax) Bring in new laws to check corruption bring round (convert or change the views of someone.
• Bring up (train or rear a child, etc.) Who will bring up this child?
• Call at (pay a short visit to a home, etc. ) We shall call at your house in the evening.
• Call for (demand) The people call for police action.
• Call off ( cancel) The party call off the public meeting in view of the dangerous situation.
• Care for (look after) We should care for these poor children. or The students in overcrowded classes are not well cared for.
• Carry on (continue) We shall carry on our work even in the greatest dangers. Or Let us carry on with our enjoyments to forget all worries.
• Carry out (perform) He will carry out your order.
• Cheer up (put someone in a better mood) Cheer her up with jokes.
• Clean up (clean thoroughly, set right) Now clean up the house.
• Close down (shut permanently-a shop or business) They will close down their business.
• Come about (happen) How did the accident come about (happen).
• Come down on or around (to be severe with (out) We should come down on smugglers,
• Come in or come into (enter) I asked them to come in. You may come into the class.
• Come off (succeed, of a plan, scheme, etc.) Your plan cannot come off.
• Cry out against (protest against) They are crying out against the prices.
• Cut down (reduce to) Cut down on your expenses.
• Cut off (disconnect in) They may cut off your electricity.
• Die away (become less loud or fainter and then cease-of sound, light, wind) The music died away in the distance.

• Do away with (abolish, cancel) We should do away with this law.
• Do without (manage in the absence of a person or thing) We cannot do without education.
• Not to care about (not to think it important Up) We do not care about our losses.
• Draw out (become or make longer in time) In summer days draw out. (In winter, they draw in)
• Draw up (form in a regular shape) They will draw up a new plan.
• Drive at (mean or intend) What are you driving at.
• Drop In or over or round or by (visit someone without arrangement) Please drop in whenever you come to your bank here.
• Drop off (leave in a quiet way) They dropped off in class.
• Dropout (with draw) One student The attendance has dropped in classes out of our may class.
• Fall out or fall out with (quarrel) We do not want them to fall out.
• Fall through (don’t happen) Her plans will fall through.
• Fed up or fed up with (be completely bored) They are fed up with his visits.
• Fight or fight off (resist prevent the success of) They will fight (off) the robbers.
• Fill in (complete the forms or columns) Let me fill in (or up or out) these forms.
• Find out(discover after effort) I could not find out my lost book.
• Get along (live together well) They get along very well.
• Get in or get into (arrive at a station, etc.) The bus will get in very soon. It will get into town soon.
• Get on(make progress) He is getting on in his business.
• Get on or get on with (agree or live well with) I cannot get on with her.
• Get through (make a contact by phone, pass) She phoned me and got through. Or You will get through the examination.
• Get up (rise from bed, awake) She gets up at 6 a.m.
• Give away (give or send something free of charge, tell one’s secrets) Give away these clothes to poor people. Or Do not give away my secrets.
• Give in (submit) We cannot give in to them.
• Give up (leave trying to do something) Please give up smoking.
• Go away (disappear, leave) Why do you want to go away so soon.
• Go back (return) We shall not go back in the rain.
• Go in for (enter for a competition, be actively interested in something) They will go in for this job.
• Go off (be fired-of guns, etc.) Take care the pistol can go off. The bomb went off.
• Go on or go on with (continue any action) Go on playing till I come.
• Go over (examine, study carefully) Let us go over your programme.
• Go through (examine) Please go through this essay.
• Hand around or hand round (to pass something, especially food, from one person to another Or Please hand around these apples to the last person.
• Hand In (given by hand) Please hand in this application to her.
• Hand over (deliver something to someone) Please hand over these ornaments to them.
• Hang about or around (walk around or walk near) Why is he hanging about the office.
• Hang up (end a telephone talk) She decided to hang up when she heard Sahira’s angry voice.
• Hold good (be true, be still in force in town) Many old laws still hold good.
• Hold together (keep together) A great leader can hold his nation together.
• Hurry up (be quick) Hurry up, we are getting late for the plane.