Phrasal Verbs Phrasal Verbs examples – B1 and higher (R to Z)

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Phrasal Verbs examples – B1 and higher (R to Z)

Phrasal Verbs Phrasal Verbs examples – B1 and higher (R to Z)

rely on

to depend on / to trust someone/something

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run into

meet by chance

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run out of

no longer have enough something you need

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sail through

do something very easily

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save up for

save money in order to buy something you want

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see off

go to a station/airport in order to say goodbye/defeat or stop

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set in

start and be likely to continue for a while (st unpleasant eg. winter/illness)

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set up

start a business/arrange or organize something

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speak out

speak freely and fearlessly about a public issue

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speed up

increase speed

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show off

show st you are proud of so that people admire you (usually used negatively)

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shut down

close / terminate

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join a team or club

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rip off

charge someone too much

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run out

flee

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run over

hit with a car/injure or kill someone with a car

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see through

recognize that something is not true and not be tricked by it

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set off/out

start a journey

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set out

start a journey/arrange something clearly

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set on doing something

be firmly decided to do something

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speak up

louder than usual

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settle down

stay in one place or get married and live quietly

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show up

arrive at a place

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shut up

be quiet

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slow down

decrease speed

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sort out

deal with something successfully

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stand for

tolerate/protect/defend or for abbreviations and symbols

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stand in for

do sb’s job while they are not available

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stand up for

support in an argument or fight

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take aback

surprise (usually in passive)

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take away

remove something (from sb)

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take in

trick sb/make clothes narrower/offer a shelter or care

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take on

start to employ someone/accept work or responsibility

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take to

start to like

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take over

take control of

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tear down

demolish (a building)/criticize someone severely

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think something over

consider something carefully

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throw away

get rid of something

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try out

experiment with

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turn down

reduce something/reject an offer, request

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stand out

be much better or important

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stay up

stay awake longer than usual

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take after

resemble someone in your family

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take down

write down what someone says

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take off

remove clothing/leave the ground

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take off

leave the ground

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take up

start doing a hobby, sport

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talk back

reply quickly and often rudely (usually children to parents)

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tell off

criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong

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tear up

rip into pieces

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try on

put on a piece of clothing to see how it looks and whether it fits

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turn back

return towards the place you started from

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turn into

change into something different

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turn off

stop a machine working

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turn on

connect (for example a computer, the TV)

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turn round

go back in the opposite direction

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use up

finish a supply of something

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wear out

use sth until it is no longer in good condition or working order

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work out

do physical exercise/solve sth such a problem

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zero in on

focus attention on a target and move towards it

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zip it!

to shut up

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turn out

come/appear/have a particular result

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turn over

consider/change position

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turn up

arrive unexpectedly/increase the amount of sound, heat, etc.

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wear off

effect of sth gradually stops (pain, drug, lipstick, etc)

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zip by

to pass by quickly

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zero out

to cut off funding (e.g. for a project)

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zone out

to lose attention (e.g. during a boring meeting)

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