Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs :
Many English verbs occur with one or more prepositions or adverbs where the meaning is not really apparent from the different elements. Here is a list of many of these combinations for the verbs. We have omitted most of the forms considered slang.
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Phrasal Verbs : G
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Get about : walk again
It was a week before he could get about. -
Get across : make something comprehensible
I keep trying to get the same point across to you. -
Get after : encourage, follow up
It’s time to get after those kids again. -
Get along : co-exist
Can’t you find a way to get along with one another? -
Get around : avoid
There is no way we can get around this situation. -
Get at : reach successfully
Put the cookies where the children can't get at them. -
Get at : suggest
What are you trying to get at with that question? -
Get back : receive
Did you ever get your money back? -
Get back at : exact revenge
He tried unsuccessfully to get back at his enemies. -
Get by : go past
Excuse me. Can I get by here? -
Get by : barely succeed
He did just enough homework to get by. -
Get down : descend
Please get down from the table. -
Get down : devote your attention
Let's get down to work. -
Get down : discourage
Don't let her criticism get you down. -
Get in : enter
We were lucky to get in before they closed the doors. -
Get in : succeed in accomplishing
They got the game in before the rain. -
Get into : become involved
I really can get into this assignment. -
Get off : depart
Did he ever get off last evening? -
Get off : fire a shot
Try to get off a shot if he appears. -
Get off : send a message
He got off a quick note before he left the office. -
Get off : escape punishment
He got off with only two years. -
Get off : finish the work day
When do you get off? -
Get on : continue on good terms
They seem to be getting on well together. -
Get on : make progress
Let’s get on with it. Time is money. -
Get out : escape
How did the bird get out of its cage? -
Get out : publish a newspaper
They got the paper out last evening. -
Get over : prevail
How will they ever get over the loss of their home? -
Get over : recover from difficult experience
He never got over the death of his son. -
Get through : make contact
I tried calling. But I couldn’t get through. -
Get to : make contact with
How can we get to the head of the corporation? -
Get to : affect
The strain of the job finally got to him. -
Get together : gather
We should all get together on Friday morning. -
Get up : arise from bed
It’s six o’clock and time to get up. -
Get up : initiate
He got up a petition against the property tax. -
Give away : present at a wedding
The father gave his daughter away with a tear in his eye. -
Give away : reveal accidentally
He gave away the secret in the press conference. -
Give back : return
Don’t forget to give me the book back. -
Give in : surrender
Don't give in—regardless of the pressure. -
Give of : devote
He gave generously of himself in the cause of peace. -
Give off : emit
The lawn mower was giving off strange smelts. -
Give out : distribute
The company representative was giving out free samples. -
Give out : stop functioning
His heart gave out last night. -
Give over : place in another s care
He gave over his assets to his attorney for safekeeping. -
Give over : devote oneself
He gave himself over to helping humanity. -
Give over : surrender oneself
He gave himself over to her with his heart and soul. -
Give up : surrender, desist, lose hope
Don't give up. Try again. -
Go about : continue
He should go about his business. -
Go along : agree
They will go along with whatever we suggest. -
Go at : attack
He went at his opponent determined to prevail. -
Go at : approach
How many ways can we go at this problem. -
Go by : elapse
As time goes by we grow wiser. -
Go by : pay a short visit
They went by the new neighbors' house to say hello. -
Go down : set
The sun goes down very early in winter. -
Go down : fall to ground
The boxer went down after being hit on the chin. -
Go down : lose
They went down to defeat. -
Go down : be recorded
This will go down as a very important event of the decade. -
Go for : like, have an urge for
I could go for an ice cream. -
Go in for : participate
He goes in for tennis and swimming. -
Go off : explode
The bomb went off on a deserted street. -
Go off : depart
He went off to the navy after high school. -
Go on : happen
What’s going on here? -
Go on : continue
Life goes on. -
Go on : keep on doing
He went on reading even after the sun went down. -
Go out : become extinguished
The fire went out. -
Go out : go outdoors
Mommy, can we go out? -
Go out : partake in social life
Since her husband died, she never goes out anymore. -
Go over : review
Can we go over these figures one more time? -
Go over : gain acceptance
The presentation went over very well. -
Go through : examine carefully
We have to go through the clothes and papers. -
Go through : experience
I hope 1 never have to go through that again. -
Go through : perform
He went through his lines like a professional actor. -
Go under : fail
The business went under after only six months of mismanagement. -
Go under : lose consciousness to anesthesia
The patient wanted to see her before he went under. -
Go with : date regularly
Sally has been going with John since eighth grade. -
Grind out : produce by hard work
He keeps grinding out those articles for the newspaper. -
Grow into : develop
He is growing into a handsome young man. -
Grow on : become acceptable
That music grows on you. -
Grow out of : become too mature for something
He grew out of those children s books. -
Grow out of : come into existence
This project grew out of preliminary discussions last year. -
Grow up : become an adult
When will you grow up?
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