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 : W
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Wait on : attend to
She waited on him day and night.
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Wait out : endure
We will have to wait out the storm in a hotel.
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Wait up : postpone sleep
Daddy still waits up for his daughters even though they are grown up.
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Wait upon : attend to
She waited upon him day and night.
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Walk out : go on strike
The workers walked out at midnight without a contract.
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Walk out : leave suddenly
He just got up and walked out.
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Walk over : gain easy victory
They walked all over their opponents.
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Walk over : treat poorly
They walk all over the staff.
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Walk through : perform
They walked through their lines for the last time.
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Watch out : be careful
Watch out, it’s very slippery.
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Watch over : be in charge of
I was told to watch over him until the doctor came.
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Watch it : be careful
I’m telling you, you’d better watch it, or they'll be trouble.
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Wear down : exhaust by continuous pressure
They finally wore him down by constant interrogation.
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Wear off : diminish gradually
The paint has worn off the siding.
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Wear out : become unusable
These jeans will never wear out.
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Win out : prevail
He finally won out over his competitors.
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Win over : persuade
He won them over with his charm.
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Wind down : relax
After work they wound down for an hour in the hot tub.
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Wind up : end
They wound up the party at midnight.
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Work in : insert
They worked in an hour of relaxation.
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Work off : rid by effort
She worked off ten pounds at the gym.
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Work out : accomplish
That worked out well.
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Work out : develop
They worked out a satisfactory arrangement for them both.
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Work out : engage in strenuous activity
She works out every afternoon for two hours.
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Work over : repeat, revise
They are working over their papers for submission on Monday.
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Work up : get excited
She got all worked up over her grade.
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Work up : increase ability or capacity
She worked her way up to ten pages an hour.
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Wrap up : complete
Let's wrap up the meeting and go home.
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Wrap up : summarize
Can you wrap up the presentation with your main points.
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Wrap up : intensely involved
She’s all wrapped up in her schoolwork.
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Write down : record
She wrote down the assignment.
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Write in : insert
She wrote in a new opening scene for the main actress.
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Write in : submit name of candidate not on the ballot
They wrote her in for the post of treasurer.
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Write in : write to organization
They wrote in to the maker of the toy with their complaint.
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Write off : dismiss
They wrote her off even before the tryouts.
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Write out : write in full
She had to write out the complete sentence.
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Write up : report
She wrote up the minutes of the meeting.
Phrasal Verbs in Alphabetical Order
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G |
H |
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J |
K |
L |
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O |
P |
Q |
R |
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T |
U |
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