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.

Phrasal Verbs in Alphabetical Order :

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N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Phrasal Verbs : W

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

Phrasal Verbs in Alphabetical Order

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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