PHRASAL VERBS

1.    clean  up	tidy, clean	Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside.
2.    come across	find unexpectedly	I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet.
3.    come apart	separate	The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough.
4.    come down with	become sick	My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend.
5.    come forward	volunteer for a task or to give evidence	The woman came forward with her husband's finger prints.
6.    come from some place	originate in	The art of origami comes from Asia.
7.    count on	rely on	I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out.
8.    cross  out	draw a line through	Please cross out your old address and write your new one.
9.    cut back on	consume less	My doctor wants me to cut back onsweets and fatty foods.
10.  cut  down	make sthg fall to the ground	We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the storm.
11.  cut in	interrupt	Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle.
12.  cut in	pull in too closely in front of another vehicle	The bus driver got angry when that carcut in.
13.  cut in	start operating (of an engine or electrical device)	The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C.
14.  cut  off	remove with sthg sharp	The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured.
15.    cut  off	stop providing	The phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay the bill.
16.    cut off	take out of a will	My grandparents cut my father offwhen he remarried.
17.    cut  out	remove part of sthg (usually with scissors and paper)	I cut this ad out of the newspaper.
18.    do  over	beat up, ransack (BrE, informal)	He's lucky to be alive. His shop wasdone over by a street gang.
19.    do  over	do again (AmE)	My teacher wants me to do my essayover because she doesn't like my topic.
20.    do away with	discard	It's time to do away with all of these old tax records.
21.    do  up	fasten, close	Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing!
22.    dress up	wear nice clothing	It's a fancy restaurant so we have todress up.
23.    drop back	move back in a position/group	Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off her bike.
24. drop in/ by/ over	come without an appointment	I might drop in/by/over for tea sometime this week.
25.    drop  off	take sby/ sthg somewhere and leave them/it there	I have to drop my sister off at work before I come over.
26.drop out	quit a class, school etc	I dropped out of Science because it was too difficult.
27.eat out	eat at a restaurant	I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let'seat out.
28.end up	eventually reach/do/decide	We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre.
29.fall apart	break into pieces	My new dress fell apart in the washing machine.
30. fall down	fall to the ground	The picture that you hung up last nightfell down this morning.
31.fall out	separate from an interior	The money must have fallen out of my pocket.
32.fall out	(of hair, teeth) become loose and unattached	His hair started to fall out when he was only 35.
33.figure out	understand, find the answer	I need to figure out how to fit the piano and the bookshelf in this room.
34.fill  in	to write information in blanks, as on a form	Please fill in the form with your name, address, and phone number.
35.fill  out	to write information in blanks, as on a form	The form must be filled out in capital letters.
36.fill  up	fill to the top	I always fill the water jug up when it is empty.
37.find out	discover	We don't know where he lives. How can we find out?
38.find   out	discover	We tried to keep the time of the party a secret, but Samantha found it out.
39.get across/ over	communicate, make understandable	I tried to get my point across/overto the judge but she wouldn't listen.