Phrasal Verbs — Quick Revision

Quick Revision — Phrasal Verbs

LOOK Family

• Look after = care for | Look for = search | Look into = investigate
• Look forward to = anticipate (+ gerund!) | Look down on = despise

PUT Family

• Put off = postpone | Put on = wear | Put out = extinguish | Put up with = tolerate

GIVE Family

• Give in = surrender | Give up = abandon | Give away = distribute

BREAK Family

• Break down = collapse | Break out = start suddenly | Break in = enter by force

TAKE Family

• Take after = resemble | Take off = remove/depart | Take over = assume control

TURN Family

• Turn down = reject | Turn up = appear | Turn off = switch off

CARRY/MAKE/CALL

• Carry on = continue | Carry out = execute
• Make out = understand | Make up = invent/reconcile
• Call off = cancel | Call on = visit

Other Must-Know

• Bear out = confirm | Bring about = cause | Bring up = raise child
• Come across = find by chance | Come round = recover
• Cut down = reduce | Do away with = abolish
• Fall out = quarrel | Get rid of = remove
• Go through = experience | Hold on = wait
• Pass away = die | Run out of = exhaust | Set up = establish
• Work out = solve | Come up with = think of idea

Top Traps

• Look forward TO + gerund (not infinitive): "I look forward to hearing" (NOT to hear)
• Make up = multiple meanings (invent / reconcile / cosmetics)
• Give in (surrender to someone) vs Give up (stop trying)
• Call off (cancel) vs Call on (visit)