Phrasal verbs from 'abide by' to 'veer away' with their meaning.

A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination creates a meaning different from the original verb alone. For example:

• To get means to obtain.
  "I need to get a new battery for my camera."
• To get together means to meet.
  "Why don’t we all get together for lunch one day?"

Phrasal verbs are sometimes called “multi-part” or "multi-word” verbs.
Phrasal verbs and other multi-word verbs are mainly used in spoken English and informal texts.
In academic writing it is preferable to use a formal verb such as, for example, “to postpone” rather than “to put off”.
However, some phrasal verbs would be difficult to avoid in formal writing.
Examples: account for, bring about, carry out, consist of, dispense with, follow up, put forward...

Types of phrasal verbs:

- Transitive:(has an object)  Example : I made up an excuse.('Excuse' is the object of the verb.)

- Intransitive: (has no object)  Example : My car broke down.

- Separable: (object between the verb and the preposition.) Example : I looked the word up in the dictionary.

- Inseparable:  (object after the preposition.) Example : I will look into the matter as soon as possible.

Some transitive phrasal verbs can take an object in both places.
Example : I picked up the book. / I picked the book up.

However, if the object is a pronoun, it must be placed between the verb and the preposition.
Example : I picked it up. not: I picked up it.

LISTS OF PHRASAL VERBS:
- List in alphabetical order. The table shows the first and last verb in each list.
- Lists of commonly-used phrasal verbs by verb, by theme, and by preposition

ALPHABETICAL LISTS OF PHRASAL VERBS

- Phrasal verbs A - Phrasal verbs B - Phrasal verbs C - Phrasal verbs D - Phrasal verbs E-F - Phrasal verbs G - Phrasal verbs H - Phrasal verbs I-J-K - Phrasal verbs L - Phrasal verbs M-N - Phrasal verbs O-P-Q - Phrasal verbs R-S - Phrasal verbs T - Phrasal verbs U-Z - Phrasal verb opposites - Three-word phrasal verbs

abide by   →   average out at back away  →   butt in (on)  call after  →  cut out deal with  →  drown out ease off  →  fuss over get about/around  →  grow up hand back  →  hurry up idle away →  know of laugh off  →  lose out to make for  →  note down open up to →  quieten down reel off  →  stick with take after  →  turn up use up  →  write down add in/ cross out   →  take up/let down catch up with  →  veer away from

 

PHRASAL VERBS  by VERB,  by THEME,  by PREPOSITION
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