Top 76 - 100 Phrasal Verbs: English Vocabulary List

to help someone come back to consciousness

"Bring the patient to."

"The paramedics worked quickly to bring the unconscious patient to a stable condition."

to discover, meet, or find someone or something by accident

"I came across a book."

"While cleaning out the attic, I unexpectedly came across some old family photographs."

to continue doing something even though there are some hardships

"Stick to your original plan."

"You need to stick to your budget if you want to save enough money for your vacation."

to record something on a piece of paper by writing

"Write down your phone number."

"Please write down your contact information so I can call you if there are any changes."

to persist in doing a plan, idea, or course of action over time

"Stick with your current plan."

"I think you should stick with your original idea because it was actually very creative."

to occupy a particular amount of space or time

"The book will take up space."

"This large sofa will take up too much space in our small living room, so we need a smaller one."

(of a gun, bomb, etc.) to be fired or to explode

"The alarm will go off."

"The soldiers were warned that the mines could go off if they stepped on them carelessly during the patrol."

to collapse under pressure, often due to structural weakness

"The wall will fall in."

"The old bridge was unable to withstand the heavy storm and began to fall in."

to take and bring something out of a particular place or position

"Pull out the drawer carefully."

"The dentist had to pull out the patient's painful wisdom tooth because it was badly infected."

to come to someone's house in order to visit them for a short time

"Come over to my house tonight."

"Why do not you come over to my house for dinner on Friday night?"

to delay the progress of something

"Traffic can hold up cars."

"The heavy snowstorm is expected to hold up deliveries across the entire region for several days."

to change your position so as to face another direction

"She turns around and faces me."

"The driver realized he was going the wrong way so he decided to turn around at the next intersection before getting lost completely."

to begin to live in a new house or work in a new office

"They plan to move in together next month."

"The young couple decided to move in together after dating for two years to save money on rent."

to investigate or explore something in order to gather information or understand it better

"We will look into the matter."

"The committee promised to look into the matter and report their findings next week."

to turn your head to see the surroundings

"Let's look around here."

"Before buying the house we took some time to look around the neighborhood and talk to the friendly residents living nearby."

to make something required, necessary, or appropriate

"This calls for action."

"The escalating crisis clearly calls for immediate and decisive intervention from authorities."

to meet someone by chance and unexpectedly

"I run into my friend."

"You will never guess who I ran into at the grocery store yesterday after so many years."

to accidentally enter something

"He did fall into water."

"The small child accidentally fell into the shallow pond while playing near the garden fence."

to become involved in something unpleasant because of carelessness or ignorance

"He walked into trouble."

"She walked into the wrong classroom by accident because the doors looked very similar."

to make something stop working

"He shuts down the computer before leaving."

"Please shut down your computer properly before leaving the office to avoid losing any unsaved work."

to provide a place for someone to stay temporarily

"We will take in."

"During the storm, the kind neighbors offered to take in the stranded travelers."

to cause a machine, device, or system to stop working or flowing, usually by pressing a button or turning a switch

"Turn off the lights before leaving."

"Do not forget to turn off the stove after you finish cooking your dinner tonight."

to pass a certain point in time

"Time goes by very fast."

"Time seems to go by very quickly when you are enjoying yourself with friends and family."

to continue moving ahead physically

"The train will go forward."

"The committee decided to go forward with the plan despite some members having serious reservations about it."

to represent something in the form of an abbreviation or symbol

"This symbol stands for peace."

"The five rings on the Olympic flag stand for the five major continents of the world."