up
|
down
|
UP
towards a higher place
make bigger
to a centre
increase
improve
complete
establish
|
DOWN
towards a lower place
make smaller
reduce
decrease
destroy
analyse
|
NB: some phrasal verbs can have other
meanings than those in the table
1) Separable
Phrasal Verbs
|
Verb
|
Meaning
|
Example
|
Ask up
|
To invite
a person to come upstairs
|
Ask Fatima up
to talk to her
|
Ask down
|
To invite
a person to come downstairs
|
Ask Driss down
to talk to her
|
Back up
|
support
|
All of us
will back you up at the election
|
blow up
|
explode
|
The
terrorists tried to blow up the railroad station.
|
blow up
|
To fill
with air or gas
|
Laura’s
father blew up all the balloons for the party
|
bring up
|
mention a
topic
|
My mother brought
up that little matter of my prison record again.
|
bring up
|
raise
children
|
It isn't
easy to bring up children nowadays.
|
Break up
|
Break into
pieces
|
The
thieves broke up the desks in their search for money
|
Call up
|
remember
|
The old
man called up many memories of his youth
|
Eat up
|
Eat all of
|
Eat up your
dinner and then you will grow into a big boy
|
Finish up
|
end
|
The
meeting finished up with community singing
|
hang up
|
put
something on hook or receiver
|
She hung
up the phone before she hung up her clothes.
|
hold up
|
delay
|
I hate to hold
up the meeting, but I have to go to the bathroom
|
hold up
|
rob
|
Three
masked gunmen held up the Security Bank this afternoon
|
Hunt up
|
To find by
searching
|
The police
have hunted up all the rioters.
|
look up
|
search in
a list
|
You've
misspelled this word again. You'd better look it up.
|
make up
|
invent a
story or lie
|
She knew
she was in trouble, so she made up a story about going to the
movies with her friends.
|
Move down
|
To destroy
|
The enemy
were soon moved down by our machineguns
|
pick up
|
lift
something off something else
|
The crane picked
up the entire house. (Watch them pick it up.)
|
Pass up
|
Miss ( a
chance)
|
You
shouldn’t pass up such a chance to see the world
|
Put down
|
Lower
|
You may put
down your hands now
|
Put up
|
Raise
|
Please
help me to put the ladder up.
|
set up
|
to
arrange, begin
|
My wife
set up the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set
it up.
|
turn down
|
lower
volume
|
Your radio
is driving me crazy! Please turn it down.
|
turn down
|
reject
|
He applied
for a promotion twice this year, but he was turned down both times.
|
turn up
|
raise the
volume
|
Grandpa
couldn't hear, so he turned up his hearing aid
|
use up
|
exhaust,
use completely
|
The gang
members used up all the money and went out to rob some more banks.
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
|
Verb
|
Meaning
|
Example
|
break down
|
stop functioning
|
That old Jeep had a tendency to break
down just when I needed it the most.
|
Back down
|
Give up a claim
|
The claimant backed down
and was content to take only his share
|
get up
|
arise
|
Grandmother tried to get up,
but the couch was too low, and she couldn't make it on her own.
|
Get down
|
descend
|
The man on the elephant got
down and approached us
|
wake up
|
arouse from sleep
|
I woke up when the
rooster crowed
|
show up
|
arrive
|
Day after day, Rachida showed
up for class twenty minutes late
|
Rise up
|
To rebel
|
The slaves rose up
when their cruel masters denied them food
|
Go down
|
descend
|
Khadija has already gone down
this street
|
grow up
|
get older
|
Ahmed grew up to be a
lot like his father.
|
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|
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