Phrasal Verbs: Get, Take, Look, Put, Set, Give, Bring

Posted on Jan 20, 2025 in English

Common Phrasal Verbs

Get

• Get Up: Rise to your feet.
• Get Across: Cause to be understood.
• Get Along: Have a friendship or relationship with someone.
• Get Away: Have a holiday, escape.
• Get By: Manage to survive despite difficulties.
• Get Down: Get serious about something.
• Get In: Go inside somewhere. Arrive at a place.
• Get Out: Become known.
• Get On: Start or continue an activity.
• Get Off: Leave something you were in.
• Get Over: Recover or overcome something.
• Get Through: Succeed or finish something.
• Get Rid Of: Throw away something.
• Get Around: Avoid a difficult situation.
• Get At: Criticize repeatedly something or someone.
• Get Wound Up: Get angry about something.
• Get Good At: Become better through continuity.
• Get About: Move from one place to another.
• Get After: Come into position or use of.
• Get Back: Return, recover, retrieve.

Take

• Take Something Back: Admit you were wrong or return something.
• Take Down: Get control of something or write something down.
• Take Over: Get control of something.
• Take Away: Remove.
• Take Something Aback: Be very surprised about something.
• Take In: Understand or comprehend something.
• Take Off: Leave the ground and begin to fly.
• Take Up: Begin to do something.
• Take Up With Somebody: Become friendly with someone.
• Take Up On: Accept an idea or suggestion.
• Take After (somebody): Look or behave like somebody.
• Take Something Apart: Separate something into parts or search a place in depth.
• Take Off: Remove something.
• Take Care Of: Be responsible for something or someone.
• Take Somebody Through Something: Explain something to someone.

Look

• Look Out: Watch what is happening and be careful.
• Look For: Try to find something.
• Look In: Visit a person or place for a short time.
• Look Through: Read something quickly and briefly.
• Look Forward To: Feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen.
• Look Back: Think about something that happened in the past.
• Look Up: Find information in a book, map, or timetable.
• Look After: Take care of something or someone.
• Look Ahead: Think about the future and make plans.
• Look To: Rely on somebody or something.
• Look Round: Turn to look at something behind you.
• Look On: Watch something without taking part.

Put

• Put Somebody Down: Make someone feel stupid or unimportant by criticizing them.
• Put Something Out: Make a light stop shining by pressing a switch.
• Put Something Up: Fasten something to a wall or ceiling.
• Put Something Off: Decide to do something at a later time.
• Put Someone Off: Make someone not like someone or something.
• Put Something Aside: Save something for later use.
• Put Something On: Pretend to have a feeling or be someone else.
• Put Up With Somebody or Something: Accept an unpleasant behavior or situation.

Set

• Set Off: Cause to explode or leave on a journey.
• Set About: Begin a job or task.
• Set Down: Allow a passenger to leave a vehicle.
• Set Back: Cost or cause a delay or problems.
• Set In: Become established, likely to last a long time.
• Set By: Use something to help set a watch.
• Set Up: Prepare or start a business.
• Set On: Attack.
• Set Out: Set a journey.
• Set Apart: Separate and keep for a purpose, reserve.

Give

• Give In: Surrender towards something.
• Give Off: Emit or secrete something.
• Give Back: Return something or make something recover a quality.
• Give Onto: Lead to something.
• Give Out: Distribute something, make something known, admit something, or run out.
• Give Over To: Advocate or spend time/energy on someone or something.
• Give Up: Abandon or stop an activity, surrender, or dedicate energy to an activity.
• Give Away: Give something as a present, reveal information, distribute something, or explain in detail.

Bring

• Bring About: Cause something to happen.
• Bring On: Cause something to appear.
• Bring Around: Change someone’s opinion.
• Bring Down: Fall or collapse.
• Bring Off: Succeed at something difficult.
• Bring Out: Release or come out.
• Bring Up: Mention.
• Bring To: Revive.