Intransitive Verbs followed by Adverbs
| Intransitive Verbs | Intransitive Verb Phrases with adverbs |
| I wonder if the problem may blow over. | |
| boil away: evaporate | If all the milk boils away, the jug will burn. |
| boil over: overflow | The porridge boiled over and made a mess. |
| bounce back: recuperate | They bounced back from broken legs. |
| buckle down: work hard | You have got to buckle down to pass your driving test. |
| catch on: understand | Will the pink nose idea catch on? |
| cloud over: darken | There was no rain even though the sky began to cloud over. |
| die down: ease | The excitement of going away died down finally. |
| double up: crease | The curtains were doubled up when we packed them. |
| drop in: appear | The ghost used to drop in whenever he wanted to. |
| fade away: lessen | The pain wouldn’t fade away. |
| fall off: decline | Every year the number of people falls off in attendance. |
| get away: break | Everyone needs to get away from big crowds. |
| get by: manage | He was able to get by with no money. |
| give in: concede | The army is never going to give in. |
| go on: perform | Will the show go on if the main people walk out? |
| grow up: develop | An acorn will grow up into a huge oak tree. |
| keep on: remain | We better keep on the track or we might get lost. |
| level off: subside | If rain levels off we can go camping. |
| log on: begin | How can I log on if you have the computer? |
| log off: end | I logged off because there was a fire in the house. |
| move in: enter | He tried to move in, but they wouldn’t let him. |
| move out: leave | If you don’t move out, they will kick you out. |
| nod off: snooze | I always nod off during advertisements. |
| pass out: distribute | The usher passed out programs early. |
| pitch in: contribute | You need to pitch in so the job gets finished quickly. |
| play along: follow | The little boy wanted to play along with the teenagers. |
| pull in: retrieve | The professional pulled in a mammoth catch. |
| pull out: quit | All twenty players pulled out at the same time. |
| set off: go | His family set off before the sun came up. |
| settle down: ease | The teacher wanted the students to settle down immediately. |
| settle in: relax | Everyone likes to settle in at the end of a hard day. |
| show up: appear | The moon shows up at different times. |
| stay up: hang | If you use a hammer the curtain will stay up. |
| step down: get down | He needed a ladder to step down so he wouldn’t fall. |
| step in: negotiate | The police stepped in to save the hostages. |
| take off: go | The tree was put in the ground to take off. |
| touch down: arrive | The helicopter had to touch down on a roof. |
| tune in: listen | Some people tune in when the game is on. |
| watch out: look | The driver watched out for police. |
| wear off: fade | The tattoo was not good because it began to wear off after one day. |
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