Phrasal verbs
| abide by: adhere to | We should abide by the laws. |
| account for: explain | He will account for the disagreement. |
| ask for: request | He asked for a car. |
| bank on: depend on | I am banking on nice weather today. |
| bear with: be patient with | Please bear with the postponement. |
| border on: be near, be next to | Their pleasure bordered on panic. |
| break into: enter by force | Thieves broke into a house. |
| build on: develop from | We need to build on our achievement. |
| burst into: suddenly enter | She burst into the car. |
| call for: demand | It calls for the inquiry. |
| call on: ask, order | I shall call on him here. |
| come across: find accidentally | He came across an old paper. |
| come upon: discover | I came upon a large lake. |
| confide in: share a secret | They confided in each other. |
| count on: depend on | I am counting on Allah. |
| cut across: use a short route | She cut across the field. |
| dawn on: realize | In the end, the truth dawned on her. |
| deal in: stock, sell | He deals in books and papers. |
| deal with: handle successfully | He can’t deal with some situation. |
| decide on: settle on | They decided on him. |
| dispense with: proceed without | He dispensed with rules and regulations. |
| dispose of: get rid of | If I move, I must dispose of my furniture. |
| dwell on: emphasize | He dwelt on that matter. |
| enlarge on: say more about | Please enlarge on this theme. |
| enter into: begin, commence | They entered into that agreement. |
| expand on: say more about | Please expand on this theme. |
| frown on: disapprove of | Absenteeism is frowned on. |
| get at: reach | The store was hard to get at the food. |
| get into: become involved with | He doesn't need to get into this argument. |
| get over: recover from | Are you getting over the flu? |
| get through: survive, finish | I don't know the way of getting through this work. |
| go against: oppose | I don't want to go against the law. |
| go over: review | I need to go over the article again. |
| go through: examine in detail | Are you going through the data? |
| go with: look good with | This shirt won’t go with you. |
| grow on: become more attractive to | This idea must grow on her. |
| guard against: take precautions | We should guard against probable attack. |
| hinge on: depend on | The whole thing hinges on my decision. |
| inquire into: investigate | Please inquire into the options. |
| keep to: adhere to | The bus must keep to the schedule. |
| laugh at: mock, make fun of | Don't laugh at him! |
| launch into: start | They launched into the shopping mall. |
| leaf through: turn the pages | He was leafing through my book. |
| live on: survive using | What did she live on? |
| look after: take care of | I need to look after them. |
| look into: investigate | She needs to look into that situation. |
| look through: examine quickly | I looked through the books. |
| part with: give up reluctantly | He didn’t refuse to part with his shirt. |
| pick on: be unkind to | The boys picked on her. |
| prey on: hunt and eat; disturb | Tigers prey on deer; the thought preys on her mind. |
| provide for: prepare for | I have provided for all kinds of emergency. |
| reason with: try to persuade | It is too hard to reason with her. |
| reckon on: calculate on | I hadn't reckoned on being the best among us. |
| rise above: be superior to | She rose above her circumstances. |
| run across: find accidentally | I ran across an interesting thing. |
| run into: meet accidentally | We ran into our friend here. |
| run over: injured by a vehicle | We should not run over by cars. |
| see through: not be deceived by | I suddenly saw through the mask. |
| send for: ask to be sent | He will have to send for your certificates. |
| settle for: reluctantly accept | We had to settle for carrot. |
| side with: support in a dispute | Why did he side with her? |
| sit through: sit and endure | We should have sat through there. |
| stand by: support | I wish they will stand by her. |
| stand for: represent | Who will stand for you? |
| stick to: adhere to | We should stick to the main plan. |
| take after: resemble an ancestor | She takes after her grandmother. |
| tamper with: interfere with | You have tampered with the lock. |
| touch on: mention | He touched on some important things. |
| verge on: approach | Her activities verges on politeness. |
| wade through: slowly peruse | We need to wade through many documents. |
| watch over: guard | The police watched over the chairman. |
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