Phrasal Verbs 101-200

101.	buzz off be buzzing with	To go away or to tell someone to go away. To have an air of excitement or purposeful activity.
102.	calculate on	To depend on an essential element in one’s plans to succeed.
103.	call at call back call by call for call … forth call in call ... in call off call on/uppm call up	(Train, coach, etc.) to stop at a station. To return a telephone call received earlier in one’s absence, e.g. She didn’t leave her number, so I couldn’t call back. To be asked to return, e.g. I was on leave but my boss called me back for some urgent matter. To visit someone when you happen to be in the same area. To appeal or demand publicly for something, especially equal rights. To evoke a quality so that it can be used. To telephone a place to inform about something, e.g. A rescue team was called in to reach the trapped miners. To telephone one’s working place to inform one is sick. To ask someone to see you for a particular purpose, e.g. The villagers are considering calling the game warden in to deal with the elephants which have been trampling and destroying their crops. To decide officially that something should be stopped after it has already started, e.g. to call off a football match due to heavy rain. To pay a brief visit to someone. To request someone to do something for you. To select someone to play in the national sports team, e.g. He was called upfor the game against Brazil. To call someone by telephone, e.g. He called me up at midnight to wish me happy new year. To officially order someone to join the armed services, e.g. He was called upfor training for a possible war against a neighbouring country.
104.	calm … down	To make or become tranquil and quiet, e.g. The doctor had to inject her with tranquilizer in order to calm her down. (Situation) to become less confused or violent, e.g. The sea calmed down when the weather ceased to be windy after a heavy shower.
105.	camp out	To sleep outdoors in a tent.
106.	cancel … out	To neutralize or negate the effect of something so that it remains the same.
107.	capitalize on	To take the chance to gain as much advantage as you can
108.	care for	To look after and provide for the needs of someone who is not able to look after themselves, e.g. His wife has been caring for him since his discharge from the hospital. To like to have something, e.g. care for a coffee?
109.	(get) carried away carry … forward carry … off carry on carry ... out carry over carry ... over carry ... through	To lose self-control. To move figures to the next page in accounts. To keep something to use or deal with at a later time. To do something difficult successfully. To forcibly take someone away. To continue an activity or task despite the difficulty, e.g. She finds it hard to accept the fact that her husband has left her for another woman, but she still managed to carry on with her life To continue moving in the same direction, e.g. It’s of great urgency that they carry straight on the highway to reach their destination by tonight. To behave in an overemotional way, e.g. She carried on complaining in a bad-tempered way despite her spouse’s apologies and his insistence that he didn’t mean what she thought he meant. To be engaged in a love affair with someone. To perform a planned operation or a task that needs to be done, e.g. They carried out his instructions to draw up plans for the next phase. To move or transport someone or something from one place to another, e.g. They carried the injured player out of the playing area. To extend beyond the normal or original area of application. To be used or dealt with in a new context; To bring something forward; postpone. To complete something successfully.
110.	cart … off	To take someone or something away.
111.	carve … out carve ... up	To develop a career, reputation, etc. through painstaking effort. To divide up something ruthlessly into separate parts for sharing. To recklessly overtake another driver.
112.	cash in cash … in cash up	To take advantage of or exploit a situation. To convert an insurance policy, savings account, etc. into money; to take advantage of or exploit a situation. To total up the day’s takings received in a shop for checking.
113.	cast about cast aside be cast away be cast down cast off/cast ... off cast on cast ... out cast ... up	To search far and wide. To get rid of something or someone whom you no longer like or who are of no more use. To be stranded after a shipwreck. To feel depressed. To get rid of something or someone. To free a boat or ship from its moorings. To take the last stitches off the needle in knitting. To let loose a hunting hound or hawk. To make the first row of a specified number of loops on the needle. To force something or someone to go away, e.g. an exorcist who casts outdemons. To bring something (by the sea) onto the shore.
114.	catch at catch on catch … out catch up catch up with	To try to take hold of something. (A practice or fashion) to become popular, e.g. A style may catch on in some countries or areas, but not in others. To begin to understand something, e.g. When one understands something better, it is easier to catch on. To discover that someone is lying or has done something wrong. To put someone in a difficult position because they are not ready to deal with it. To improve so much that you are now on a par with other people in your class, group, etc., e.g. After a long absence from class due to illness, he finds it hard to catch up. To do what needs to be done because you have not done it earlier. To meet up with someone whom one has not seen for some time. To finally find someone who has done something wrong and on the run.
115.	cater for/to cater to	To provide with what is needed or required. To satisfy a need or demand.
116.	cave in	To fall inwards or collapse; to give in.
117.	centre around centre in centre on/upon	To have something as a major concern or interest. To occur mainly in or around something. To pay more attention on someone or something more than on someone or something else.
118.	chalk … up	To succeed in getting something, e.g. points in a game; to record something.
119.	chance on/upon	To find something or meet someone by accident or unexpectedly.
120.	change around change down/up change into	To shift things from one position to another. To engage a lower/higher gear in a vehicle. To become something different.
121.	chase up	To tell someone do something more quickly because it has been taking too long.
122.	chat … up	To talk to someone in a way that demonstrates sexual attraction.
123.	cheat on	To be unfaithful to one’s spouse by secretly engaging in sexual activities with someone else, e.g. Jill threw Jack out of her house after she discovered Jack cheating on her. To act dishonestly to gain a personal advantage, e.g. He was suspended from the exam after he was caught cheating on it.
124.	check in check … in check into check ... off check on check out check ... out check ... over check up on check on	To arrive and register at a hotel or airport. To return a book to a library; to have one’s baggage weighed. To register one’s arrival at a hotel. To mark an item on a list to show that it has been dealt with. To monitor and make sure something is accurate or properly done, or that someone is safe and well. To find out the truth of something, e.g. We checked out a couple of restaurants and confirm their services are reasonably good and prices reasonable. To settle one’s hotel bill and leave, e.g. We check out before noon. To pay for one’s items to the cashier, e.g. I decided not to buy my one item because of the long queues waiting to check out. To find out if someone or something is suitable for a particular purpose, e.g. They routinely checked applicants out before accepting them. To examine or look closely at someone or something to ensure they are acceptable. To ascertain the suitability, accuracy or truth of someone or something. To ensure that someone or something is safe and well.
125.	cheer up cheer … up cheer … on	To become or make someone less unhappy. To make or become less miserable. To shout encouragement in support of a person or team in a race or competition.
126.	chew on chew out chew... over chew ... up	To think about something carefully for a long time. To express strong disapproval to someone of what they have done. To consider carefully about something for a period of time. To bite repeatedly on something, especially to facilitate swallowing.
127.	chicken out	To be too scared to do something, e.g. He was invited to speak at the annual dinner, but he chickened out.
128.	chill out	To calm down and relax completely.
129.	chip … away chip away at chip in chip ... off	To remove something little by little,. To gradually and relentlessly make something smaller, weaker or less effective. To interrupt a conversation to add in more information or detail; to contribute one’s share in a group. To remove something in small pieces, e.g. chipping old paint off the door.
130.	choke … back choke … down choke off choke up	To suppress one’s emotions, e.g. choke back the tears. To eat with difficulty. To prevent someone from doing something or stop something happening. To be very unhappy or worried about something.
131.	chop … down chop … off chop … up	To fell a tree by cutting it. To separate something from another by cutting it. To cut into small pieces, e.g. They chop up some firewood to make a fire.
132.	chow down	To eat.
133.	chuck away/out chuck … in chuck … out chuck up	To throw something away. To give up or stop doing something, e.g. chuck one’s job in. To expel someone from a place, e.g. got chucked out of the club. To vomit.
134.	churn out churn up churn ... up	To produce something in large quantities without caring about quality. To damage the surface of something. To make someone upset, nervous or angry.
135.	clam up	To suddenly stop talking because of some reason.
136.	clamp down	To take firm action to prevent something happening.
137.	claw at claw ... back	To scratch or tear at someone or something with the claws or fingernails. To gradually regain something by working very hard.
138.	clean … out clean up	To make a place tidy and free from dirt, e.g. We cleaned our new house out thoroughly before we moved in. To steal all the contents from a place, e.g. Burglars completely cleaned our glass cases out of all the antique jewellery. To cause someone to spend all their money, e.g. My medical bill really cleanedme out. To take all of someone’s money or possessions. To make something completely clean and tidy. To make a substantial gain or profit.
139.	clear away clear off clear out clear … out clear up clear ... up	To make a place look tidy by removing remains of a meal from the table or putting things back where they belong. To go away quickly from a place. To leave a place quickly, e.g. Police cleared people out of the cinema after receiving a call that a bomb had been planted inside. To tidy a place by disposing of something, e.g. We haven’t cleared the storeroom out for ages. (Something) to get better or disappear, e.g. when weather clears up, it gets better or if an illness clears up, it disappears. To make a place tidy by removing unwanted items, e.g. The child has been warned repeatedly to clear his toys up after his father stepped on one and broke it into pieces. To explain something that is hard to understand, e.g. Most find the instructions difficult to understand, but further explanations cleared everything up. To cure something such as an infection, etc., e.g. The regular intake of medicine has cleared my sore throat up. (Weather) to become clear, e.g. The sky had been full of dark clouds since morning, but by afternoon it cleared up,
140.	cleave to	To still regard a belief, etc. as true when it is not.
141.	click on	To begin a computer operation by pressing on the computer mouse button.
142.	climb down	To make an ignominious withdrawal from a position taken up.
143.	cling to	To hold tightly to a belief, idea, etc.
144.	clock in/out clock up	To record on a special card using an automatic recording clock one’s time of arrival at or departure from work. To reach a particular number or amount, especially the number of flight hours a pilot has attained to date.
145.	clog up	To be become blocked, e.g. The drain was so clogged up that water and material inside flows over its edges.
146.	close down close in close off close up	To stop broadcasting (television station at the end of the day), or doing business permanently (shop, company, etc.) To move closer to someone or something, e.g. the police close in to make an arrest or a pack of wolves closing in to kill their prey. To close a place for a specified reason, e.g. a road is closed off for repair. To be closed to the public temporarily, e.g. a building closes up for a particular reason.
147.	cloud over	(Sky) to become full of clouds or black clouds.
148.	club together	To share the cost of something by combining with others to collect a sum of money.
149.	clue … in	To inform someone about something.
150.	clump together	To form a group or solid mass.
151.	clutch at	To seize something eagerly or in desperation, especially at an idea or when one is in a dangerous situation.
152.	cobble … together	To quickly make or assemble something that is useful but not perfect, e.g. cobbled together a ceasefire agreement; cobbled together a tent from some pieces of strings and a big sheet.
153.	cock … up	To spoil or ruin something.
154.	comb … out comb through	To search for pieces of information, e.g. Policemen comb out the entire area looking for evidence. To make hair straight and smooth by combing; to exclude unwanted members from a group. To search through a wide area or a lot of objects for information, e.g. policemen comb through the field looking for the murder weapon.
155.	come about come across come after come along come apart come around come at come away come back come before come between come by come down  come down on  come down to come down with come for comb forward come from come in come in for come into  come of come off come on/upon come on to come out come out in come out with come over come round come through come to come under come up come up against come up with	To happen, e.g. How does it come about that he was once my good friend, but now ignores me completely? (Ship) to change direction. To meet or find by accident or by chance, e.g. While making a boat trip up the river, we came across a hippopotamus. To exude an emotion or quality, e.g. He comes across as being boastful. To go in search of someone, e.g. the police are coming after him for having involved in a robbery. To follow someone, e.g. I will come along with you. To want to go with someone, e.g. “Can I come along with you?” To break or separate into pieces or parts, e.g. They forgot to staple my papers and when the wind blew them off my hand, they came apart and flew in different directions. To make a visit to someone, e.g. You can come around in the evening; To regain consciousness, e.g. He came around three hours after the accident. To approach someone in a threatening manner. To be left with a specified feeling, e.g. He came away feeling satisfied. To become separated from something, e.g. The lens came away from the spectacle. To reply in a quick and forceful way, e.g. “I am not coming back!” To return to where one comes from, e.g. Some of the tourists vowed to come back to this beautiful resort in the near future. (Physical condition) to recur, e.g. He could hardly sleep at night as his backache has come back. To become popular again, e.g. Rumour has it that bell-bottoms will come backin the next season. To appear before a person or group in authority, e.g. He feels nervous when he comes before the judge. To avoid something from disturbing, e.g. I do not allow anything to come between my study and me. To obtain something that is hard to get, e.g. I haven’t found a job which is hard to come by these days. To get lower, e.g. Prices once go up, hardly come down. To punish or criticize someone severely, e.g. The police have pledged to come down hard on those who park their cars illegally. To amount to, e.g. Getting along with people comes down to having a give-and-take attitude. To get from higher to lower level or from North to South, e.g. He is unable to come down to stay with his parents this Christmas due to some personal problems. To become afflicted with an illness, e.g. The weather has caused many residents in the area to come down with influenza. To arrive to collect someone or something, e.g. I’ve come for my books which I left behind this morning. To volunteer oneself for something such as to be a vigilante, etc. To be from a place where one was born or is/was living. To be a source from which something originates. To arrive, e.g. The ten o’clock train came in ten minutes earlier. To enter, e.g. As soon as they arrived they came straight in. To attain a particular position, e.g. She came in first in the race this morning. (Tide) to rise, e.g. Let’s go to the beach, the tide is coming in. To be available when needed, e.g. The tool kit has come in handy before, let’s not forget it. To receive a reaction such as criticism, etc., e.g. The head of police comes infor some criticism for the way the police conducted the investigation. To inherit money or property. To result from something, e.g. The police combed the entire area but nothing came of their attempts to find the murder weapon. To separate oneself or itself from something, e.g. The sole came off one of my shoes. To produce a good or bad result, e.g. The trip didn’t come off the way we expected. (Something) to take place or happen, e.g. The whole city has been plunged into darkness and the residents are still waiting for the light to come on. To meet or discover someone or something by chance, e.g. We came upon a couple of our former classmates whom we have not seen for a long time. To begin a television or radio program, e.g. What time does that television documentary come on? I want to watch it. To feel an illness, etc. happening, e.g. I can feel a sore throat coming on as my throat is getting itchier by the minute. To use it to encourage or correct someone, to hurry them up or tell them not to lie, e.g. Come on, you can do better than that. / Come on, surely you don’t believe the Earth is flat. / Come on, the train is not going to wait for you. / Come on, don’t bullshit. To enquire one’s position, well-being, progress, etc. e.g. How is your journalism course coming on? To make sexual advances towards someone, e.g. Jack always comes on to Jill whenever he sees her, and Jill deeply resents it. To leave a place such as a house, room, etc., e.g. She came out of the room and surprised everyone who thought she had gone out. (Facts, information, etc.) to become known to the public, e.g. When the report came out, many were surprised that it laid the blame on the engineer for the collapse of the bridge. To make something such as a book, musical recording, movie, etc. available to the public, e.g. A paperback edition of the book will come out at the end of this month. To remove dirt and stains, e.g. Stains on his shirt easily came out when he used some detergent. To attain a placing in an examination. To say publicly one is for or against something, e.g. More and more people have come out in support of the ban on smoking in restaurants. (Sun, moon, stars, planets, etc.) to make their appearance in the sky. (Skin) to break out in spots, rash, etc. To suddenly or unexpectedly pass a rude comment. To make a visit to someone’s house, e.g. They usually come over to granny’s house on weekend. (Someone) to move to where I am from where they are, e.g. Almost every weekend he comes over to my place and we go out together. To suddenly experience a strong feeling, e.g. I have this strange feeling coming over me that violent argument will erupt in the meeting tomorrow. To migrate from another country, e.g. Their grandparents came over from the East. To visit someone, e.g. They regularly come round to a neighbour’s house for a game of cards. (Event) to recur, e.g. New Year’s day is coming round again. To change one’s point of view and become agreeable to something. To regain consciousness, e.g. He coughs slightly, and the others are delighted he is coming round. (News, information, etc.) to become known, e.g. News of the snowstorm comes through regularly and people expect the worst as they tune in to it. To live through a dangerous situation, e.g. The bus he was traveling in swerved into a ravine killing some passengers but he came through completely unscathed. To be waiting to receive an important document, approval, etc., e.g. The big cheque we have been waiting for has finally come through. To regain consciousness, e.g. He came to hours after he was admitted to the hospital. To reach a total amount, e.g. The total of these items comes to $60.60. To have an idea, thought, etc., e.g. The idea came to me when I was in the shower. To be attacked or shot at, e.g. As soon as the group of commandos landed on the beach, they came under attack from enemy fire. To fall within a particular article, section of the law, etc., e.g. the offence comes under Section 34(B) of the penal code. To approach someone, e.g. A stranger came up to me and asked for the time. To draw near, e.g. The annual fun fair is coming up soon. (Sun, moon, etc.) To rise, e.g. The sun was coming up by the time I woke up. To move northward, e.g. They come up all the way to Alaska to visit me. To move up the social ladder, e.g. He has really come up from his early days as an office clerk to his present position as marketing director. (Something such as a problem, difficulty, etc.) to happen suddenly, e.g. He couldn’t attend the long-awaited annual dinner because something important has suddenly come up. To cope with opposition, difficulty, problems, etc., e.g. Their chances of winning the next round are not good, having to come up against such a strong opponent. To produce idea, suggestion, answer, etc., e.g. He was the only one who could come up with all the correct answers to the questions.
156.	complain of	To express that one is suffering physically or from an illness.
157.	con … into con ... out	To trick or deceive someone into doing something, e.g. He was conned intopaying excessively for a watch which was a cheap imitation. To deceive someone to give one something, e.g. He conned a number of old people out of large sums of money.
158.	concentrate on	To focus all your attention on something.
159.	condole with	To express sympathy for someone.
160.	conduce to	To help to produce a particular quality or state.
161.	cone … off	To close part of a road by using traffic cones.
162.	confide in confide ... to	To tell someone about a personal secret or private matter in confidence. To entrust something to the care of someone.
163.	conjure … up	To bring an image to one’s mind. To call upon a spirit to appear by means of a magic ritual.
164.	conk out	(Car, macine, etc.) to break down.
165.	connect … up	To join something to something else, e.g. the telephone is connected to the telephone network.
166.	consist  in consist of	To be based on or depend on something. To be composed of.
167.	contend for contend with	To engage in a struggle or campaign to achieve something. To deal with difficulties or an unpleasant situation.
168.	contract in contract out contract … out	To choose to be involved in. To choose not to take part in something. To arrange for work to be done by a person or company outside your own organization.
169.	cook … up	To prepare a quick meal; to invent a clever or devious story or excuse.
170.	cool down cool off	To become cool or cooler. To return to normal temperature after being hot, e.g. It usually cools off in the evening. To make someone or something cooler, e.g. He had a cold shower to cool offhis body. To become calm after being angry, e.g. His temper should have cooled off by now.
171.	coop … up	To confine someone in a small space.
172.	cop off cop out cop to	To meet and start a sexual relationship with someone. To avoid doing something that one is supposed to do. To accept or admit to something.
173.	copy … out	To write exactly the same thing as it is written somewhere else.
174.	cordon … off	To seal off an area to prevent access to it by the public.
175.	cotton on cotton to	To begin to understand. To begin to like or have a liking for someone or something.
176.	cough up	To give something, especially money, unwillingly.
177.	count … as count down count ... in/out count on/upon count ... out count ... up	To consider or regard someone or something in a particular way. To record the time passing until an important event happens. To include/not include someone in a planned activity. To depend on someone or something, e.g. He is counting on his secretary to prepare a good acceptance speech for him. To count up to ten seconds when a boxer is knocked down to conclude defeat. To put in or take out items one by one as you count them for recording. To determine the total of something or someone.
178.	couple with	To combine to produce a particular result
179.	cover for cover oneself cover up cover ... up	To temporarily take over the duties or role of someone. To take precautions against future blame or liability. To hide or protect something by putting something on top of it, e.g. Look at the fly on the buns, why are they not covered up? To prevent a wrongful act or crime from being known by denying or hiding the evidence, e.g. The whole affair was covered up to protect certain important people. To wear thick clothing or use blanket to keep warm, e.g. I need to buy an electric blanket to cover me up in this cold weather.
180.	crack down on crack on crack up	To take stricter measures to deal with certain problems,  e.g. The local authority have decided to crack down hard on illegal parking. To work incessantly in order to complete a job. To burst or cause someone to burst into laughter. To become mentally disturbed.
181.	crank … out crank … up	To produce something regularly and routinely. To increase the intensity of something.
182.	cream … off	To choose and take away the best people or things from a group.
183.	crease up	To burst or make someone burst out laughing.
184.	creep up on	To surprise someone by appearing behind them suddenly. To seem to come sooner than expected, especially an anniversary. (A feeling for someone, idea, etc.) to gradually increase when it creeps on you.
185.	crop out crop up	(Rock) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the earth. To appear or occur suddenly and unexpectedly.
186.	cross … off corss ... out	To delete an item on a list, e.g. Jill crossed a wrong item off the shopping list and ended up short of one vital ingredient. To delete a word, etc. by drawing a line through it.
187.	crowd … out	To take the place of someone or something by forcing them out.
188.	crush up	To squeeze with others into a small space
189.	cry off cry out	To break a promise to do something. To shout out in pain or of fear.
190.	cuddle up	To lie or sit very close to someone or something.
191.	culminate in	To reach a climax or the highest point of development.
192.	curl up	To sit or lie with arms and legs bent close to body.
193.	cuss … out	To swear and shout at someone out of anger.
194.	cut across cut away cut back cut down cut in cut ... in cut off/cut ... off cut out/cut ... out cut up	To take the shortest way, e.g. If we cut across this terrain we’ll arrive there before dusk. To remove what is irrelevant or unnecessary, e.g. Just cut away all those unnecessary details and come to the point will you? To reduce on something such as money, time, etc., e.g. We have to cut backon the number of days we are away on holiday as it is getting more expensive. To do or use something less, e.g. Jack was advised to cut back the number of hours he spends at the gym and concentrate more on his study. To reduce one’s consumption of something. To bring down a tree, etc. by cutting, e.g. It should be made compulsory to acquire an official permit to cut down a tree. To kill or injure someone with a sword or gun. To shorten the length of something such as a piece of writing, etc. To reduce the importance of someone, e.g. Jack is a self-important, pompous little man; let’s think of a way to cut him down to size. To suddenly drive too closely into the space in front of another vehicle. To interrupt someone who is speaking. To include someone in a deal with share of the profits. To block access to a place, e.g. Heavy snowfall has cut off access to many areas in the countryside. To stop supply of something such as electricity, water, etc., e.g. The electricity supply company has sent me a warning to pay within a week, failing which my electricity will be cut off. To abruptly disconnect a telephone call. To separate a piece from the main part by cutting, e.g. She cut off a piece of cake for her guest. To disinherit someone, e.g. My parents threatened to cut me off their will unless I go to college. To stop having a good relationship with someone due to some reason, e.g. After she recovered from a severe nervous breakdown, she cut herself off from her circle of close friends. To rudely interrupt someone, e.g. I was relating a story to friends when he came in and cut me off. To remove something or someone, e.g. The editor cut out an offending remark in a piece of news report. / The parents decided to cut him out of their will. To remain healthy, e.g. He cuts sugary snacks and fizzy drink out of his list of items for consumption To remove something by cutting, e.g. He’s always cutting out articles from newspapers to assist in his writing course. (Engine) to suddenly stop working, e.g. The engine of my car suddenly cut outwhen I stopped at the traffic lights. To cut something into smaller pieces, e.g. Jill is cutting an apple up to feed her birds. To sustain multiple injuries in a road accident. To behave in an unruly manner.
195.	dally with	To think but not seriously about something. To be involved in a casual romantic or sexual relationship with someone.
196.	damp … up	To dam a river, etc.
197.	damp … down	To make a fire burn less strongly. To control or reduce something such as a feeling.
198.	dash off dash … off	To leave very quickly. To write something hurriedly and without much thought.
199.	date from/back to	To have existed since a particular time.
200.	dawn on	To realize something for the first time.

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