Language/English/Vocabulary/Phrasal-Verbs-and-their-Equivalent
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In the list below, you will find the main phrasal verbs and a possible equivalent (a possible substitution by a one-word verb).
Be aware that phrasal verbs (like other verbs) often have more than one definition and more than one context of appropriate use.
Phrasal verbs | One-word Equivalent |
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Add up | calculate |
Back out of | abandon |
Bear on | influence |
Buy out | purchase (someone’s assets) |
Buy up | purchase (all of something) |
Call for | necessitate |
Call off | cancel |
Call on | utilize |
Carry on | continue |
Carry out | execute |
Catch up with | equal |
Come up with | invent |
Count on | rely on |
Cut down on | reduce |
Cut out | excise |
Fall apart | disintegrate |
Find out | discover |
Get (it) over with (must be split) | complete |
Get across | communicate |
Get along with | be friendly with |
Get away | escape |
Give in | yield |
Give up | surrender |
Go on | continue |
Hold on to | keep |
Hold out | wait |
Hold out on | hide (something) |
Hold up | delay |
Leave out | omit |
Look into | research |
Look out for | safeguard against |
Make out | see |
Make sure of | ensure |
Make up | fabricate |
Pass on | transmit |
Pass out | distribute |
Pass up | forgo |
Pick up | resume |
Pick up on | notice |
Point out | explain |
Put up with | tolerate |
See to | arrange |
Set up | arrange |
Take after | resemble |
Touch on | mention |
Turn down | reject |
Use up | exhaust |