Phrasalperfect Glossary of phrasal verbs ask to ask for news about someone back to stop asking for something, or stop saying that you will do something back to decide not to do something you agreed to do on to depend on something happening or on someone doing something down to move the top part of your body forwards and downwards break if a machine or vehicle breaks , it stops working break _ if something bad such as a war or disease breaks _, it starts break to escape froma prison bring to change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier bring to introduce a new law or system bring —_to be the cause of something bad, especially an illness bring to produce a new product and start to sell it bring _to look after a child until he or she becomes an adult bring subject to start discussing a off to decide to stop something that is planned or is already happening ‘on to continue doing something catch — to become popular or fashionable catch — to understand after to follow someone or something quickly in order to catch them down to stop doing business or operating permanently come if a regular event comes ,it happens again come to change your opinion or decision come to find something or meet someone by chance come _ to get something, especially something that is hard to get come to become ill with a particular disease, usually one that is not serious come to offer help or information come if you come something, it becomes yours when someone dies come to succeed come to develop or make Progress come to start to be broadcast come if something comes , it is given or shown to every person ina particular place come to go to a place where someone is, especially their house, in order to visit them come round/to to become conscious again after being unconscious come to think of something such as an idea or aplan out to draw an Xora line through writing because it is wrong or you have decided to write something else cut to start doing less of something, especially because it is bad for your health cut to make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave, or communicate with cut to stop the supply of something or stop something working on if something on you, you realize it for the first timedown if something down, it becomes much less noisy, powerful, or active do to get rid of something do to repair, paint, and improve an old building, car, boat, etc drop _to start to sleep drop to take someone to a place in a car, usually without getting out of the car yourself drop to leave something such as an activity, school, or competition before you have finished what you intended to do out to prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise fall to believe that a trick or a joke is true fall to fall in love with someone fall to stop being friendly with someone because you have had a disagreement with them in to add information such as your name or address in the empty spaces on an official document through to turn the pages of a book, magazine, newspaper, etc very quickly looking at some of the pages for a very short time to go somewhere different from where you live in order to have a rest or holiday get to return to a place get —_ to have just enough of something such as money or knowledge so that you can do what you need to do get to make someone feel sad or lose hope get be almost a particular time, number, age, etc get _if people get like each other and are friendly to each other , they get _if someone is getting , they are fairly old get to use or finish something give to show an emotion or quality that you are trying to hide give to produce something such as heat or a smell give to give something to several people give to stop doing something you do regularly go down to be remembered by many people for having done something go into to deal with something in detail g0 off if food or drink goes off, it is no longer fresh go off to explode or be fired go —_ tostop liking someone or something go —_ to continue happening or doing something as before go to do something after doing something else go to repeat a series of things or think about them again in order to understand them completely on if something or someone on you, you start to like them more hand to give something valuable to your children or grand-children, usually when you die hand to give something to a person in authority hand _to give things to different people in a group ‘on to continue doing something out to not include someone or something let to make someone disappointed by not doing something they are expecting you to do let to give someone little or no punishment for something they did wrong let to make something such as a bomb explode look to take care of someone or something and make certain that they have everything they needlook to think that you are better or more important than someone else look to try to discover the facts about something such as a problem or crime look used for warning someone to be careful, especially because they are likely to have an accident look to admire and respect someone look to try to finda particular piece of information by looking in a book or on a list, or by using a computer make to move towards a place make to escape with something, especially something stolen make to pretend that something is true make to see, hear, or understand someone or something with difficulty make to write all the necessary information on a document such as a cheque make to provide something good, so that something bad seems less important make to become friendly with someone again after an argument make _to invent a story, poem, etc after to give someone or something the same name as someone or something else down to reduce the number of possibilities or choices pass to die pass _to suddenly become unconscious, for example because you are too hot pick to keep treating someone badly or unfairly, especially by criticising them pick — to go and meet someone or something that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle in to go somewhere quickly or for a short time pull if a vehicle or driver pulls in somewhere, they stop there pull to stop being involved in an activity, event, or situation pull to manage to stay alive after you have been very ill or very badly injured put — to save an amount of money so that you can buy or pay for something in the future put to criticise someone, especially when other people are present, in a way that makes them feel stupid put if you put something a particular reason, you think it has happened for that reason put to kill an animal using a drug because it is very old, ill, or dangerous put to suggest something or offer an idea, opinion, reason, etc, especially so that people can discuss it and make a decision put to delay doing something put to make someone not want to do something, or make someone not like someone or something put if you put you become fatter weight, put to make something stop burning put if you put a person or call ,you connect someone to the person they want to speak to on the telephone put — to match something (a name, a date, etc) with something else put to say something to someone in a particular way run to use all of something and not have any left run to hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them through to do something or deal with something very easily see to go somewhere such as a station or airport with someone in order to say goodbye to themsee to make it possible for someone to continue to the end of something, especially something unpleasant or difficult see to recognise that something is not true and not be tricked by it see to deal with someone or something set to start a journey or start going in a particular direction set to explain, describe, or arrange something in a clear and detailed way, especially in writing set _to start a journey set to start doing or working on something in order to achieve an aim set to start doing something in a determined or enthusiastic way set to start something such as a business, organisation, or institution settle to become calm after being upset, nervous, or excited, or to make someone do this settle to begin to live a quieter life by getting married or staying permanently in a place off to behave in a way that is intended to attract people's attention and make them admire you stand to do someone else's job temporarily while they are not available to do it stand to be easy to see or notice because of being different take if you are taken , you are shocked or surprised, especially by something someone says or does to you take to look or behave like an older relative take to write down information or a statement take to trick someone into believing something that is not true take _ if an aircraft takes , it leaves the ground and Starts flying take to become successful or popular very fast take — to remove something, especially a piece of clothing take to accept some work or responsibility take to start to employ someone take to begin to like someone or something take to start doing something as a habit take to fill a particular amount of space or time take to start doing something regularly as a habit, job, or interest down to destroy or remove a structure or part of a structure through to consider the facts about something in an organised and thorough way away to get rid of something that you no longer want on to put ona piece of clothing in order to see how it looks and whether it fits turn to refuse to accept an offer or request turn go to bed at night turn to change or develop into something different turn —_to stop using a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch turn to develop ina particular way or have a particular result turn to turn a page ina book or a sheet of paper so that the other side is towards you turn to return the same way that you came instead of continuing on your journey turn —_ to come somewhere unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement off if something such as a pain or emotion off, you gradually stop feeling it