15 Most Common Phrasal Verbs, Meaning and Example Sentences
| Take up | To begin a new hobby | I’m not very good at basketball. I only took it up recently. |
| Get around | To travel to different places | I will get around from town to town. |
| Go along | To continue to happen or to develop | He is under the radar but he is going along well. |
| Back out | Withdraw from something one has agreed to do |
He backed out of the agreement. |
| Wipe out | To destroy
something completely |
People worry that climate change will wipe out coffee crops in certain countries. |
| Use up | Finish a supply of something |
I’ve used up all my holiday entitlement. |
| Set aside | To reserve
something for a particular aim |
John set aside some money fo his kid’s future. |
| Get up | Stop sleeping and leave bed | I first thing I do when I get up is go to the toilet. |
| Wake up | Stop sleeping, or
make someone stop |
They often wake
up at 7. am. |
| Ask after | To ask for information
about someone |
Tell your mother I was asking after her. |
| Come across | Discover by
Accident |
I came across a car I’d never seen before. |
| Let on | Make clear, evince | You don’t want to let on how rich you really are. |
| Keep in | Not allow
Someone out. |
Children were kept in after school. |
| Hold on | To wait particularly
on the phone |
They’ll hold on another minute, then They’ll have to go. |
| Break into | Interrupt | Samuel break into the conversation and told us. |
