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Phrasal verbs starting with: A--B--C--D
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Abide by
Ace out
Act up, Act like,
Act out
Account for
Add up, Add up
to
Allow for
Answer back,
Answer for,
Answer to
Apply for
Ask after,
Ask about/around,
Ask for, Ask in,
Ask out, Ask
over
Arrive at
Auction off
Avail yourself of
Average out,
Average out at
Abide by
(object)
MEANING: to accept or obey an agreement, rule, or
decision
EXAMPLE:
"Staff who refused to abide by the new rules were fired."
" We are quite willing to abide by their decision, whatever
it may be."
Ace out (inseparable)
MEANING: American, informal to defeat someone.
EXAMPLE:
"We were aced out by a rival agency."
Act up (no
object)
MEANING: Misbehave (for people); Not work properly
(for machines).
EXAMPLE:
"My Mum had a difficult time. I was always acting up
as a child."
"I guess I'd better get the television repaired. It's
been acting up lately."
Act like
(inseparable)
MEANING: Behave in a way that's like _____ .
EXAMPLE:
"What's wrong with him? He's acting like an idiot."
Note: This phrasal verb is very informal.
Account
for (object)
MEANING: Explain or give a reason for something.
EXAMPLE:
“The employee was sacked because she couldn’t account
for the missing money from the cash register”
Act out (object)
MEANING:
1. When you act something out, you perform it or make it
into a play.
2. Express your feelings or ideas.
EXAMPLE:
1. “The script itself is well written and well acted
out by the cast”
2. “He has become desperate and is acting out his frustration
by behaving like an idiot.”
Add up (1.
no object)
MEANING: Logically fit together.
EXAMPLE:
"His theory is hard to believe, but his research adds
up."
Note: This phrasal verb is often negative.
"His theory seems, at first, to be plausible, but the
facts in his research don't add up."
Add up (2. separable)
MEANING: Find the total of something.
EXAMPLE:
"What's the total of those bills? Could you add them
up and see?"
Add up
to (inseparable)
MEANING: To total.
EXAMPLE:
"The bills add up to $65. That's more than I expected!"
Allow for
(object)
MEANING: to consider or include something when you
are making plans or judging a situation
EXAMPLE:
“Allowing for delays, we should reach our destination
by 6 o’clock this evening”
Answer
back (separable)
MEANING: To reply rudely.
EXAMPLE:
“Don't answer back to your teacher!”
Answer
for (object)
MEANING: to take responsibility for something wrong
you have done.
EXAMPLE:
“The public had hoped to see the politician answer for
his actions before a tribunal.
Answer
to (object)
MEANING: If you answer to someone in a higher position,
they are the person you have to explain your actions or
decisions to.
EXAMPLE:
"We were living in a police state, where the police answered
to no one."
Apply for
(object)
MEANING: To fill in a form or write a formal letter
asking for a job, permit, scholarship, loan or permission.
EXAMPLE:
“The professor applied for a job at the famous university”
Ask after
(object)
MEANING: Inquire how someone is getting on, to ask
for information about someone, especially about their health.
EXAMPLE:
“My aunt wrote to us asking after our Mum who is sick.”
"Tom was asking after our grandmother, who is sick in hospital."
Ask about/around (no object)
MEANING: to make inquiries
EXAMPLE:
“I asked around to see if anyone knew the address I was
looking for.”
Ask for (object)
MEANING: To request something.
EXAMPLE:
“We stopped our car to ask for directions”
Ask in (object)
MEANING: to invite someone into your house, office
etc.
EXAMPLE:
“The woman asked the door salesman in”
Ask out (separable)
MEANING: Ask for a date.
EXAMPLE:
"Nancy has a new boy friend. Joe asked her out last night."
Ask over
(separable)
MEANING: Invite to your home.
EXAMPLE:
"I would like to ask our neighbours over tomorrow tonight
for dinner. We haven't eaten together for a long time."
Arrive
at (inseparable)
MEANING: to achieve an agreement or decision, especially
after thinking about it or discussing it for a long time.
EXAMPLE:
"We discussed the matter at length but failed to arrive
at a decision"
“It is hoped that after the discussions they will be able
to arrive at an agreement."
Auction
off (object)
MEANING: get rid of something by selling it at an
auction.
EXAMPLE:
“We auctioned off our old furniture and got a great price”
Avail yourself of (object)
MEANING: to take the opportunity to use something,
to improve your situation
EXAMPLE:
"As an employee I should avail myself of the opportunity
to buy cheap shares in the company."
Average
out (separable)
MEANING: to calculate the average of a set of numbers
EXAMPLE:
"When I average out what I spend on clothes it comes
to about £50 a month."
Average
out at (object)
MEANING: to have as the average number
EXAMPLE:
"My time off work this year averages out at two days
a week."
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