Common Phrasal Verbs

• Account for: To be responsible for, to explain.
• Add up: To do the math, to make sense.
• Add to: To increase.
• Back up: To support.
• Branch out: To try something different.
• Break into: To forcibly enter a place, to start a new activity.
• Break in to: To forcibly enter a building.
• Bring about: To cause, to make happen.
• Bring back: To remind of past memories, to return something.
• Bring forward: To suggest, to move to an earlier time.
• Bring off: To succeed in doing something difficult.
• Bring in: To introduce something new.
• Bring out: To publish, to release.
• Bring round: To revive, to make someone conscious again, to introduce a topic.
• Bring up: To raise a child, to mention a topic.
• Build on: To use as a basis or foundation.
• Build up: To increase in size or quantity.
• Carry on: To continue.
• Carry out: To fulfill a task or duty.
• Catch on: To become popular or understood.
• Catch up on: To do something after a delay.
• Cheer up: To become happier, to make someone feel better.
• Close down: To cease operation, to shut down.
• Come across: To meet or find by chance.
• Come back: To return.
• Come from: To have its origin, to originate from.
• Come in: To enter a house or room.
• Come through: To survive.
• Come up to: To approach someone.
• Cross off / out: To remove from a list.
• Cut down: To reduce in quantity or size.
• Die out: To become extinct (referring to a species, generation, etc.).
• Divide up: To split into parts or portions.
• Do away with: To abolish, to eliminate.
• Draw up: To prepare or create (a plan, contract, etc.).
• Drift apart: To grow distant or separate.