Phasal Verbs Flashcards

1
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To stand up
Stand up for someone
Stand someone up

A

To defend yourself or not allow yourself to be treated badly. (stand up for someone)
To fail to meet someone you had arranged to see. ( stand someone up)

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2
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To blow off
Blow (someone/something) off
Blow off someone/something

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to refuse to take notice of or deal with.
To behave as if you think someone or something is unimportant: to ignore.

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To make up
Make something up
Make up something

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to Invent something, such as a story or an excuse; to create something based on imagination.

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4
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to kick off
Kick someone off
kick off

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to start doing something
To force someone to leave a place or an activity

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5
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to put aside

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To save or keep something to be used at a later time

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to screw over
Screw someone over

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to treat someone unfairly or take advantage of someone
To put someone in an unfavorable or bad situation.

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7
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To stick around

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to stay where you are, often because you’re waiting for something.
To remain in a place for longer than you originally intended.

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To take down
Take someone down
Take something down

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To remove something or move something down from a higher position to a lower one.
To ruin or destroy something or someone (or their chances for success).
To insult or defeat someone, often publicly,

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9
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To set on sb

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To be resolved to do or have something or strongly wishing for something

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10
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to back off

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To stop criticizing someone or telling them what to do
To stop being involved in a situation, usually to allow other people to deal with it themselves.

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11
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to flip out

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To become extremely angry or to lose control of yourself; to become emotionally unstable

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12
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to track down
Track something/someone down
Track down something/someone

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To find someone, something or find information about them after a difficult or long search

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13
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To screw up
Screw someone/something up

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To fail at something or to make a serious mistake; to spoil something, especially a situation

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14
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To drop in

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to visit someone unexpectedly or without making arrangements first

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15
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Come about

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Happen (often without planning)

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come off
Come off something

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Happen as planned
Stop using
Pay off/succeed
End up
Remove

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17
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come along

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Go with someone
Start to exist
improve

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18
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Come under
Come under something

A

experience something
Having a bad situation

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19
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Come up (to)

A

ir, subir, acercarse

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19
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Come through

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arrive (information) or survive

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20
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Come up with

A

idear

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21
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Come up against

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Enfrentarse con (not good)

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22
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Come across (as)

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Encontrar
Cruzar (una curva)
(as being) dar la impression de ser

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23
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Come around

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Dejarse convencer (change your mind)
volver
venir
volver en si (después de casi morir)
tomar (una curva)

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24
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come out (with)

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salir (del closet)
salir

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25
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Come apart

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romperse, depararse (cosas)
Romperse (emocionalmente, con personas)

26
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Come on

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Salir en escena
Dar la impresión de ser
coquetear

27
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Come into

A

Entrar
Heredar
Tener algo que ver

28
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come over

A

Visitar

29
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Come in

A

Entrar
subir (marea)

30
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Make out

A

Besuquiarse, (make out)
hacerse entender (make something out) (understand)
succeed (make out)
Make out with (have sex)

31
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Make off with

A

Largarse con algo

32
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Listen up

A

Escuchar con atención

33
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Hear about

A

escuchar sobre

34
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Sniff around

A

Husmear

35
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Listen in (on)

A

Husmear

36
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Cut back/cut down

A

reducir

37
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Go by

A

pasar por

38
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Let down

A

disappoiment
in the both ways

39
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Pay off

A

pagar frutos

40
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Brush off

A

desacerase (Brush off someone)
Brush something/someone off
remove dust or dirty, or something like that

41
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Brush up on

A

repasar

42
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Lay out

A

presentar
Spend money (informal)
both ways

43
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Major in

A

expecializarse en

44
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Wipe off

A

borrar
wipe something off

45
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let off

A

sin ser regañado
(let someone off)

46
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Tell off

A

punished, criticized
both ways

47
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Put off

A

posponer
both ways
put someone off something (dislike)

48
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Drop by/in

A

visit someone (in) ;’/………………….ll///l
pasar por (by)

49
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bump into

A

chocar con alguien

50
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point off

A

To attract someone’s attention to something.
To talk about or mention something that you think is important, especially some fact or mistake.

51
Q

Come forward
#No witnesses to the accident have come forward yet, despite the police appeal.
#Come forward with Nobody has yet come forward with any information relating to the girl’s death.

A

to offer or tell information about something especially about a crime or misbehavior.
(to offer to give help or information)

52
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Stand for sth

A

To support or represent a particular idea.
If someone stands for a particular principle, they believe that principle is important.
To be willing to accept something that someone does

53
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Fill in/fill in for
fill sb in/ fill in sb (in both ways)

A

to do someone’s else’s work for them be chase they can’t or will not do it themselves.
To complete someone’s understanding
to add information in the blank spaces.

54
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Jot down
Jot sth down/ jot down sth

A

To write something quick or briefly so that you can remember it; to write a short note of

55
Q

Knock up
Knock sb up

A

Informal for make a woman pregnant (slang)
to wake someone up by knocking on the door of their house or bedroom

56
Q

Pass on

Pass sb on

A

Used as a polite way to avoid something saying the verb “to die”
To give something to someone, after someone else gave it to you. (pass sb on)
To refuse something.

57
Q

Move on

inmovibable

A

To accept that a situation has changed and be ready to deal with new experiences;
To start a new activity or job, especially after you have spent a long time doing a previous activity or job.

58
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give away

both ways

A

To give something for free , as a gift, or without expecting anything in return.
To tell information or facts that you should keep secret.
If someone gives the bride away, they officially reset her to her husband.

59
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Take apart

both ways

A

To separate the parts of something so that they are not together

60
Q

Freak out
freak sb out

A

To become or cause someone to be in a very emotional state of fear, anger, panic or excitement.

61
Q

Crack up (slang)
both ways

A

To laugh a lot at something
To make someone laugh a lot

62
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Stand by

inmovible

A

To be waiting and read to do something.
To allow something unpleasant to happen without doing anything to stop it.
To support or be loyal to someone or something.