100 Phrasal Verbs List and Sentences, Phrasal Verbs Sentences Examples

100 Phrasal Verbs List and Sentences, Phrasal Verbs Sentences Examples

go on

We didn’t go on a picnic because it was cloudy.

They will go on vacation in January.

We can’t go on like this.

If it doesn’t rain next week, we will go on a beach.

My mom will go on vacation with her friends tomorrow.

In August, people go on vacation.

They will go on vacation in October.

I want to go on vacation with my friend whose family is rich.

 

carry out

We must carry out that plan.

I’m going to carry out this plan.

I would like to carry out the plan.

Jessica could not carry out her plan.

 

set up

John set up a company recently.

We set up our tents before dark.

I’ve set up a meeting.

The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims.

You may not set up a roadside stall without prior notice.

Let’s set up a sign here.

The group plans to set up an import business.

It will take a half hour set up the tent.

I hear you’ll set up a new company.

 

pick up

I bent over to pick up the pen.

Come on, let’s pick up the pace.

I’m off to pick up Alex.

Let’s pick up the pace.

She bent down to pick up her glove.

I’m off to pick up Alex.

 

go back

I can’t go back there alone.

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.

 

come back

He will not have perfected his English by the time I come back from the U.S.

I’ll come back soon.

They will have been traveling for a year when they come back here.

 

go out

I don’t want to go out on a limb.

Frank used to go out with Mary.

He doesn’t go out of the house because he broke his toe.

Pull your car so we can go out too.

If it were wet now, we couldn’t go out for a walk.

It’s raining very hard today. Nonetheless, let’s go out and enjoy ourselves!

You go out horizontally.

If you want, we could go out for dinner after school?

May I go out please?

I would rather not go out tonight.

 

point out

I’d like to point out some problems regarding your suggestion.

 

find out

The man plans to find out what’s going on.

You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it’s unimportant.

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.

I couldn’t find out anything.

I’ll find out tomorrow.

I’ll find out what’s going on.

 

come up

When he read your name off, come up to the stage.

Where do you come up with these words?

We had to run to come up with her.

Jessica’s come up with some problems.

I’ve come up with a brilliant idea.

 

make up

Please make up your mind.

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

It’s amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.

 

come out

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.

To come out with clean hands.

Don’t come out here.

To come out dry.

 

come in

I knew it would come in handy.

I’ll come in early next week.

I come in peace.

This phrase might come in handy.

That’ll come in handy, I think.

Beauty can come in strange forms.

 

work out

I hope things will work out all right.

The marriage didn’t work out but the separation is great.

In my free time, I like to work out at the gym.

I work out four days a week.

 

set out

We set out on a lonely journey.

Frank finally achieved what he set out to do.

They set out to conduct a poll.

 

get back

My dear, I wish things could get back to normal.

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

 

sit down

Let’s sit down on this bench.

Why don’t you sit down for a moment?

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Let’s sit down and talk.

Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!

 

turn out

Alex, please turn out that light.

I hope things will turn out fine..

 

take on

I ran to my marriage, I was happily ready to take on marriage.

Don’t take on more responsibilities than you can handle.

 

give up

You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.

I am not ready to give up just yet.

Just don’t give up on Alex.

The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.

Don’t give up the fight.

I am determined to give up smoking.

Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once.

You’d better give up smoking.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

 

get up

Does she get up early in mornings?

First of all I can get up early in the morning.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

We hate having to get up early in the morning.

I could not get up this morning. I stayed in the bed until eleven.

I have a family and two cats I get up with my kids early in the morning.

We must get up at dawn.

Alex must get up early.

I usually get up at eight.

I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.

We don’t have to get up early.

I set the clock to get up early in the morning.

If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.

I always get up at six.

 

look up

I look up to my mom. She’s a beautiful woman.

We should look up the meaning of this word in a dictionary.

Do you look up to your parents?

 

carry on

I want you to carry on with the work while I am out of country.

 

go up

We had to go up and down the slopes.

The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.

 

get out

Could we get out of here?

I think we’d better get out of here.

I didn’t want to, then I thought it was an opportunity to get out of the house.

To get out of bed on the wrong side.

I didn’t want to, then I thought it was an opportunity to get out of the house.

I don’t want it to get out that I’m leaving.

What time do you get out of school?

Your pain will be outer soon if you don’t get out of traffic.

I think we’d better get out of here.

I had to get out of Paris quickly.

Waiting for my brother to get out of the dentist.

Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

 

take out

My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.

Frank had better not take out loans.

The dentist has to take out this tooth.

 

put down

Steve put down his spoon and picked up a fork.

 

put up

Alex must’ve put up a fight.

Frank proposed that they put up at that inn.

I can’t put up with the way he spits.

Dogs that put up many hares kill none.

Alex must’ve put up a fight.

Samuel can’t put up with Mary’s behavior anymore.

I can’t put up with it any longer.

My brother can’t put up with Jessica’s behavior any longer.

 

turn up

Do you normally turn up in gentlemen’s bedrooms in the middle of the night?

 

get on

Life is a train, get on board.

 

bring up

Frank hesitated to bring up the subject.

 

look back

When I look back I can see where we went wrong.

 

bring back

Please bring back the book I gave you.

 

break down

Unlike sugar, cholesterol does not break down in the blood.

 

take off

Please take off your muddy boots.

The plane will take off in two hours.

 

go off

I go off and make movies I come home, and I’m a dad and I hang with my girls.

 

go in

I just want to go in with the right attitude and from Day 1 make a difference.

You should go in the opposite direction.

 

set off

Mark has set off for America.

They set off fireworks.

Steve set off some fireworks.

We will set off next week.

They set off at dusk.

Frank set off to Texas.

We’re going to set off at five.

Tom set off some fireworks.

 

put out

Jessica acted quickly and put out the fire.

The fireman put out the fire fairly bravely.

 

take back

I take back what I said.

 

get down

When I get down to my last dime I’ll just walk over to skid row.

Now let’s get down to work.

 

hold out

They don’t hold out much hope that the price will fall.

Don’t hold out on me. I need your help.

I could hold out against the new reform.

 

put on

You need 10 strawberries to put on the cake.

You’ve put on weight, haven’t you?

If you don’t want to put on weight, don’t eat burger so much.

Frank put on his helmet and then got on his motorcycle.

She put on her shoes.

Please put on your hat.

Steve put on some climbing boots.

It’s not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

He wanted to put on his hat but couldn’t.

Steve put on his helmet.

Do you think I’ve put on weight?

I haven’t put on that much weight.

Children, please put on your hats.

 

bring out

A crisis can bring out the best in people.

 

move on

They should move on from here.

 

come along

Do you want to come along with us?

 

turn round

He’ll turn round at seven.

 

get in

We couldn’t get in because the door was locked.

 

make out

It’s time to make out our annual report.

 

get off

I get off on a man with strong moral fiber.

 

turn down

Please turn down the volume.

Could you please turn down the heat?

May I turn down the TV?

 

come over

Freddie, come over here quickly and see what I did!

I like when guests come over early and we chop veggies and talk and play music.

 

go through

To go through fire and water (through thick and thin).

Don’t go through this tunnel.

I just couldn’t go through with it.

 

hold on

They’ll hold on another minute, then They’ll have to go.

 

hold back

The president couldn’t hold back his anger any longer.

 

put in

You put in too much pepper.

This was Samuel’s third offense, so he was put in jail.

The city was put in a difficult financial situation.

 

look around

Let’s look around and see if anybody’s in the park.

 

take down

I can take down the messages that come in.

 

put off

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do (can be done) today.

Jessica put off her departure till Thursday.

Alex and I were compelled to put off our departure.

Jessica put off her departure till Friday.

To put off till Doomsday.

Steve decided to put off his departure.

 

go along

Frank won’t go along with that.

I’ll go along with that.

 

set about

We set about organizing a party.

 

turn off

Please turn off the TV.

Don’t turn off the light.

 

give in

What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that’s what I want to give.

Don’t give in to peer pressure.

Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.

 

come through

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

 

get through

Look, I can’t get through to this number.

We’ll never get through it.

When will you get through with work?

 

come off

The train had come off the railroad.

To come off with a whole skin.

To come off cheap.

To come off with flying colours.

 

take in

I didn’t take in much of the teacher said.

 

set down

The rules of this place are set down in this handbook.

 

get in

We couldn’t get in because the door was locked.