20 Phrasal Verbs List and Sentences, Phrasal Verbs Sentences Examples

20 Phrasal Verbs List and Sentences, Phrasal Verbs Sentences Examples

go on

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

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

 

carry out

We must carry out that plan.

 

set up

John set up a company recently.

I hear you’ll set up a new company.

 

pick up

I bent over to pick up the pen.

I’m off to pick up Alex.

 

go back

I can’t go back there alone.

 

come back

I’ll come back soon.

 

go out

I don’t want to go out on a limb.

 

point out

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

 

find out

I’ll find out what’s going on.

 

come up

Jessica’s come up with some problems.

I’ve come up with a brilliant idea.

 

make up

Please make up your mind.

 

come out

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.

 

work out

I hope things will work out all right.

I work out four days a week.

 

set out

We set out on a lonely journey.

 

get back

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

 

sit down

Let’s sit down on this bench.

Let’s sit down and talk.

 

turn out

Alex, please turn out that light.

 

take on

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.

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

 

get up

Does she get up early in mornings?

I always get up at six.

 

look up

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

 

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.

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

 

take out

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

They set off fireworks.

Tom set off some fireworks.

 

put out

Jessica acted quickly and put out the fire.

 

take back

I take back what I said.

 

get down

Now let’s get down to work.

 

hold out

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

I could hold out against the new reform.

 

put on

You need 10 strawberries to put on the cake.

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.

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

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

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

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.