30 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.
I want to go on vacation with my friend whose family is rich.
carry out
We must carry out that plan.
Jessica could not carry out her 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Beauty can come in strange forms.
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.
They set out to conduct a poll.
get back
My dear, I wish things could get back to normal.
sit down
Let’s sit down on this bench.
Why don’t you sit down for a moment?
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.
I am not ready to give up just yet.
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
get up
Does she get up early in mornings?
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.
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.
Your pain will be outer soon if you don’t get out of traffic.
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.
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
