100 PHRASAL VERBS with pictures

go out

"As soon as I went out of my house this morning it began to snow." OR "My father told me to stop playing games and go outside to play."

check in (at the airport)

"Check in at your airline desk when you arrive at the airport. You give your checked baggage, ticket and passport and you get a boarding card."

look forward to + ~ing

"I look forward to visiting my parents soon."

go without

"If you live in a foreign country you will have to go without some kinds of Japanese food that you like to eat every day."

go off

"In Syria and Iraq bombs go off every day. My alarm clock didn't go off this morning, so I was late for school."

go through

"Japan's economy will go through difficult times because of the decreasing population."

count down

"The TV announcer started counting down...10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!!! Blast off!"

drop off

(usually a in a car) the driver stops and leaves a passenger somewhere: "Your mom dropped you off at the station this morning."

go on

Do it now! Don't hesitate!: The Nike slogan "Just Do It!" means "Go On! Do it!"

stop over

Stay overnight or for two or three nights: "We stopped over in Singapore for one night on our way to London."

cool down

Stop being so angry = cool your mind! (=calm down): "Stop shouting and cool down. Go for a walk."

check out (of a hotel)

You leave the hotel, pay the bill, give the key back. "You must check out tomorrow before 12 noon."

touch down

a plane arrives, touches the ground

pull in

a train arrives at the station: "Due to bad weather the train pulled in to the station five minutes late."

pull out

a train leaves the station: "Due to bad weather the train pulled out five minutes late."

break up

after fighting with someone a relationship breaks up: "They broke up but remained friends."

go for

agree with something...accept something. I hope the S1 classes go for Quizlet because it is an easy way to learn lots of vocabulary.

take off

an airplane lifts off from the ground

get in

arrive somewhere (bus, train, plane, boat): "The plane gets in at noon."

check in (at a hotel)

at the hotel reception desk you register, hand over your passport, get your key

get along

be friends with someone: "The girls in that class all get along beautifully."

cheer up

become cheerful...not be sad anymore "The good news, that I did well on my exams, cheered me up."

invite over

bring home a guest; OR bring a friend home: "I invited my classmate over during the spring break."

call (someone) up

call someone on the telephone: "I called up my friend in New York when my plane touched down."

give up

can't or don't want to do it anymore

get a cold

catch a cold => coughing, sneezing & runny nose: "The girl caught a bad cold and didn't come to school for three days."

cloud over

clouds increase; the sky gets dark with clouds;

get cold

cold weather increases: "It's getting cold, fall will soon be upon us."

go on

continue: "The girl who won the national math prize went on to become a famous scientist."

get across

convey a meaning: "I want to get across to you how important and useful English skills will be in your lives."

hold up

delay: "Our flight was held up by the storm."

get by

do just enough effort to succeed; survive: "Do you have enough English ability to get by when you go to Australia?" OR "Can you get by without your cellphone?"

go in for

enter a competition: "He went in for the most challenging marathon race."

go through

experience something over some time such as a long divorce/illness/menopause OR go through customs at the airport OR go through a tunnel or forest

make up one's mind

firmly decide to do something "I made up my mind to become an artist."

go off

food goes off when you keep it too long: "Did you know that honey never goes off?"

pick up

get someone from somewhere: "Your mom will pick you up in her car after school."

hurry up

go faster (doing things in daily life - walking, eating, etc): "Ms. Kitada asks the last girls going to chapel every morning to hurry up."

speed up

go faster (in a vehicle): "I asked my taxi driver to go a little faster because I was late for a meeting."

get in (OR: get into)

go into something small or closed (you cannot walk inside it): "She quickly got into the car." "He got into the canoe and paddled away."

get away

go on a short trip: "I want to get away this coming three-day weekend and go cross country skiing in Shiga Prefecture."

see off

go to the station or airport to say goodbye to someone

look out for (somebody)

keep a watchful eye on somebody, making sure they are okay: "I always look out for my older brother."

stay up

keep awake, not sleeping; "Instead of studying little by little every day she stayed up all night the night before the exam."

go on

keep on talking and talking without end in an annoying way: "The teacher went on and on about the same thing over and over again."

start off

leave a place, depart

start out

leave a place, depart

get out

leave a place: "When there is an earthquake or fire, we should quickly get out of the building."

set off

leave or depart from a place

set out

leave or depart from a place

look back

look in the past or behind you: "When you meet each other in twenty years you will nostalgically look back at your KC days together."

get down

move from a high place to a low place: "My mother told my little brother to get down from the top of the tree because it was dangerous."

quiet down

noisy people become quiet, stop talking: "The teacher asked the class to quiet down."

get together

people come together "The family got together to have their family portrait taken."

(be) cut off

phone call is broken: "Our call was cut off when we went through the tunnel."

(get) cut off

phone call is broken: "Our call was cut off when we went through the tunnel."

pick up

reach down to get something on the ground: "I picked it up for the old woman because she couldn't reach down to get it."

get over

recover from an illness, problem or broken heart: "He finally got over his backache."

look up to (somebody)

respect and admire somebody

call (someone) back

return a phone call: "I called my mother back as soon as school was over."

come back

return to somewhere: "I'll return to Japan on April 4th." "My father comes back late almost every night."

go back

return to somewhere: "My dad goes home from work late nearly every night."

talk back

saying bad words back to someone: "Don't talk back to your elders, your parents or grandparents."

look up something

search for information in a book, dictionary, or timetable

set off

set off fireworks (=light fireworks) OR set off an (fire) alarm

go on

something's happening: "What's going on?"="What's happening?"

speak up

speak louder: "I told the girl giving the presentation to speak up because I couldn't hear her."

go about

start to do something, especially when there are several options...you consider each option, then decide what to do

get down to (doing something)

start working or doing something: "We got down to studying for our test after procrastinating for a long time."

get off

step down from a bus, train, boat, etc. (you can walk around in it): "She quickly got off the bus when it stopped."

get on (OR: get onto)

step onto a bus, train, boat, etc.

stop off

stop somewhere for a while: "We stopped off in Bangkok for a few hours on our way to India."

hang up

stop talking on the telephone: "I hung up before our conversation ended because my train pulled into the station."

get through

succeed to do something difficult: "She got through all her exams successfully."

go along with

support an idea or agree with someone's opinion

clear up

the clouds go away, the rain ends; OR... a problem is solved: "The math teacher explained the problem well and cleared up the students' questions."

brighten up

the day gets brighter, the dark clouds go away

calm down

to become less excited and tense; to make oneself, another person or a heated situation become calm: "Calm down before you say something you might regret."

think over

to consider, or think about something very carefully. (= a problem, an idea, a proposal, a situation, a dream for the future, etc.): "Think over the answer to the question before you write it."

go on

to continue to do something: "My back pain was so bad I didn't think I could go on. I wanted to stay home."

grow up

to develop from a child into an adult: "She grew up in Wakayama and speaks a Wakayama dialect of Japanese."

pass away

to die. (we usually use this expression when we talk about a person dying, not an animal)

go through with

to do something that is difficult, to the end: "She decided to go through with the dangerous operation."

look into (something)

to investigate something: "The teachers into the problem of theft in the locker rooms."

check out

to look something up or research something or watch a video about it or read about it or study it: "I hope many S1 students check out this vocabulary study set."

find out

to make an effort to discover or get to know something...the truth/a secret/an address/the time/the place: "The teacher called the office to find out which room the meeting would be in."

look after (somebody or something)

to protect, mind or take care of a person or thing: "Babies need to be looked after day and night."

try on

to put on an article of clothing to see how it fits and how it looks (a hat, a new pair of shoes, a dress, a new pair of glasses, etc.)

look for

to search for something or try to find something

put through

transfer the phone call to another person: "I'll put you through to the English Department."

cool down

very hot weather is finally cooling down; OR a person cools herself/himself down: "The marathon runner is cooling himself down."

hang on

wait a minute: When I called home to talk to my sister my mother answered and said, "Hang on, she's upstairs, I'll get her."

hold on

wait a minute: "Please hold on for a minute."

cool down

wait for a minute: "It's better to hold on before eating takoyaki and let it cool down, otherwise you might burn your mouth!" OR "Don't let a small child drink a hot drink. Let the drink cool down first."

get up

wake up

warm up

warm weather increases, "It's warming up day by day, spring is coming soon."

usher in

welcome (the New Year); OR welcome a guest at a big event into an auditorium. "He ushered me into the theater."

ring in

welcome: "We rang in the New Year on top of a mountain."

show up

you come to a place (but many thought you might not come) "I was happy and surprised when my busy father showed up to watch my speech."

get cold

your body is getting cold: "Go inside! You have been standing outside too long without your jacket."