| Phrasal Verbs |
Meanings |
Examples |
| TAKE AFTER |
to resemble |
Pat takes after his mother. They are
both short and blonde. |
| TAKE BACK |
to return |
Pam took the radio back to the store
because it was broken. |
| TAKE CARE OF |
to provide care for; to watch one's health |
I have been taking care of my sister
since she returned home from the hospital. |
| TAKE OFF |
to leave |
The flight to Bermuda took off at 6 p.m. |
| TAKE OFF |
to remove clothes |
Take off your coat off and stay a while. |
| TAKE OUT |
to go somewhere with a friend |
Frank took his supervisor out for
dinner.
Steve took Mary out three times last week. |
| TAKE OUT |
to remove something from an enclosed place |
Please take your books out and turn to
page 47. |
| TAKE OVER |
to gain control of |
Do you think Bill Gates is trying to
take over the world? |
| TALK INTO |
to persuade to do something |
Peter talked Mary into helping him move. |
| TALK OUT OF |
to persuade not to do something |
Mary talked Peter out of moving. |
| TEAR OFF |
to remove something by tearing |
The soccer player tore his shirt off
when his team won the game. |
| TEAR UP |
to damage |
The construction workers tore up the
street to lay a new water pipe. |
| THINK OVER |
to give something a lot of thought |
Before making any big decision, you
should think it over for a long time. |
| THROW AWAY |
to put in the garbage |
Don't throw these documents away because
we'll need them later. |
| THROW UP |
to vomit |
Ulysses threw his lunch up all over his
desk. Yuck! |
| TICK OFF |
to make someone angry; to irritate someone |
When people smoke near me, it really
ticks me off! |
| TIP OFF |
to inform |
Martin tipped the police off about the
bank robbers' location. |
| TRY ON |
to put clothes on to see if they fit |
Terry tried the blue sweater on, but it
was too big. |
| TURN AROUND |
to make changes for the better |
The drug addict really turned his life
around. He's a best-selling author now. |
| TURN DOWN |
to decrease the volume of something |
Turn the radio down before you wake the
dead! |
| TURN DOWN |
to decline |
Tina turned Patrick down for a date.
Poor Patrick's heart was broken. |
| TURN IN |
to go to bed |
I'm pretty tired. I'm going to
turn in now. |
| TURN OFF |
to stop a machine or electrical device |
Please turn off the lights when you
leave the room. |
| TURN ON |
to start a machine or electrical device |
Turn on the TV please. I want to watch
Judge Judy. |
| TURN ON |
to interest very much |
Do romantic walks on the beach turn you
on? |
| TURN UP |
to increase the volume of something |
Turn up the TV, I can't hear it! |
