| Phrasal Verbs |
Meanings |
Examples |
| LAY OFF |
to leave someone alone |
I wish my mom would lay off me.
I'm tired of her complaining. |
| LEAVE OUT |
to forget |
Oh no! When I retyped my essay,
I left one paragraph out! |
| LET DOWN |
to disappoint |
The kids let their parents down
when they ended up in jail. |
| LET FLY |
to throw an object |
The baseball player let the ball
fly. |
| LET GO |
to fire someone |
If Jerry had done better work,
his company wouldn't have let him go. |
| LET IN |
to admit |
Susan opened the door and let
the cats in. |
| LET ON |
to reveal a secret |
Nobody let on about the surprise
party. |
| LET OUT |
to expand |
The tailor let Mack's pants out
because Mack had gained weight. |
| LET UP |
to stop |
Will this rain ever let up? It's
been raining for two weeks! |
| LINE UP |
to go stand in a line |
The prisoners lined up to
receive their dinner. |
| LOCK IN |
to lock the door so that someone can't
leave |
The prisoners are locked in the
jail. They cannot get out until they serve their time. |
| LOCK OUT |
to lock the door so that someone can't
enter |
My brother came home late to
find that my parents had locked him out of the house. He chad to sleep outside! |
| LOOK AFTER |
to take care of |
My mother looks after the
children when we go away. |
| LOOK AROUND |
to explore an area |
Maxine went to Los Angeles and
looked around downtown. |
| LOOK BACK ON |
to think about the past; reflect; ponder |
On birthdays, many people like
to look back on their life for the past year. |
| LOOK FOR |
to search |
I spent two hours looking for my
glasses before I found them. |
| LOOK FORWARD TO |
to think about a pleasant thing before it
happens |
I am looking forward to my
vacation. |
| LOOK INTO |
to investigate; find the truth about
something |
The police will look into the
crime. |
| LOOK LIKE |
to resemble |
Larry looks like his cousin
Jack. |
| LOOK OVER |
to check |
My coworker looked my report
over before I gave it to the boss. |
| LOOK OUT |
to warn someone |
Look out! - There's a car
coming. |
| LOOK UP |
to find information in a book |
If you don't understand the
word, look it up in a dictionary. |
| LUCK OUT |
to be unexpectedly lucky |
Jennifer wasn't
ready to give a speech in class, but she lucked out because the class was cancelled. |
