Phrasal Verbs Examples – P – Z
Phrasal Verbs and Prepositional Verbs in English P – Z
| Phrasal Verb | Phrasal Verb in a sentence |
|---|---|
| P | |
| pack away | Pack away your toys, it is time for bed. |
| paper over | We papered over the problems in our relationship. |
| pay back | I paid him back for being rude to me. |
| pencil in | Let’s pencil in Saturday for our meeting. |
| play up | The little boy was really playing up. |
| polish off | We polished off the last of the beer. |
| pour down | The rain poured down every day of our holiday. |
| press on | Let’s press on with this, we need to finish it today. |
| print out | Could you print this out for me, please?. |
| pull over | The police car told us to pull over. |
| put by | I have been putting money by for my retirement. |
| put off | They have put off their wedding |
| put up with | I don’t know you put up with her. |
| Q | |
| quarrel with | He quarrels with any one. He is always arguing. |
| quieten down | Quieten down and go to sleep children. It is late. |
| R | |
| rain off | The match was rained off. |
| read up on | I have a new job and I have to read up on lots of things which are new to me. |
| rent out | We are going to rent out our flat on AirBnB |
| ring back | He is not here now. Would you like to ring back later? |
| root for | I am rooting for the team in blue. I don’t like the other team. |
| rule out | They have ruled out me getting a pay rise. |
| run away | She ran away from home at 16. |
| run down | The town centre is very run down. |
| run off with | The kidnappers ran off with her little daughter. |
| rush in | Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. |
| S | |
| save up | We are saving up money to buy a house. |
| sold off | We sold off the land as we didn’t need it. |
| send off | The player was sent off for a bad foul. |
| send over to | She sent me over to talk to her boss. |
| set back | Losing our map was a set back on our journey. |
| settle down | One day I would like to settle down and have children. |
| shop around for | I like to shop around for bargains. |
| show off | Stop showing off. |
| sit down | Please, sit down. |
| sit by | We shouldn’t sit by and do nothing, we should help. |
| sleep in | I slept in this morning. |
| slow down | Slow down you are driving too fast. |
| snap off | The handle just snapped off the door. |
| sober up | He’ll have a bad headache when he sobers up. |
| splash out on | Let’s go crazy and splash out on new clothes. |
| speak up | Speak up, please. I can hardly hear you. |
| stand up for | You should stand up for what you believe in. |
| start up | We started up a new business together last summer. |
| stay in | Let’s stay in tonight and not go out. |
| steer clear off | We should steer clear of the motorway as there is a big traffic jam. |
| step down | My boss has stepped down from his job. His assistant is now in charge. |
| stick together | We must stick together otherwise we will get lost. |
| stop by | Please stop by when you are in London. |
| stop off | We’ll stopped off in Liverpool on our way to Glasgow for a short rest. |
| storm out of | He stormed out the room, shouting and yelling. |
| straighten out | We have to straighten this mess out. |
| strip down | The mechanic stripped down the bike engine. |
| stretcher off | The injured player was stretchered off. |
| sum up | This report sums up the benefits of the plan. |
| swear by | I swear by these pills as a great cure for headaches |
| switch off | Could you switch the light off, please? |
| switch on | Could you switch the light on, please? |
| T | |
| take away | The waiter took away our empty plates. |
| take off | The doctor told me to take off my clothes. |
| take in | Are you taking this in? I will be asking questions later. |
| talk back to | Don’t talk back to me. Do as you are told. |
| talk round | She can always talk her dad round to get her way. |
| tear up | She tore the letter up. |
| tell off | The teacher told him off. |
| tell on | I’m going to tell the teacher on you. |
| think over | Let’s think it over before we do anything. |
| think through | Let me think this through before I make a decision. |
| think of | I was thinking of you when I bought this present. |
| think up | I need to think something up quickly. |
| throw out | Throw out any toys which are broken |
| tidy away | Please tidy your books away. |
| trick into | He tried to trick me into doing his chores. |
| try out | Let’s try out the new restaurant in town. |
| turn around | We turned around and went back the way we came. |
| turn down | He turned down the job offer. |
| turn in | I’m going to turn in now and get some sleep. |
| turn off | Turn off the lights before you go to bed. |
| turn on | Turn on the television there is a good film on. |
| turn up | Don’t worry something always turns up. |
| U | |
| use up | We used up all our money in the first week of the holiday. |
| W | |
| wait up for | Don’t wait up for me. I will be back very late. |
| wake up | Wake up or you will be late for school. |
| walk into | I was looking at my phone and I walked into a lamp post. |
| watch out | Watch out! There is a child running across the road. |
| wear off | The pain killers are being to wear off. I can feel the pain. |
| wiggle out of | Don’t try and wiggle out of doing the washing up. |
| work on | You need to work on your English grammar. |
| wrap up | Wrap up the presents well. |
| write down | I wrote down everything the teacher said in the lesson. |
| Y | |
| yell out | The pain made me yell out. |
| Z | |
| zip up | I had better zip up my jacket. |
| zoom off | He zoomed off without telling me where he was going. |