Chapter – VIII
II. Transitive Phrasal Verbs:
(Verb + Particle+ object)
- Abide by : to act according to law.
A good citizen must abide by the traffic rules.
- Account for: to explain the cause of something.
His illness accounts for his absence.
- Agree with : to suit somebody’s health.
Fish does not agree with me.
- Ask after: to ask for news of somebody.
Your friend was asking after you.
- Bank on: to depend on somebody/something/ count on
I bank on my teachers for my study.
- Break into : to enter by force.
The dacoits broke into our house last night.
- Call for : to require
The farmer’s problems call for the government’s immediate attention.
- Call on : to visit some one
I called on my headmaster to thank him.
- Come across: to meet somebody/something by change.
I came across an old friend in the market.
- Come over: strong feelings affecting somebody.
She is crying. I don’t know what has come over her.
A great change came over Ashoka after the Kalinga war.
- Count on : to depend on somebody/ bank on
You can count on me at hours of need.
- Get over : to overcome a difficult situation.
She cannot get over her shyness.
- Go into: to examine / investigate in detail.
You should go into the problem before coming to any conclusion.
- Go through: (a) to experience something unpleasant.
They have gone through a lot of suffering.
(b) to read/use/ spend/ eat all of something.
Have you gone through the Ramayan?
- Hit on : to think of a good idea suddenly.
I hit on an idea to surprise my mother.
- Keep off: to avoid something or remain at a distance.
You should keep off bad company.
- Keep on: continue doing something.
We kept on working long after the evening.
- Laugh at: to mock somebody or something.
We all laughed at this foolishness.
- Look after: to take care of somebody / something.
Who is looking after the sick man?
- Look into : to investigate / examine something.
A team of experts is looking into this problem.
- Look upon: to consider somebody as somebody.
I look upon Reeta as my own sister.
- Make for : to move towards some place.
The ship made for the sea.
- Send for : to ask some one to come.
We sent for a doctor when my mother was ill.
- Stand by: to remain helpful during difficult times.
My parents stand by me during my difficulties.
- Stand for: to represent / support something.
MP stands for Member of Parliament. Gandhi stood for peace.
- Take after: to look like an elder blood relation.
Most children take after their parents.
III. Transitive Phrasal Verbs:
(Verb + Object + Particle)
- Answer back: reply rudely.
It is not proper to answer your teachers back.
- Count in: to include.
If you are going on a picnic, please count me in.
- See through: to help somebody during difficult time.
Her courage saw her through during hard times.
- Take for: to consider something as something else.
My friend took my aunt for my mother.
- Tear away: to leave somebody / something unwillingly.
I have to tear myself away from the TV to study.
- Tell apart: to distinguish.
You can’t tell the two brothers apart.
- Tell off: telling somebody angrily.
The teacher told him off for not doing his homework.
IV. Transitive Phrasal Verbs:
(Verb + Particle + Object) Or, (Verb + Object + Particle)
- Blow up : to destroy something by an explosion.
The terrorists blew up the bridge.
- Bring about : cause to happen.
Education has brought about many changes in society.
- Bring down: lower prices / aero planes.
The pilot brought down the plane.
Good harvest has brought down the prices of vegetables.
- Bring out: to publish.
I am going to bring out a new book this week.
- Bring up: to educate/ take care of a child.
We should bring up children with care.
- Call off: to cancel.
The strike was called off. They have called the marriage off.
- Carry on: to continue.
We carried on working till the end.
- Carry out: (a) to do something that you have been told to do.
I carried out the instructions of my parents.
(b) to do a particular piece of work.
The construction of this building was carried out last year.
- Close down: close permanently.
We closed down the factory after a fire.
- Cut down: to reduce an amount of something.
We cut down our expenses after our father’s retirement. Good food cuts down the risk of diseases.
- Cut off: to stop the supply of something.
Electricity was cut off after the cyclone.
- Do up: to make something attractive by repair, painting or make-up.
We did up our house before our sister’s marriage ceremony.
- Find out: to know something by enquiry.
Please find out the date of our annual examination from the notice board.
- Fix up: to arrange something to happen.
We have fixed up the meeting for the next week.
- Give away : to distribute.
The chief guest gave away the prizes.
- Give up: to stop doing something.
I have given up smoking. Don’t give up hopes.
- Hold up: to obstruct.
A marriage procession held up the traffic for long hours.
- Keep up: to keep something at a high level.
We must try to keep up the honor of our school.
- Knock down: to hit somebody and make him fall to the ground.
A car knocked her down.
- Lay down: to state a plan officially.
We laid down the plan of our journey and went ahead accordingly.
- Lay by: to save something for future use.
Everyone must lay something by for their old age.
- Let down: to disappoint somebody by not doing something well.
I let down my parents by my poor results.
- Look up: to search for something in a dictionary or a book of reference.
Please look up the word in a dictionary.
- Make out: to hear / understand someone with difficulty.
I can hardly make out what you say.
- Make up: to replace some lost thing.
We must work hard to make up the lost hours.
- Pack up: to stop working.
It’s getting darker. We should pack up and go home.
- Pick out: to choose.
We picked out the best players for our cricket team.
- Point out: to direct attention to something.
The teacher pointed out the errors.
- Pull down: to destroy.
We pulled down the old building to build a dnw one.
- Put down: (a) to write down.
Put down you request on a piece of paper.
(b) to suppress.
The riot was put down firmly.
- Put on: to wear something.
- Put on warm clothes before going out with cold.
Put off: to keep something for a later date.
Don’t put off today’s work for tomorrow.
- Put out: to stop something burning.
The firemen put out the fire with water.
- Rule out: to stop/exclude something as a possibility.
It may rain today. The possibility cannot be ruled out.
- Run over: to hit somebody and drive over it.
The speeding car ran over a street dog.
- See off: to go to a railway station, bus-stop or airport to say good bye to somebody.
I went to the station to see off my friends.
- Set up : to start business or an institution
I plan to set up a business after I pass out matriculation.
- Show off: to show something to others you are proud of.
Children like to show off their toys to others.
- Take over: to take charge of another person’s work.
The new headmaster took over charge from the old headmaster.
- Take off: to remove dress etc.
We take off shoes before entering temples.
- Turn down: TO REJECT AN OFFIER / REQUEST.
The government turned down the employees’ request for a pay revision.
Who can turn down such a good job?
- Turn on: to switch on a machine or light.
Please turn on the generator.
- Use up: to use all of something so that nothing is left.
I have used up all the petrol in my car.
- Wipe out: to destroy something completely.
Many villages were wiped out in the last upper cyclone.
- Work out: solve a problem/ sum/ puzzle.
Only intelligent students can work out this sum.
V. (Phrasal Prepositional Verbs
Verb + Adverb particle + preposition ++ Object
- Break out of : to escape by force.
Some prisoners broke out of the jail.
- Catch up with: to reach somebody who is ahead in a race or completion.
Although we set off late, we soon caught up with those who had gone earlier.
After missing her lessons through illness she had to work really hard to catch up with her classmates.
- Come in for: to receive something unpleasant.
I came in for a rude shock with his misbehavior.
His selfishness came in for severe criticism.
- Come out of : to develop from something.
I am sure some good is sure to come out of our hard labour.
- Come out with: to say something that is sudden and surprising.
The boy came out with a foolish remark.
- Do away with: to stop doing or having something.
We have done away with many superstitions.
- Fall back on: to seek others support during difficulties.
I always fall back on my friends during difficult hours.
- Get away with: (a) to steal something and escape with it.
The thieves got away with all the money.
(b) to receive a lighter punishment than deserved.
The culprit got away with a light punishment.
- Get on with: (a) to make progress with a task.
How are you getting on with your new job?
(b) to have a relationship.
A selfish man cannot get on well with anybody.
- Go back on : to fail to keep a promise.
A gentleman should never go back on his words.
- Grow out of : to become too big for a dress.
Young children grow out of their dress every fast.
- Keep up with: to progress at the same rate as others.
If you walk so fast, I cannot keep up with you.
- Live up to: to perform as well as expected.
I will try to live up to your expectation.
- Make off with: to steal something and hurry away with it.
The thief made off with a large amount of money.
- Look down on: to consider others with contempt as inferior.
Never look down on girls as inferior; they can perform as well as the boys.
- Look forward to: to expect something enjoyable to happen.
I am looking forward to my birthday.
- Measure up to: to reach the expected standard.
My performance does not measure up to my expectation.
- Put up with: to tolerate.
Nobody will put up with his misbehaviors.
- Run out of: to use all of something so that nothing is left.
We have run out of all our food grains.
- Watch out for: (a) to be careful of something.
Watch out for snakes in a jungle.
(b) Look for something so as not to miss it.
Look out for the bus, so that we do not miss it.
Exercise-4
Choose the correct particles and complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences.
- Please turn ________ the radio. (on, up)
- Cholera broke ________ everywhere. (down, out)
- The meeting came ________ very successfully. (up, off)
- I do not give ________ anybody’s pressure. (out, in)
- I agree ________ you on this part. (with, to)
- They have closed ________ their old business. (up , down)
- I look ________ him as my own father. (after, upon)
- Every month I lay ________ a few rupees for my child’s education. (by, down)
- I cannot make ________ what he was saying.(up, out)
- The police put ________ the violence. (off, down)
- Nobody was at the airport to see him ________ (out, off)
- Why did he turn ________ your request? (down, off)
- A nuclear war cannot be ruled ________ in the future. (out, over)
- The thief made ________ with a large amount of money. (off, out)
- The old man passed ________ in his sleep (away, out).
Exercise-5
Replace the word(s) in italics with their corresponding phrasal verbs choosing from the list given.
(get over, pack up, look up, brought out, keep on, do away with, drop out, stand by, go back on, fell through).
- He has published a new book.
- We are tired. We must stop working now.
- You can continue working if you like.
- Will you help me during my hard days?
- He has not been able to overcome his fears.
- We withdrew from the match after a quarrel.
- The talk between India and Pakistan failed due to many disagreements.
- He promised to help me, but later he failed to keep his promise.
- India has stopped having the caste system.
- The situation is improving day by day.
Exercise-6
Choose the appropriate phrasal verb from the given list for each of the sentences below and complete the sentences.
(Run out of, get on (well) with, come out with, looking forward to, put up with, catch up with, come in for)
- When the whole class was worried how to solve the problem, Suresh _________ with a solution.
- We all are eagerly _________ our sisters’ wedding.
- I _________ a rude shock when my friend cheated me.
- We have _________ sugar. Can you buy some?
- We do not _________ our new neighbor.
- Who can _________ such mischief?
- The child walked after to _________ his parents.