Question

Prepare a list of twenty phrasal verbs along with their meaning and usage in
your own sentences.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Phrasal Verb Meaning Example

Act on To take action because of something like information received. The police were ACTING ON a tip from an informer and caught the gang red-handed.

Act out Perform something with actions and gestures.. They ACTED OUT the story on stage.

Act up Behave badly or strangely. My computer’s ACTING UP; I think I might have a virus.

Add on Include in a calculation. You have to ADD the VAT ON to the price they give.

Add up To make a mathematical total. We ADDED UP the bill to check it was correct.

Agree with Affect- usually used in the negative to show that something has had a negative effect, especially is it makes you feel bad. I feel terrible- that food didn’t AGREE WITH my stomach.

Aim at To target. The magazine is AIMED AT teenagers.

Allow for Include something in a plan or calculation. You should ALLOW FOR delays when planning a journey.

Allow of Make possible, permit. The rules don’t ALLOW OF any exceptions.

Angle for Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting. He’s been ANGLING FOR an invitation, but I don’t want him to come.

Answer back To reply rudely to someone in authority. Her mother was shocked when she started ANSWERING her BACK and refusing to help.

Argue down Beat someone in a debate, discussion or argument. The teacher tried to ARGUE the girl DOWN, but she couldn’t.

Argue down Persuade someone to drop the price of something they’re selling. She ARGUED him DOWN ten percent.

Argue out Argue about a problem to find a solution. If we can’t ARGUE our differences OUT, we’ll have to take them to court.

Ask about Ask how someone is doing, especially professionally and in terms of health. He ASKED ABOUT my father.

Ask after Enquire about someone’s health, how life is going. Jenny rang earlier and ASKED AFTER you, so I told her you were fine.

Ask around Ask a number of people for information of help. I have no idea, but I’ll ASK AROUND at work and see if anyone can help.

Ask in To invite somebody into your house. Jon’s at the door.’ ‘ASK him IN.’

Ask out To invite someone for a date. He wanted to ASK her OUT but was too shy.

Ask over Invite. They have ASKED us OVER for drinks on Friday.

Ask round Invite someone. We ASKED John ROUND for diner.

Auction off Sell something in an auction. They AUCTIONED OFF their property as they were heavily in debt.

Back away Retreat or go backwards. The crowd BACKED AWAY when the man pulled a knife.

Back down Retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an argument. She refused to BACK DOWN and was fired.

Back into Enter a parking area in reverse gear. He prefers to BACK his car INTO the garage.

Back off Retreat. The police told the protesters to BACK OFF.

Back out Fail to keep an arrangement or promise. He BACKED OUT two days before the holiday so we gave the ticket to his sister

Back out of Fail to keep an agreement, arrangement. She BACKED OUT OF the agreement at the last minute.

Back up Make a copy of computer data. You should always BACK UP important files and documents so that you won’t lose all your work if something goes wrong with the hardware.

Bag out Criticise. Don’t bag out BAG OUT Australian English.

Ball up Confuse or make things complicated. The new project has BALLED me UP- I have no idea what to do.

Bargain down Persuade someone to drop the price of something they’re selling. I BARGAINED her DOWN to half what she originally wanted.