Language/English/Vocabulary/Phrasal-Verbs-and-their-Equivalent

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In the list below, you will find the main phrasal verbs and a possible equivalent (a possible substitution by a one-word verb).

Be aware that phrasal verbs (like other verbs) often have more than one definition and more than one context of appropriate use.

Phrasal verbs	One-word Equivalent
Add up	calculate
Back out of	abandon
Bear on	influence
Buy out	purchase (someone’s assets)
Buy up	purchase (all of something)
Call for	necessitate
Call off	cancel
Call on	utilize
Carry on	continue
Carry out	execute
Catch up with	equal
Come up with	invent
Count on	rely on
Cut down on	reduce
Cut out	excise
Fall apart	disintegrate
Find out	discover
Get (it) over with (must be split)	complete
Get across	communicate
Get along with	be friendly with
Get away	escape
Give in	yield
Give up	surrender
Go on	continue
Hold on to	keep
Hold out	wait
Hold out on	hide (something)
Hold up	delay
Leave out	omit
Look into	research
Look out for	safeguard against
Make out	see
Make sure of	ensure
Make up	fabricate
Pass on	transmit
Pass out	distribute
Pass up	forgo
Pick up	resume
Pick up on	notice
Point out	explain
Put up with	tolerate
See to	arrange
Set up	arrange
Take after	resemble
Touch on	mention
Turn down	reject
Use up	exhaust

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