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Phrasal
Verb
Editor: Nguyễn Minh Tuấn
Content: Phạm Thành Trung, Nguyễn Minh Tuấn
Phrasal
Verb
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Act up: To make a mathematical total
E.g: We ADDED UP the bill to check it was correct.
Be a satisfactory explanantion for something
E.g: She explained why the work wasn't ready, but her story doesn't ADD UP.
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Back up: Make a copy of computer data
E.g: 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.
Support
E.g: The rest of the staff BACKED her UP when she complained about working
conditions.
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Fill in: Complete a form

E.g: I FILLED IN the application form and
posted it off.a
Substitute someone at work
E.g: She's just had a baby, so we have
hired someone to FILL IN for her.

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Get along: Leave
E.g: It's late; we must be GETTING
ALONG.
Progess
E.g: How's the homework GETTING
ALONG?

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Get round: become known
E.g: I don't want this to GET ROUND, so
please keep it to yourself.
Find a solution
E.g: We're nearly ready, but there are few
little problems we have to GET ROUND
before we finish.
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Hang on: wait
E.g: Could you HANG ON for a moment till
she's free.
Hold tightly
E.g: The driver told the passengers to
HANG ON as the bus pulled off.
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Let down: Disappoint, fail to keep
an arrangement
E.g: She failed to turn up and I felt
badly LET DOWN.
Make clothes longer
E.g: He's grown so much, we'll have
to LET his trousers DOWN.
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Meet with: Have something happen to
you
E.g: They MET WITH some problems they
hadn't anticipated.
Receive or cause a reaction
E.g: The show MET WITH poor reviews.
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Open up: Start to talk freely about
something
E.g: She hates to OPEN UP and
discuss her feelings
Open a shop or business for the day
E.g: They OPEN UP at seven in the
morning.
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Pack in: Stop doing something
E.g: I'm trying to PACK IN smoking.
End a relationship
E.g: She PACKED her boyfriend IN.
Phrasal
Verb
V + 1 Pre

V +
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Kick around with: spend time with
E.g: I used to KICK AROUND WITH
them, but haven't seen them for a
while.
I want to KICK AROUND WITH YOU,
wait me for a hour
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Make off with: steal
E.g: Thaieves MADE OFF WITH over a
million dollars in the robbery.
I try to MAKE OFF WITH her pen and
take it back my home

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Move away from: Stop doing or
using something to change to
something different
E.g: They're MOVING AWAY FROM
Windows and are using Linux.

I have moved away from PC and now
I’m using a laptop
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Reach out to: Ask for help
E.g: I REACHED OUT TO you when I was
in trouble and you were a great help.
Offer help
E.g: Charities are REACHING OUT TO
those who lost their homes in the
floods.
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Catch up with: Do something that
should have been done earlier
I'm going home to CATCH UP WITH my
sleep.
Meet someone after a period of time and
find out what they have been doing
I CAUGHT UP WITH her at the
conference.

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Get along with: Have a good
relationship with someone
E.g: I don't GET ALONG WITH my
sister- we have nothing in common.
Deal with, handle
E.g: How are you GETTING
ALONG WITH the training course?
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Get down to: Start working seriously

E.g: I find it extremely difficult to GET
DOWN TO doing any revision for
examinations.
Enjoy something a lot
E.g: People were GETTING DOWN TO the
concert.
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Get off on: Enjoy a drug
E.g: He GETS OFF ON crystal meth every
night.
Become exacited by
E.g: She GETS OFF ON her power over
us.
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Be up to: Be good enough
E.g: He's not UP TO the job; get someone else.
Doing something naughty or wrong
E.g: What are those kids UP TO?
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Go in for: Enter a competition or sit an exam
E.g: He WENT IN FOR the photography prize, but didn't win.
Like, have an interest in
E.g: He GOES IN FOR classical music.
Phrasal
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V + 1 Pre
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Call
For Call for: Ghé qua
on Call on = visit : thăm
Off Call off = cancel
Up Call up : gọi điện
To Call to : triệu tập
Example: As we were in the area, we CALLED ON my sister-in-
law.
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+ sb : Liên lạc
+ to sb: Ngưỡng mộ, kính trọng
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Phrasal
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Give up
Hand in
Ask out
Bring up
Call back
Give up
Meaning: Stop doing something
Example: I have GIVEN UP trying to help them.
- Hand in
Meaning: Submit work for appraisal
Example: I HANDED my homework

IN late as usual.
Ask out
Meaning: To invite someone for a date
Example: He wanted to ASK her OUT
but was too shy.
- Bring up
Meaning: Raise a child
Example: My parents BROUGHT me UP strictly (nghiêm khắc ).
- Call back
Meaning: Return a phonecall
Example: I must CALL her BACK when we get to the office.
Phrasal
Verb
V + 1 Pre
V +
2 Pre
Separable
Nonseparable
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preposition
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more meaning
Nonseparable
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Call on
Meaning: Visit
Example: As we were in the area, we
CALLED ON my brother-in-law.
- Check in

Meaning: Register on arriving at a hotel or at
the airport
Example: They CHECKED IN at the Ritz
yesterday.
- Come across
Meaning: Find by accident
Example: I CAME ACROSS my old school reports when I was clearing
out my desk.
- Drop out
Meaning: Quit a course
Example: She DROPPED OUT of college
and went straight into a good job.
- Get in
Meaning: Arrive (train, plane, etc.)
Example: Her plane GETS IN at 2am our time.