back something up | reverse | You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out. | |
back someone up | support | My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. | |
blow up | explode | The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. | |
blow something up | add air | We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. | |
break down | stop functioning (vehicle, machine) | Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. | |
break down | get upset | The woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died. | |
break somethingdown | divide into smaller parts | Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts. | |
break in | force entry to a building | Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo. | |
break into something | enter forcibly | The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children. | |
break something in | wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new | I need to break these shoes in before we run next week. | |
break in | interrupt | The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death. | |
break up | end a relationship | My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America. | |
break up | start laughing (informal) | The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking. | |
break out | escape | The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren't looking. | |
break out in something | develop a skin condition | I broke out in a rash after our camping trip. | |
bring someone down | make unhappy | This sad music is bringing me down. | |
bring someone up | raise a child | My grandparents brought me up after my parents died. | |
bring something up | start talking about a subject | My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports. | |
bring something up | vomit | He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet. |
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true. Swami Vivekananda
Nov 9, 2012
Phrasal verbs with meaning and examples
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