| A | B |
|---|
| ask out | ask someone to go on a date |
| bring about, bring on | cause |
| bring up | raise children, (2) introduce another topic |
| call back | return a telephone call |
| call in | require someone to come to a specific meeting |
| call off | cancel |
| catch up with | reach the same position or level |
| check in | tell someone you have arrived for your appointment |
| check out or check into | carefully investigate something (2) take a book from a library |
| check out of | leave a hotel or similar situation |
| cheer up | make someone feel happier |
| clean up | make clean and orderly, or win everything |
| cut out | stop an annoying activity |
| come across | meet by chance |
| cross out | draw a line through, or taking something off of a list |
| do over | do something again |
| drop by, drop in on | visit informally |
| drop off | leave something/ someone at a place |
| drop out of | stop going to something |
| figure out | find the answer by thinking, reasoning |
| fill out | complete a form or questionnaire |
| Fill in for someone | do someone else's job temporarily |
| find out | discover, sometimes by accident |
| get along (with) | live/ spend time comfortably with someone |
| get back (from) | return from a place, (2) receive something again |
| get in, get into | enter a place, (2) arrive |
| get off | leave a form of transportation, or something that moves (bus, horse, etc) |
| get on | enter a form of transportation, or somehing that will move |
| get out of | avoid an unpleasant situation, (2) leave something that is enclosed |
| get over | recover from an illness or from unhappy times |
| get through | finish |
| get up | arise from bed, or from a chair |
| give back | return |
| give up | stop trying |
| go over | review carefully |
| grow up | become an adult, a mature person |
| hand in | submit an assignment, an application |
| hang up | finish a telephone conversation (2) put clothes on a hanger |
| have on | wear |
| keep out (of) | not enter |
| keep up with | try to follow the same speed someone else is using, or the same position or level they have |
| kick out of | force (someone) to leave |
| look after | take care of |
| look into | investigate |
| look out for | be careful, watch carefully |
| look over | review or check carefully |
| look up | look for information from a reference |
| make up | invent, create, (2) to do past work |
| name after, name for | give a baby someone else's name |
| pass away | die |
| pass out | distribute, (2) to lose consciousness |
| pick out | select |
| pick up | go to get someone or something, (2) put something in your hand |
| pont out | call attention to, show |
| call on | ask someone to speak (2) visit |
| put away | remove to a proper place |
| put back | return to proper place |
| put off | postpone |
| put on | get dressed, put clothes on |
| put out | extinguish, for example a fire |
| put up with | tolerate |
| run into / run across | meet by chance |
| run out of | have no more |
| show up | appear |
| shut off | turn something off |
| take after | resemble |
| take off | remove, unglue(2) leave on a trip |
| take out | take someone on a date (2) remove |
| take over | take control |
| take up | begin a new activity |
| tear down | demolish, destroy |
| tear up | tear into many little pieces |
| think over | think carefully, in detail |
| throw away / throw out | discard, get rid of |
| throw up | vomit |
| try on | put clothes on to see if it fits |
| turn down | refuse an offer (2) reduce volume |
| turn in | submit assignment |
| turn off | stop the flow (electricity for example) |
| turn on | begin the flow (electricity, for example) |
| turn out | extinguish a light (2) become |
| turn up | increase volume (2) appear |
