phrasal verbs with "up" and
"down"
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down
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UP
towards a higher place make bigger to a centre increase improve complete establish |
DOWN
towards a lower place make smaller reduce decrease destroy analyse |
1) Separable Phrasal Verbs
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Verb
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Meaning
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Example
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Ask up
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To invite a person to come upstairs
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Ask Fatima up
to talk to her
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Ask down
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To invite a person to come downstairs
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Ask Driss down
to talk to her
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Back up
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support
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All of us will back you up at the election
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blow up
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explode
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The terrorists tried to blow up the railroad station.
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blow up
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To fill with air or gas
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Laura’s father blew up all the balloons for the party
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bring up
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mention a topic
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My mother brought up that little matter of my prison
record again.
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bring up
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raise children
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It isn't easy to bring up children nowadays.
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Break up
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Break into pieces
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The thieves broke up the desks in their search for money
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Call up
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remember
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The old man called up many memories of his youth
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Eat up
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Eat all of
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Eat up your dinner and then you
will grow into a big boy
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Finish up
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end
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The meeting finished up with community singing
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hang up
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put something on hook or receiver
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She hung up the phone before she hung up her clothes.
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hold up
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delay
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I hate to hold up the meeting, but I have to go to the
bathroom
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hold up
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rob
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Three masked gunmen held up the Security Bank this
afternoon
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Hunt up
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To find by searching
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The police have hunted up all the rioters.
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look up
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search in a list
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You've misspelled this word again. You'd better look it up.
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make up
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invent a story or lie
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She knew she was in trouble, so she made up a story
about going to the movies with her friends.
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Move down
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To destroy
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The enemy were soon moved down by our machineguns
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pick up
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lift something off something else
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The crane picked up the entire house. (Watch them pick
it up.)
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Pass up
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Miss ( a chance)
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You shouldn’t pass up such a chance to see the world
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Put down
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Lower
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You may put down your hands now
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Put up
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Raise
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Please help me to put the ladder up.
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set up
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to arrange, begin
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My wife set up the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set
it up.
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turn down
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lower volume
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Your radio is driving me crazy! Please turn it down.
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turn down
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reject
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He applied for a promotion twice this year, but he was turned
down both times.
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turn up
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raise the volume
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Grandpa couldn't hear, so he turned up his hearing aid
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use up
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exhaust, use completely
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The gang members used up all the money and went out to
rob some more banks.
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Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
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Verb
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Meaning
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Example
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break down
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stop functioning
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That old Jeep had a tendency to break down just when I
needed it the most.
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Back down
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Give up a claim
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The claimant backed down and was content to take only
his share
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get up
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arise
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Grandmother tried to get up, but the couch was too low,
and she couldn't make it on her own.
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Get down
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descend
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The man on the elephant got down and approached us
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wake up
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arouse from sleep
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I woke up when the rooster crowed
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show up
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arrive
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Day after day, Rachida showed up for class twenty
minutes late
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Rise up
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To rebel
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The slaves rose up when their cruel masters denied them
food
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Go down
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descend
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Khadija has already gone down this street
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grow up
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get older
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Ahmed grew up to be a lot like his father.
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