Phrasal verbs 31-60

GIVE UP: If you give up something, you stop doing it or taking it: “I’m going to give up smoking.”
GIVE WAY: If you give way to a vehicle, you allow it to go past before you move.
GO FOR: If you go for something, you try to have or achieve something.
GO OFF: If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working. Also, if an alarm goes off, it starts to make a loud noise, and if a bomb goes off, it explodes.
GO ON: If something goes on, it continues to happen or exist. Also, if something is going on, it is happening: “I don’t know what is going on.”
GO OUT: If you go out, you leave your home to do something fun, such as going to a bar, a party, etc. Also, if you go out with someone, you have a romantic or sexual relationship.
GO WITH: If one thing goes with another, they look or taste good together: “This wine goes well with this cheese.”
GO TOGETHER: If two things go together, they look good together.
GROW UP: When someone grows up, they change from being a child into being an adult.
HAND IN: If you hand in an exam, homework, a document, or something that you have found, you give it to a teacher, police officer, or another person in authority.

HAND OUT: If you hand things out to a group of people, you give one or more to each person in a group.
HANG OUT: If you hang out in a place or you hang out with someone, you spend a lot of time in that place or with those people.
HANG UP: If you hang up or you hang up the phone, you end a phone call.
HOLD UP: To hold up someone or something means to delay them or make them late.
KEEP IN: If you keep someone in (a place), you make them stay in that place.
KEEP ON: If you keep on doing something, you continue doing it.
KEEP UP: If you keep up something, you continue to do it.
KNOCK DOWN: If a person is knocked down by a vehicle or a driver, they are hit by this vehicle and fall to the ground and are often injured or killed. Also, to knock someone down means to hit a person so that this person falls down.
LIE DOWN: When you lie down, you move into a horizontal position, usually in order to rest or sleep.
LOOK AFTER: If you look after someone or something, you take care of them and try to keep them healthy or in good condition.

LOOK FOR: If you look for something, you try to get something that you want or need.
LOOK FORWARD TO: If you look forward to something that is going to happen, you want it to happen and feel excited about it.
LOOK OUT: If you say or shout “Look out!” to someone, you are warning them that they are in danger.
LOOK UP: If you look up a particular piece of information, you try to find it by looking in a book, on a list, or using a computer.
PASS ON: If you pass something on (to someone), you give something to someone, especially something that someone else has given you.
PICK UP: When you pick up someone or something that is waiting, you go to the place where they are and take them somewhere, usually in your car.
PUT AWAY: If you put something away, you put it into the place or container where it is normally kept.
PUT DOWN: If you put something down, especially your name, on a list or piece of paper, you write it down.
PUT OFF: If you put off something or doing something, you arrange to do it at a later time.
PUT ON: If you put on weight, you become fatter. Also, if you put on clothes, glasses or make-up, you place them on your body to wear them.

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