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Phasal verbs em ingles são a combinação de duas ou três palavras de diferentes categorias gramaticais — um verbo e uma partícula, como um advérbio ou uma preposição — para formar uma única unidade semântica em um nível lexical ou sintático.
| Phasal verbs em inglês | Most Common Meaning |
| Aim At | To point a weapon at someone or something. |
| Ask For | To request something. |
| Ask Out | When you ask someone to go with you to a certain place or for a special occasion, to spend time together and have fun. If one or both parties involved are interested in a romantic way, then it is considered a date. |
| Back Down | To withdraw your position in a fight, argument, plan, etc. |
| Back Off | When you leave an emotional situation, or to allow someone to handle something alone. |
| Back Up | To walk or drive a vehicle backwards. |
| Beat Up | When someone punches, kicks, or hits someone repeatedly using fists or with an object. |
| Beef Up | To make changes or an improvement. |
| Believe In | To feel confident about something or someone. |
| Bite Off | To use your teeth to bite a piece of something. |
| Blow Away | When the wind moves an object or person from where it was. |
| Blow Off | When the wind removes something from its place. |
| Blow Out | To extinguish or make a flame stop burning. |
| Blow Up | To make something explode. |
| Boil Down To | To have determined or analyzed the solution or reason for something. |
| Break Down | When someone loses self-control and is emotionally and/or mentally agitated. This meaning has a noun form for a situation where someone loses self-control. |
| Break In | To enter a place illegally and with the use of force. |
| Break Off | To remove a part of something with force. |
| Break Out | To escape from a place, situation or way of life. |
| Break Through | To make a way through a barrier or a surface. |
| Break Up | To stop a fight. |
| Bring Back | To return something you’ve borrowed. |
| Bring Over | To bring someone or something from one place or area to another. |
| Bring Up | To bring something from a lower level/place to a higher level/place. |
| Brush Off | To remove something(dust particle, insect, etc) with your hand. |
| Brush Up | To practice and review your knowledge or a skill that you haven’t used in a while. |
| Build In/Into | To add a fixture or component to a certain area or place through construction. |
| Bump Into | When you meet people by accident or unexpectedly. |
| Burn Down | When someone uses fire to destroy a structure. |
| Burn Out | When a candle stops burning because there is nothing left to burn. |
| Burn Up | To destroy something with heat or fire. |
| Burst Out | To suddenly do or say something. |
| Butt In | To interrupt a conversation or activity. |
| Call Back | To call someone again. |
| Call In | To request that someone come and help. |
| Call Off | To cancel an event that has been previously planned. |
| Call Up | To be chosen to take part in a military mission. |
| Calm Down | To become less violent, nervous, excited or angry. |
| Care For | To nurture or take care of someone or something. |
| Carry Away | To do something out of the ordinary due to strong emotions. |
| Carry On | To continue doing something or to continue on in life despite an obstacle. |
| Carry Out | To move something or someone from one place to another using your arms or an object. |
| Catch On | To understand or realize something. |
| Catch Up | To move faster to reach someone or something that is ahead of you. |
| Cheat On | When you are emotionally and/or sexually unfaithful to your girlfriend/boyfriend or spouse. |
| Check In | To register at a hotel or airport upon arrival. |
| Check Out | To leave a hotel or other form of an accommodation after your stay there. |
| Chicken Out | To refrain from doing something because of fear. |
| Chop Up | To cut something into pieces with a knife. |
| Clean Out | To clean or clear the inside of something thoroughly. |
| Clear Out | To remove things completely from an area or place. |
| Clear Up | To do something to solve a problem or a misunderstanding. |
| Clog Up | When something in a drain or valve prevents the flow of water or other liquids |
| Close Down | When the activities or services of a business permanently end. |
| Close Off | To block an entrance or pathway. |
| Come About | When something happens or occurs. |
| Come Across | The way other people perceive something or someone. |
| Come Apart | When something breaks or separates piece by piece. |
| Come Back | To return to a place. |
| Come Down | To move from a higher to a lower position or from north to south. |
| Come Down To | When a situation is reduced to a certain outcome. |
| Come Down With | When you start to experience the symptoms of a disease or illness. |
| Come In | When someone or something enters a place, building, or room. |
| Come Off | When something is removed or breaks off from where it was originally attached to. |
| Come On | To appear on television or be heard on the radio. |
| Come Out | To leave a place. |
| Come Over | To make a visit. |
| Come Through | When someone or something expected arrives. |
| Come Up | When something appears or happens, either expected or unexpected. |
| Come Up With | When you think of a solution, idea, plan, or excuse. |
| Con Into | To persuade someone to do something through lies and deception. |
| Con Out Of | To persuade someone to give or do something through lies and deception. |
| Cool Off | To lose temperature. |
| Count On | To rely on someone for support when you need it most. |
| Count Up | To count all of something or people in a group. |
| Cover Up | To use something to conceal something else. |
| Crack Down | To take more action than usual against wrongdoing. |
| Cross Off | To remove or delete someone or something from a list. |
| Cut Back | When you spend less money on something. |
| Cut Down | To do less of something or to use something in smaller amounts. |
| Cut Off | To completely remove or separate a part of something by cutting it with something sharp like a knife or a pair of scissors, etc. |
| Cut Out | To remove something using a knife or a pair of scissors. |
| Cut Up | When you use a knife or scissors to cut something into several pieces. |
| Deal With | When you do everything you must do to solve a problem or complete. |
| Do Away With | To dispose of something. |
| Do Over | To do something again in order to improve or correct mistakes. |
| Do With | To make a connection between two or more things. |
| Do Without | To manage well without something or someone. |
| Doze Off | To go to sleep unintentionally. |
| Dress Up | To wear formal clothes, or a costume for a special occasion. |
| Drop In | To visit someone unexpectedly or without making arrangements first. |
| Drop Off | To gradually decline/become less. |
| Drop Out | To quit a school program or training course. |
| Dry Off | To dry something or a surface quickly. |
| Dry Out | To remove water or other liquid from a container. |
| Dry Up | When all the liquid and/or moisture evaporates. |
| Eat Up | When someone consumes all their food. |
| Empty Out | To remove everyone or everything from a space. |
| End Up | The end result of something planned or unplanned. |
| Fall Apart | When something breaks all at once or piece by piece. |
| Fall Behind | To move slower than others. |
| Fall Down | To fall to the ground. |
| Fall For | When you have an intense attraction to something or someone. |
| Fall Off | When something drops to a lower level. |
| Fall Out | To fall from or through something. |
| Fall Over | When someone or something falls from an upright position to the ground. |
| Fall Through | If things do not go as planned, or if a plan, deal or agreement fails. |
| Feel Up To | When you have/don’t have the energy and confidence to do something. |
| Fight Back | When you defend yourself/resist an attack, or make an effort against an opponent in a competition. |
| Figure On | To expect or plan for something. |
| Fill In | To add personal information in the blank spaces of an official document. |
| Fill Out | To complete a form. |
| Fill Up | To fill something completely. |
| Find Out | To become aware of something or someone. |
| Fix Up | To make plans or arrangements with someone or for others. |
| Flip Out | To become very mad or lose control over your emotions. |
| Float Around | When an object or a person is near, but you cannot pinpoint the exact location. |
| Follow Up | To find out more about something, or take further action in regards to it. |
| Fool Around | To waste time doing unimportant or silly things. |
| Freak Out | When someone becomes irrationally upset or angry, sometimes to the point of confusion. |
| Get Ahead | To become successful in the professional environment or make consistent progress in life. |
| Get Along | To have good interactions with others. |
| Get Around To | To do something that needed to get done at an earlier time. |
| Get Away | To escape from something. |
| Get Back | To return to a place. |
| Get Back At | To get revenge. |
| Get Back To | When you talk to someone at a later time either because you are busy or you have obtained additional or new information. |
| Get Behind | To learn, work, or progress more slowly than others. |
| Get By | To pass someone or something. |
| Get Down | To move to a lower place or level. |
| Get In | To arrive or enter a place, room, building, etc. |
| Get Off | To leave a form of transportation, except a car. |
| Get Off On | To be excited or to truly enjoy doing something. |
| Get On | When you move your body and either stand, sit, lie, kneel, etc. towards something (non-separable). |
| Get Out | To leave or escape. |
| Get Out Of | To receive a benefit and/or satisfaction from doing something. |
| Get Over | To move past an obstacle to the other side. |
| Get Over With | To finish something that needs to get done. |
| Get Through | When a message, meaning, or idea is understood or accepted. |
| Get To | To arrive to or assist someone to a place. |
| Get Together | To meet and spend time together. |
| Get Up | To move to a higher level/position. |
| Give Away | To give something for free or without expecting anything in return. |
| Give In | To surrender to something. |
| Give Out | To distribute something. |
| Give Up | To stop doing something without completing it. |
| Go About | To take the necessary steps to get something done. |
| Go After | When you do your best to get something no matter how difficult it is. |
| Go Ahead | To proceed to do something that you were hesitant about. |
| Go Along With | to accept or agree with a decision, rule, opinion, etc. |
| Go Around | To follow a circular path. |
| Go Away | To move or travel from one place to another place. |
| Go Back | To return to a place, time, activity, or a person. |
| Go Back On | When you fail to fulfill a promise you made to someone. |
| Go Beyond | To be more than or better than what is normal or expected. |
| Go By | To pass someone or something quickly. |
| Go Down | To move to a lower position, place, price, level, etc. |
| Go For | To try to obtain. |
| Go In | To enter a place, building, room, etc. |
| Go In For | To enter a place or area for a specific reason. |
| Go In/Into | To enter a place, room, building, etc. usually through a door. |
| Go Off | To leave unannounced. |
| Go On | When something takes place. |
| Go Out | To leave a place or area you’re in. |
| Go Over | To review something. |
| Go Through With | When you make a decision to do something, and actually do it. |
| Go Up | To move or extend to a higher level or farther North. |
| Go With | To accompany someone to a place. |
| Goof Around | To waste time doing silly or unimportant things. |
| Gross Out | To be disgusted with someone or something. |
| Grow Out Of | To become too big or too tall for your clothes. |
| Grow Up | When you physically change from a child to an adult. |
| Hand Back | When you return something to the person who owns it after the person has given it to you |
| Hand In | To give something to a person of authority. |
| Hand Out | To distribute something free to other people. |
| Hand Over | To give upon request or demand. |
| Hang Around | To spend time in a place or an area. |
| Hang On | When you hold something, often for support of comfort. |
| Hang Out | To hang something, usually wet clothes, to dry. |
| Hang Up | To hang clothes or an object on a hook, hanger or rod. |
| Have On | To wear clothing, cosmetics, perfume, etc. |
| Head Back | To go to a place where you’ve been before or where you started from. |
| Head For | When a situation becomes more likely. |
| Head Toward | To move in the direction where someone or something is. |
| Hear About | When you learn details about something or someone. |
| Hear Of | When you learn about something or someone. |
| Heat Up | To make something warmer or cause a rise in temperature. |
| Help Out | To assist people with something. |
| Hit On | To suddenly have a solution to a problem or an interesting idea. |
| Hold Against | When you don’t forgive or have little respect for someone because of something they did. |
| Hold Off | To delay something. |
| Hold On | When you wait for a short time. |
| Hold Out | To extend your hand or an object in front of you. |
| Hold Up | To hold someone or something up in the air. |
| Hook Up | When you connect two electrical devices together. |
| Hurry Up | To do something quickly. |
| Keep At | To continue doing an activity even though it may be difficult. |
| Keep Away | To avoid getting close to someone or something. |
| Keep Down | To make sound, music and noise minimal. |
| Keep From | To stop yourself or other people from doing something. |
| Keep Off | To avoid discussing a particular subject or topic. |
| Keep On | To continue doing something. |
| Keep To | When you don’t share information. |
| Keep Up | To continue to do something. |
| Kick Back | To illegally pay extra money to someone as part of the price. |
| Kick Out | To force someone to leave an organization or place. |
| Knock Off | To use force to cause someone or something to fall from its place, whether intentionally or accidentally. |
| Knock Out | When someone is struck hard enough to cause them to lose consciousness. |
| Knock Over | To make contact with something or someone in such a way it or they fall. |
| Know About | To have knowledge of or be familiar with something. |
| Lay Down | To place something on a surface or an object. |
| Lay Off | When a company or business ends a worker’s employment. |
| Lead Up To | When a period of time or a series of events cause an event, situation or conversation to happen. |
| Leave Behind | When you don’t take something or someone with you when you leave. |
| Leave Off | To accidentally or intentionally not include a person or thing on a list. |
| Leave Out | To not include someone or something. |
| Leave Over | When you have a portion that still remains from something after you have used or eaten the rest of it. |
| Let Down | To disappoint someone. |
| Let In | To allow someone or something to enter a place. |
| Let Off | To allow someone to leave a car, bus, train etc. |
| Let On | To tell something that is a secret or private. |
| Let Out | When you give permission for someone to leave or be released from a place. |
| Let Up | When someone or something becomes less intense or strong. |
| Lie Around | To be lazy or to not do anything. |
| Lift Up | To raise someone or something to a higher level. |
| Light Up | To illuminate something. |
| Lighten Up | When a conversation is changed or a person changes to become less serious. |
| Line Up | To form in a row one after another or side-by-side. |
| Live With | To share the same residence. |
| Lock In | To secure people or things behind a closed door. |
| Lock Out | When you don’t have the key or passcode to enter a secured place. |
| Lock Up | When you shut the windows and doors of a place or building. |
| Look Around | To turn your head to see what or who is around you. |
| Look At | To divert your eyes to someone or something. |
| Look Down On | When you consider someone or something as unimportant or with little to no value. The opposite of yesterday’s phrasal verb. |
| Look Forward To | To anticipate a future event because it either makes you happy and/or you benefit from it. |
| Look Into | To investigate or get more facts about something. |
| Look Out | To remain alert. |
| Look Over | To examine or inspect something or someone. |
| Look Up | When a situation becomes better. |
| Look Up To | This particular phrasal verb is used to say you view someone with respect and/or admiration. |
| Luck Out | To have exceptionally good luck. |
| Make For | To go in a certain direction, typically in a hurry. |
| Make Of | To understand the meaning of something. |
| Make Up | To invent a story. |
| Mess Up | When something is dirty or unorganized. |
| Mix Up | To put or combine different things together so they’ll merge successfully. |
| Monkey Around With | To try to play with or repair a device that you have no true knowledge about. |
| Move In | When you bring your personal belongings and stuff to a new place where you will live. Yesterday’s phrasal verb, Move Out, has the opposite meaning. |
| Move Out | When you permanently remove all your belongings and personal items from a place where you live or stay. |
| Narrow Down | To reduce the number of options or possibilities. |
| Pay Back | When you return money that you owe someone. |
| Pay For | To purchase merchandise. |
| Pay Off | To repay money that is owed to a person or entity. |
| Pay Up | To pay all the money that is owed or asked for. |
| Pick On | To tease and/or criticize someone over a period of time. |
| Pick Out | When you are able to recognize something or someone from a group. |
| Pick Up | To get someone or something from somewhere. |
| Pile Up | To put things in a pile or heap. |
| Piss Off | [Informal] To be angry about something. |
| Plan Ahead | To prepare for a future event or situation. |
| Plan For | To prepare for a big event or expectation in the future. |
| Plan On | When you have the intention to do something. |
| Plug In | To connect an electrical device to an electrical outlet. |
| Plug In/Into | To connect an electrical appliance/machine to another piece of equipment or to a power source. |
| Plug Up | To block a narrow passage such as a hole, drain, or pipe so that nothing can flow through. |
| Point Out | To make someone aware of something. |
| Point To | When you aim at something or someone using your finger or hand. |
| Print Out | To produce a hard copy of a computer document. |
| Pull Off | To succeed in doing something difficult or tricky. |
| Pull Out | When something or someone leaves a place. |
| Pull Over | To drive your vehicle to the side of the road to stop. |
| Pull Through | To recover from an injury or illness. |
| Punch In | To enter data or record time on a device. |
| Punch Out | To record the time you leave the workplace using a special clock. |
| Put Away | To place something where it cannot be seen or isn’t in the way of other things. |
| Put Back | When something is causing a project to slow down. |
| Put Down | To place something on a surface or an object. |
| Put In | When you invest or make a deposit. In this example, the amount almost always separates the verb. |
| Put Off | To become offended by someone or something. |
| Put Out | To extend a part of your body. |
| Put Past | To not be surprised by a person’s actions. [Always used with the negative] |
| Put To | To cause someone or something to be in a certain state or to do something extra. |
| Put Together | To assemble or connect the parts of something. |
| Put Up | To move an object to a higher level. |
| Put Up To | To encourage or persuade someone to do something. |
| Put Up With | To tolerate or accept something that you’d rather not. |
| Ring Up | To call someone on the phone. |
| Rip Off | When someone asks for a price for something that is too high, when someone cheats or steals. |
| Rip Up | To tear something (i.e. paper, cloth, etc.) into pieces. |
| Rule Out | When someone or something is excluded as a possibility. |
| Run Across | To move or run from one side to the other. |
| Run Around | To go from one place to another in a hurry. |
| Run Down | To hit someone or something with a vehicle. |
| Run Into | When something collides with another object by accident. |
| Run Out | When people exit a place very quickly. Run In/ Run Into is the opposite of this meaning. |
| Run Over | When someone is injured or killed by a vehicle. |
| Run Up | To run from a lower elevation or level to a higher elevation or level. |
| Screw On | To ensure the top of a container/bottle is sealed. |
| Screw Out Of | To cheat or deceive someone. |
| Screw Up | To make a mistake or do something really bad. |
| See About | To seriously think about doing something. |
| Sell Out | When all the inventory of a particular product has been purchased. |
| Set Up | To organize or plan for an activity/event to happen. |
| Settle Down | To begin living a stable and routine life. |
| Settle For | To accept something even though it’s not what you want or need. |
| Shake Up | To mix something in a container by shaking it. |
| Show Off | To overly display your skills or what you have. |
| Shut Off | To stop the operation of an electrical or mechanical device. |
| Shut Up | To stop talking. |
| Sign In | To write your name on a list to indicate the day and time you arrived at a certain place. |
| Sign Out | To write your name on a list to indicate the day and time of your departure. |
| Sit Down | To change from a standing to a sitting position. |
| Slow Down | To do something slower. |
| Sneak In/Into | To enter a place quietly to avoid being seen or heard. |
| Sneak Out | To leave a place without being noticed. |
| Sort Out | To arrange or separate things into groups according to similarities. |
| Space Out | When someone’s attention is not in the present moment. |
| Stand Around | To stand in one place or area when you should be doing something. |
| Stand For | To support or represent an idea, belief, etc. |
| Stand Up | To rise from sitting or lying down to a vertical position. |
| Start Off | The beginning of an event, activity or time period. |
| Start Out | To begin a trip or venture to some place. |
| Start Up | To start something. |
| Stay Off | To avoid discussing a certain subject or topic. |
| Stay Out | To spend time out of your own home. |
| Stay Up | To remain in a place that is higher than ground level. |
| Step On | To place your foot on something or someone. |
| Stick Around | To stay in a place or with someone for any period of time. |
| Stick Out | To extend something outward. |
| Stick To | When something is attached to another by some form of adhesive. |
| Stick Up | To use a weapon, especially a gun, to rob someone. |
| Stick With | To continue to use or do something. |
| Stop Off | To make a quick stop on your way to a destination. |
| Stop Over | To visit someone for a short period of time. |
| Straighten Out | To make something straight. |
| Stress Out | To feel very worried, nervous or anxious. |
| Switch Off | When you move something from the ‘on’ state to the ‘off’ state. Synonymous with “Turn Off.” Yesterday’s “Switch On” is the opposite. |
| Switch On | When you move something from the ‘off’ state to the ‘on’ state. Synonymous with “Turn On,” while “Switch Off” is the opposite. |
| Take Apart | To disconnect or separate the parts of an object. |
| Take Back | To return something or someone. |
| Take In | To be successfully tricked or deceived by someone. |
| Take Out | To remove an object from an area, place or container. |
| Take Out On | To direct your anger towards someone or something when you’re really upset about someone or something else. |
| Take Up On | When you accept an invitation or offer from someone. |
| Talk Down To | To talk to someone as if they are less intelligent than you by conveying a tone of voice or attitude that says so. |
| Talk Into | To convince someone to do something. |
| Talk Out Of | To convince someone not to do something. |
| Talk To | To have a conversation with someone. |
| Tear Down | To deconstruct a building or home. |
| Tear Off | To remove with force. |
| Tell Apart | To be able to differentiate something or someone from something or someone else. |
| Tell On | To inform an authoritative figure about what someone else did. |
| Think About | To consider something prior to making a final decision. |
| Think Ahead | To think and plan carefully for a future situation or event. |
| Think Up | To use your imagination to create a plan, idea, or a solution. |
| Throw Away | To dispose of something you no longer find useful in a waste bin, trash, etc. |
| Throw Out | When you get rid of something by putting it in a trash can, bin, etc. |
| Throw Up | To vomit or puke. |
| Track Down | To locate someone or something after a long search. |
| Trade In | To exchange something old for something new. |
| Trick Into | To convince or persuade someone to believe something untrue or to do something for you. |
| Try On | To see how something fits or looks before purchasing. |
| Try Out | To show that you are qualified to do something. |
| Turn Around | When someone or something moves until it faces the opposite direction. |
| Turn Down | To decrease the temperature, sound, etc. |
| Turn In | To give someone or something to the police or someone of authority. |
| Turn Into | To transform. |
| Turn Off | To stop a device from functioning. |
| Turn On | To cause someone to feel interested and/or attracted. |
| Turn Out | To attend an event, meeting, etc. |
| Turn Over | To move an object so that the part that is on top becomes the bottom and vice versa. |
| Turn Up | To increase the controls of an electronic or mechanical device. |
| Use Up | To completely consume or use all of a supply. |
| Wake Up | When you are finished sleeping. |
| Wash Off | To remove dirt or unwanted markings with soap and water. |
| Wash Up | To clean your face, hands, body, etc. |
| Watch Out | To be aware of someone or something. |
| Wear Down | To make the surface or top of something disappear due to friction. |
| Wear Off | To decrease or disappear gradually. |
| Wear Out | When something is damaged or weakened from use and age. |
| Wind Up | To operate a mechanical device by turning its handle. |
| Wipe Off | To completely remove or clean something from a surface or location. |
| Wipe Out | To clean the inside of something. |
| Wipe Up | To remove liquid from a surface using a sponge, towel or cloth, etc. |
| Work In | To make time in a busy schedule for a person or an activity. |
| Work Out | When a situation, event, plan, or idea is successful. |
| Work Up | To gradually improve at or make progress in something. |
| Wrap Up | To cover something with some kind of special paper. |
| Zip Up | To close an item that has a zipper. |
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