Phrasal Verbs

To decline or turn down something good

• pass up

• pass off

• pass out

• pass away

Take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to

• back up

• back out

• back into

• back down

To begin and seem likely to continue

• set in

• set up

• set off

• set aside

To create lots of debt

• run up

• run over

• run down

• run along

To investigate

• look up

• look for

• look into

• look after

To become popular

• catch up

• catch on

• catch out

• catch up with

To renovate

• make up

• make out

• make into

• make over

To escape

• break in

• break up

• break out

• break into

To enter a building by force

• break in

• break up

• break out

• break down

To meet or to find unexpectedly

• run over

• run down

• run across

• run around