Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
The following phrasal verbs are not followed by an object: "Once you leave home, you can never really go back again."
Verb Meaning Example
break down stop functioning " That old Jeep had a tendency to break down just when I needed it the most".
catch on become popular " Popular songs seem to catch on in California first and then spread eastward".
come back return to a place " Father promised that we would never come back to this horrible place".
come in enter " They tried to come in through the back door, but it was locked".
come to regain consciousness "He was hit on the head very hard, but after several minutes, he started to come to again".
come over to visit "The children promised to come over, but they never do".
drop by visit without appointment "We used to just drop by, but they were never home, so we stopped doing that".
eat out dine in a restaurant "When we visited Paris, we loved eating out in the sidewalk cafes".
get by survive "Uncle Heine didn't have much money, but he always seemed to get by without borrowing money from relatives".
get up arise "Grandmother tried to get up, but the couch was too low, and she couldn't make it on her own".
go back return to a place "It's hard to imagine that we will ever go back to Lithuania".
go on continue "He would finish one Dickens novel and then just go on to the next".
go on (2) happen "The cops heard all the noise and stopped to see what was going on".
grow up get older "Charles grew up to be a lot like his father".
keep away remain at a distance "The judge warned the stalker to keep away from his victim's home".
keep on (with gerund) continue with the same " He tried to keep on singing long after his voice was ruined".
pass out lose consciousness, faint "He had drunk too much; he passed out on the sidewalk outside the bar".
show off demonstrate haughtily " Whenever he sat down at the piano, we knew he was going to show off".
show up arrive "Day after day, Efrain showed up for class twenty minutes late".
wake up arouse from sleep "I woke up when the rooster crowed".
Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
The following phrasal verbs are not followed by an object: "Once you leave home, you can never really go back again."
Verb Meaning Example
break down stop functioning " That old Jeep had a tendency to break down just when I needed it the most".
catch on become popular " Popular songs seem to catch on in California first and then spread eastward".
The following phrasal verbs are not followed by an object: "Once you leave home, you can never really go back again."
Verb Meaning Example
break down stop functioning " That old Jeep had a tendency to break down just when I needed it the most".
catch on become popular " Popular songs seem to catch on in California first and then spread eastward".
come back return to a place " Father promised that we would never come back to this horrible place".
come in enter " They tried to come in through the back door, but it was locked".
come to regain consciousness "He was hit on the head very hard, but after several minutes, he started to come to again".
come over to visit "The children promised to come over, but they never do".
drop by visit without appointment "We used to just drop by, but they were never home, so we stopped doing that".
eat out dine in a restaurant "When we visited Paris, we loved eating out in the sidewalk cafes".
get by survive "Uncle Heine didn't have much money, but he always seemed to get by without borrowing money from relatives".
get up arise "Grandmother tried to get up, but the couch was too low, and she couldn't make it on her own".
go back return to a place "It's hard to imagine that we will ever go back to Lithuania".
go on continue "He would finish one Dickens novel and then just go on to the next".
go on (2) happen "The cops heard all the noise and stopped to see what was going on".
grow up get older "Charles grew up to be a lot like his father".
keep away remain at a distance "The judge warned the stalker to keep away from his victim's home".
keep on (with gerund) continue with the same " He tried to keep on singing long after his voice was ruined".
pass out lose consciousness, faint "He had drunk too much; he passed out on the sidewalk outside the bar".
show off demonstrate haughtily " Whenever he sat down at the piano, we knew he was going to show off".
show up arrive "Day after day, Efrain showed up for class twenty minutes late".
wake up arouse from sleep "I woke up when the rooster crowed".
come in enter " They tried to come in through the back door, but it was locked".
come to regain consciousness "He was hit on the head very hard, but after several minutes, he started to come to again".
come over to visit "The children promised to come over, but they never do".
drop by visit without appointment "We used to just drop by, but they were never home, so we stopped doing that".
eat out dine in a restaurant "When we visited Paris, we loved eating out in the sidewalk cafes".
get by survive "Uncle Heine didn't have much money, but he always seemed to get by without borrowing money from relatives".
get up arise "Grandmother tried to get up, but the couch was too low, and she couldn't make it on her own".
go back return to a place "It's hard to imagine that we will ever go back to Lithuania".
go on continue "He would finish one Dickens novel and then just go on to the next".
go on (2) happen "The cops heard all the noise and stopped to see what was going on".
grow up get older "Charles grew up to be a lot like his father".
keep away remain at a distance "The judge warned the stalker to keep away from his victim's home".
keep on (with gerund) continue with the same " He tried to keep on singing long after his voice was ruined".
pass out lose consciousness, faint "He had drunk too much; he passed out on the sidewalk outside the bar".
show off demonstrate haughtily " Whenever he sat down at the piano, we knew he was going to show off".
show up arrive "Day after day, Efrain showed up for class twenty minutes late".
wake up arouse from sleep "I woke up when the rooster crowed".
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