SOME COMMON PHRASAL VERBS AND THEIR USUAL MEANINGS

SOME COMMON PHRASAL VERBS AND THEIR USUAL MEANINGSAsk out: ask someone to go on a date (mengajak) Example: Peter asked Sinta out to dinner

Bring about/on: cause (menyebabkan/menimbulkan) Example: The crisis brings about many social problems

Bring up: rear children (membesarkan/mengasuh) Example: Mrs. Rina brought up her brothers child

Call back: return a telephone call (menelpon kembali) Example: He wants you to call him back.Call off: cancel (membatalkan) Example: The manager called off the meeting last nightCall on*: ask/invite to speak (mempersilahkan u/ berbicara) Example: I call on the headmaster now to deliver his speechCheck in: register at a hotel(mendaftarkan diri masuk hotel) Example: I will check in at Surya Hotel.Check out*: leave a hotel (meninggalkan Hotel) Example: I checked out of a hotel last night.Cheer up: make (someone) feel happier (menghibur) Example: Please, cheer me up!Come across*: meet by chance (menemukan) Example: we come across some new information.Cross out: draw a line through (mencoret) Example: Cross out the second sentence!Cut out: stop an annoying activity (menghentikan)Do over: do again (mengulangi) Example: You have to do it over again.Drop by, drop in*: visit informally (mampir) Drop in to my house!Drop off: leave something/someone at a place (menurunkan) I will drop you off at the cornerDrop out*: stop going to school (keluar dari sekolah sebelum lulus)Figure out: find the answer by reasoning (memamhami, memecahkan masalah) Fill out: write the completion of a questionnaire or official form (mengisi)Find out: discover information (mengetahui, mendapatkan keterangan)Get along (with)*: exist satisfactorily/to have friendly relationship (bergaul dengan baik dengan )Get back (from): return from a place (kembali)Get in, get into*: enter a car (masuk, naik)Get off*: leave an airplane, a bus, a car, a train, a bicycle (turun)Get on*: enter an airplane, a bus, a car, a train, a bicycle (naik)Get over*: recover from illness (sembuh dari ) Example: I get over a coldGet through*: finish (selesai) Example: When you get through, please help me!Get up*: arise from bed, a chair (bangun, berdiri) Example: Get up! Its already 7 oclockGive back: return an item to someone (mengembalikan)Give up: stop trying (berhenti, menghentikan) Dont give up practicing English)Go over*: review or check carefully (memeriksa, meneliti)Grow up* (in): become adult (menjadi dewasa)Hand in: submit an assignment (menyerahkan tugas)

Keep up*: stay at the same position or level (terus, meneruskan) Example: Keep up studying English!Kick out: force to leave (mengeluarkan)

Look after*: take care of (memelihara, menjaga, mengurus)

Look for*: (mencari) Example: I am looking for my friend.Look into*: investigate (memeriksa masalah)

Look over: review or check carefully (memeriksa)

Look up: look for information in a reference book (mencari informasi)

Pass away*: die (meninggal)

Pick out: select (memilih)Pick up: go to get someone (mengambil, menjemput)Put off: postpone (menunda)Put on: put clothes on ones body (memakai, mengenakan baju)Put out: extinguish a cigarette or cigar (memadamkan)Run into, across*: meet by chance (bertemu)Run out of*: finish a supply (kehabisan)Show up*: appear, come (dating, kentara/kelihatan) Example: His brilliance showed up on the examShut off: stop a machine (mematikan)Take after*: resemble (menyerupai)Take off: remove clothing; leave on a trip (Membuka baju, berangkat)Take out: (mengeluarkan, mengambil, membawa berpesiar)Take over: take control (mengambil alih)Think over: consider carefully (mempertimbangkan, memikirkan)Turn down: decrease volume or intensity (mengecilkan)Turn in: submit as assignment (memasukkan, menyerahkan)Turn off: stop a machine, light, faucet (mematikan)Turn on: begin a machine, light, faucet (menyalakan)Turn out : extinguish a light (memadamkan, mematikan)Turn up: increase volume or intensity (mengeraskan)