Useful English phrasal verbs and their meanings in simple words | Alphabetical list of English phrasal verbs
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What are "Phrasal Verbs"?

A PHRASAL VERB is made up of a Verb and an Adverb or a Preposition or both.
Adverbs or prepositions which are used in Phrasal Verbs are called 'Particles'.

Verb + adverb = Phrasal verb
Verb + preposition = Phrasal verb
Verb + adverb + preposition = Phrasal verb

Examples:
break down — verb + adverb [break= verb; down= adverb]
ward off — verb + preposition [ward= verb; off= preposition]
keep up with — verb + adverb + preposition [keep= verb; up= adverb; with=preposition]

'USUAL' and 'IDIOMATIC' Meanings of Phrasal Verbs
A Phrasal verb may have usual or idiomatic meaning -

Phrasal Verb with Usual meaning:
Verb and Particle keep their ordinary meaning
Example: turn around — to turn around

Phrasal Verb with Idiomatic meaning:
Verb and Particle doesn't keep their ordinary meaning
Example: turn down — to reject an offer

Following is the detailed list of useful Phrasal Verbs and their meanings:

 
English Phrasal Verbs — A

Abide
abide by — to obey/follow a decision, rule, etc.

Abound
abound with/in — to be full of

Account
account for — to explain | to be a definite amount for | to destroy

Accustom
accustom to — to be familiar

Act
act on — to affect
act out — to express a feeling or an emotion in your behavior
act up — to behave inappropriately
act upon — to take an action on the basis of particular information, etc.; to execute

Add
add in — to include
add to — to increase
add up — to calculate or count | to be sensible or reasonable
add up to — to have a particular result | to have a certain total amount

Adhere
adhere to — to follow a particular rule

Agree
not agree with — to dislike or disapprove

Aim
aim at — to Intend to achieve particular goal

Alight
alight on — to find something by chance

Align
align with — to support a person, rules, etc, openly or publicly because you agree with them

Allow
allow for — to take something into consideration
allow of — to make possible; to permit

Allude
allude to — to refer to

Amount
amount to — to be equal to something | to count something as a total

Angle
angle for — to try to get something indirectly by hinting

Answer
answer back — to make counter-argument | to give rude reply to your senior, an authority, etc.
answer for — to be responsible
answer to somebody for something — to explain your decision or action

Appertain
appertain to — to refer or relate

Argue
argue down — to beat somebody in an argument or a debate | to persuade people not to accept a proposal or motion | to persuade a seller to reduce the price
argue somebody into doing something — to give reasons to persuade somebody do or not do something

Arrive
arrive at — to decide something after deliberation

Arrogate
arrogate to yourself — to claim/take without having right

Ascribe
ascribe to — to think or say something is done by somebody

Ask
ask around — to talk to many people with a view to get information | to invite
ask for — to request or demand...