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ABIDE BY
If you want to be a student in our school, you must abide by our rules!
ABOUND WITH
The lakes abound with fish.
ACT OUT
The children were acting out the story and the teacher liked that!
ADD UP
The facts in the case just don't add up.
ANSWER BACK
After the Grenfell Tower fire, Theresa May was given the chance to answer back in several interviews.
BACK AWAY
When he saw the bear, he backed away in fright.
BACK UP
You should back up all your computer files in a secure location.
BE OFF
Time to call it a day. I'm off to bed!
BIG UP
He's been bigging up the CD on his radio show.
BLACK OUT
Donald Trump is so desparate to not be watched golfing he's blacking out hotel windows.
BLOW OVER
The tree was blown over by the wind.
BLOW UP
Police in Birmingham safely blew up an old bomb from WW2.
BLUFF INTO
I won't be bluffed into revealing the whereabouts of the safe.
BOIL DOWN TO
It all boils down to who has more power.
BOUNCE BACK
All my emails to you bounce back.
BRANCH OUT
Gemma is branching out from her usual running gear with an impressive costume of a tree at the London Marathon.
BREAK DOWN
I hope my car doesn't break down tomorrow.
BREAK OUT
Break out of your daily routine and tweet a phrasal verb, so that you can join the phrasaladay community!
A prisoner broke out of jail in Lantin yesterday.
BREAK UP
The number one sign that you need to break up: boredom!
BREATHE IN
The medical term for breathe in is inhale.
BREATHE OUT
The medical term for breathe out is exhale.
BRING ALONG
Do you think you would work better in school if you could bring your pet along with you?
BRING BACK
I mustn't forget to bring back my books to the library tomorrow!
BRING UP
My students brought up some good ideas at today's student council.
BRUSH UP
I must brush up on my French before going to Paris next month.
BUCKLE UP
Buckle up, not only in your car, but in flight too.
CALL IN
Labradors have been helping out at University, where they were called in to put hopeful new student vets through their paces.
CALL OFF
The concert had to be called off because the singer went down with a bad case of flu.
CARRY ON
Also during the spring break, Nico and I will carry on posting a phrasal a day!
CARRY OUT
The research team will carry out tests on 9 February.
CAST AWAY
If you were cast away on a desert island, what would you miss most?
CATCH ON
For years, the idea of a personal flying vehicle has been the stuff of sci-fi films and inventors. But so far, none have managed to catch on and the idea has struggled to get off the ground.
CATCH UP
I couldn't attend the lecture. I apologised and the lecturer said it was OK. "Make sure you catch up", he said.
CHASE OFF
(Headline) Daring dog chases off bear
CHECK OUT
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CHECK UP
I'm not sure how many phrasals there are in this list, but this website allows you to check up.
CLEAN UP
Unfortunately, it is necessary to clean up our oceans these days.
CLEAR UP
Cyclone Debbie has come and gone, and residents will soon be heading outside to assess and clear up the damage.
COME ABOUT
After the success of the Tour's visit to the UK, the idea came about for Yorkshire to host its own stage based cycle race.
COME ACROSS
I am so happy that I came across Hendrikx Hans on Twitter: we both love the idea of phrasaladay.
The politician came across as a complete fool during the TV interview.
COME BACK
Asteroid 2014 JO25 will pass us at a distance of 1.1 million miles away and doesn't plan on coming back for another 500 years.
COME FORWARD
A 19-year-old has spoken out for other rape victims to come forward.
COME IN
The informal variant of enter is come in.
COME UP WITH
UK and EU leaders need to come up with rules about how they will work together in future.
COOL DOWN
Drink plenty of cold water to cool yourself down.
COUNT IN
Phrasaladay? Count me in!
COVER UP
Queen mother's racist comment covered up because 'it was too awful'
CRACK DOWN ON
Google is cracking down on adverts being placed on extremist content after a global backlash.
CRACK UP
Jimmy Fallon asks Sofia Vergara to inhale helium, when she begins to speak they can’t stop cracking up.
CROSS OFF
Done! Again something I could cross off! My to-do list isn't that long, so I'll have a nice afternoon ...
CUT DOWN ON
We can cut down on our energy consumption by simply turning off the lights when leaving a room.
DATE BACK
Egyptian archaeologists say they've entered an ancient tomb dating back 3,500 years.
DEAL WITH
Ian is not good at dealing with stress.
DEFER TO
We will defer to whatever the committee decides.
DEPEND ON
The "fall armyworm" is a big problem for farmers because it is eating maize and other crops, which people depend on for food.
DIE OUT
Studies suggest the last mammoths died out after their DNA became riddled with errors.
DIG UP
It's not easy to come to me with a pram. They're digging up the road, so my front door is not easily accessible.
DISAGREE WITH
Spicy food disagrees with me.
DO UP
"We need to do up this old house.", our uncle said.
DRAW UPON
The English language contains an alphabet soup of swear words. Those of a sweary disposition can draw upon the A-word, the B-word, the C-word, the F-word, the S-word, the W-word and many more.
DRESS UP
Are your kids dressing up? Send in pictures to share your story!
DROP IN ON
Let's drop in on Samantha since we're driving by her house.
DRY UP
As crime dries up, Japan's police hunt for things to do.
Rivers in Cumbria have been drying up, and the levels of water stored in reservoirs in Cornwall are getting very low.
END IN
Not all relationships end in marriage, and not all marriages last forever.
END UP
In April 2016, many people did not agree with what Macron was doing and became cross with him. He ended up resigning from the government in August.