Do you know how to use do up, do over, or do without? In this lesson, Claire teaches six of the most common English phrasal verbs with “do,” using easy examples you’ll remember. Learn what they mean, ...

I have a friend who uses “hark back” a lot in conversation. She harks back to past news events. She harks back to old times. She harks back to something I told her last month or last year. My first ...

"Turn off the TV" is an example of a phrasal verb, which is a verb that has a base verb and one or two particles. Credit: MikeSleigh/Getty Images A ‘phrasal verb’ is a verb that has a base verb and ...

What's the difference between back up, back down and back off? In this lesson, we explore some commonly used phrasal verbs with back in them. When you want to copy over all your files from your laptop ...

Don't put off learning some phrasal verbs with put. We explain more in this lesson. To put someone down can mean to insult someone or say they are bad. They always put their brother down. I don't know ...

A phrasal verb is a verb that is combined with a preposition (e.g. in, on, with) or an adverbial particle (e.g. up, out, off) The preposition or adverbial particle extend the meaning of the verb to ...

Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...

Phrasal verbs represent a practically limitless group of verbs that can be combined with short adverbs or prepositions to produce new meanings. Here are some examples: Phrasal verbs are ubiquitous in ...