Learning about multi-verb is really interesting. These multi-word verbs find their application in various content where puns or sarcasm are used.
50+ Multi-Word Verbs from A to Z
- Add up to = cost
- Back up = reverse defend or support
- Break down = stop working
- Call off = cancel
- Calm down = relax
- Come across = find
- Come by = visit
- Dress up = put on nice clothes
- Drop-in/drop by = visit
- Figure out = come to understand
- Fill in/fill out = complete a form
- Find out = discover
- Get away with = avoid punishment
- Get rid of = dispose of
- Give away = reveal a secret
- Give in/give up = concede
- Go over = review
- Hand in/turn in = submit
- Hang out with = join
- Keep up = continue to
- Let down = disappoint
- Load up on = stockpile
- Look after = supervise
- Look down on = think less of
- Look forward to = anticipate
- Look into = investigate
- Look out for = protect
- Look over = examine
- Look up to = respect
- Make up = fabricate, invent
- Pass away = die
- Pass out = faint
- Pick out = choose
- Put off = postpone
- Put up with = tolerate
- Run into = encounter
- Run out of = be depleted
- Set up = organize
- Sit in for = substitute
- Split up = divide
- Stand by = defend or support
- Think over = consider
- Throw away = dispose of
- Try out = test Try out this
- Turn down = refuse
- Use up = deplete
- Catch up with = succeed in reaching a person/ talk to someone
- Get on with = perform or make progress in a specified way.
- Look up to = have a great deal of respect for
- Stick up for = support or defend
- Face up to = to deal with someone or something
- Look forward to = to wait for eagerly
- Put up with = to tolerate something
- Walk out on = depart or leave suddenly
- Get away with = escape blame or punishment,
- Look down on = regard (someone) with a feeling of superiority.
- Run away with = escape the control of
- Watch out for = used to warn someone of danger
- Do out of = to unfairly prevent (someone) from getting or having