150 High Frequency Phrasal Verbs: a – K

get in / get out
enter / leave a car
🔹 Get in the car, Jamie, we’ve got to go.
🔹 Don’t smoke in my car, please. Get out.


get on (with) (1)
have a good relationship with somebody
🔹 Steve doesn’t get on with his boss so he has decided to look for another job.
(Synonym: get along (with))


get on (with) (2)
continue, make progress with sth
🔹 Let your sister get on with her homework, please.
🔹 “How are you getting on with painting your house?” – “We’ve almost finished.”


get on / get off
enter, mount / leave or dismount a bus, bike, train, boat, plane, horse etc
🔹 Quick! Get on! The bus is about to go!
🔹 Liam! Get off your sister’s bike! It’s too small for you!


get over
recover from something
🔹 “Have you got over your cold yet?” – “Yes thanks, I’m feeling much better.”
🔹 It took Andy a few years to get over losing his dog.
🔹 Penny didn’t get the promotion but she’ll get over it.


get together
meet socially, meet to discuss sth
🔹 How about getting together on Friday? We could go out for dinner.
🔹 We’re getting together next week to discuss the building proposals.


get up
leave your bed (usually to begin your day)
🔹 George got up, had a shower, and went to work.


give up
renounce sth; stop doing sth that you’ve regularly done.
🔹 I was so happy when my brother gave up smoking.
go ahead
proceed
🔹 “Could I use your phone?” – “Yes, of course, go ahead.“
🔹 The meeting is going ahead even though quite a few people can’t attend.
🔹  (when you’ve interrupted somebody): “Sorry, go ahead, what were you saying?”


go away
leave your home for a period of time, especially for a holiday.
🔹 I need to pack; we’re going away for the weekend.


go off (1)
ring, sound (eg. alarm clocks, fire alarms…)
🔹 I was late for work because my alarm clock didn’t go off.


 go off (2)
stop liking or lose interest in sb/sth
🔹 I used to like U2 but I went off them.
🔹 The dog isn’t very well. He’s gone off his food.


go out 
leave your house (especially to do something social)
🔹 “Is Jack in?” – “No, sorry, he’s gone out.”
🔹 Monica loves playing the guitar and going out with her friends.


go over
review sth (to ensure it’s correct or understood)
🔹 I went over the figures again with the accountant.
🔹 The teacher asked us which grammar areas we wanted to go over before the exam.


grow on
If sb/sth grows on you, you start to like them more and more
🔹  I didn’t like the city much at first but it grew on me.


grow out of
become too big for sth
🔹 When my son has grown out of clothes we give them to his cousins or to charity.


grow up
spend your childhood, become an adult
🔹 Valentina lives in Paris but she grew up in Brazil.
Grow your Vocabulary! Another word for adult is grown-up. It’s a word children use, or adults use when talking to children. eg. If you need to use scissors, ask a grown-up to help you.
hand in
give something such as an exam or a form to somebody so that they can correct it or read it
🔹 The teacher asked John why he hadn’t handed in his homework.


hand out
distribute something by hand
🔹 Henry was standing outside the station, handing out free newspapers.


hang on
We use this to tell somebody to wait
🔹  Hang on, I’m just going to get my coat and then we can go.
🔹  Hang on, you’ve got it all wrong. That’s not what I said.


hang up
end a phone call
🔹 Don’t hang up. I want to ask Mum something.
NB. The past is ‘hung’ not ‘hanged’.
🔹  Linda hung up before I could apologise to her.


have (got) on
be wearing
🔹 Why have you still got your pyjamas on? It’s eleven o’clock!
🔹  That dress you had on at your sister’s wedding, where did you get it?


have over / have round
receive a guest in your home
🔹 We’re having some friends over for dinner tonight. Would you like to join us?
🔹 Gabriel has a friend round. They’re doing their homework together.