turn out | in the end we discover |
go on | happen |
pick up | get something or someone from a place |
come back | return to a place (the speaker is in that place) |
come up with | produce an idea |
go back | return to a place (the speaker isn't in that place) |
look out | look at something outside or far away |
come down (from) | move from a high place to a lower place |
give up | stop having or doing |
find out | get information |
bring in | bring something to a place (often a workplace) |
go ahead | to begin to do something |
make up | be the parts that form something (often used in the passive with ‘of’) |
come out | appear from a place |
open up | make something be available |
go up | increase (in price or temperature, etc.) |
end up | finally do or be something, especially when you don't expect it |
go out | go to an event/restaurant/pub/party |
check out | look at, especially to find new information |
look back (on) | think about something in the past |
get back | arrive somewhere again, especially your home (+to+place) |
point out | show/mention |
move on | start talking or doing something new |
wake up | change from sleeping to being awake |
look up | raise your eyes |
grow up | become an adult |
put out | publish or tell the public about |
carry out | do and finish a tack or activite |
look around | look at where you are or walk around it to see what is there |
set up | create/arrange |
figure out | think about until you understand / plan (more common in USA) |
take over | take control of |
catch up (be or get caught up) | be involved in something, often something you don’t
want to be |
turn out | in the end we discover |
sit down | change from standing to sitting |
hold up | hold something high up so people can see it |
go in | enter (becomes 'into' with 'to') |
get out | leave a room/building/car |
get up | change from lying or sitting to standing (more casual than 'stand up') |
pull out (of) | take something out of a container |
break down | stop working |
come in/into | enter (the speaker is in that place) |
take out | remove from a container (+ of before a noun) |