Phrasal verbs list with meanings

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Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verb	Meaning	Spanish	Example
look up	search for information	buscar (información)	Look the word up in a dictionary.
look forward to	wait for with pleasure	tener ganas de	I look forward to meeting you.
find out	discover	enterarse, descubrir	I found out yesterday.
figure out	solve, understand	resolver, entender	We figured out the problem.
set up	organize, install	organizar, configurar	Can you set up the meeting?
follow up	contact again about something	dar seguimiento	I will follow up next week.
carry out	do, perform	llevar a cabo	They carried out a survey.
come up with	think of an idea	ocurrírsele, idear	She came up with a good idea.
give up	stop trying	rendirse, dejar	Do not give up.
put off	delay	postergar	Do not put off the call.
turn down	refuse	rechazar	He turned down the offer.
take on	accept a task	asumir	I took on more responsibility.
deal with	handle	lidiar con	How do you deal with stress?
get along with	have a good relationship	llevarse bien con	I get along with my team.
catch up	update each other	ponerse al día	Let us catch up on Friday.
run out of	have no more	quedarse sin	We ran out of time.
bring up	mention a topic	mencionar, sacar un tema	She brought up the budget.
call off	cancel	cancelar	They called off the meeting.
sign up for	register	inscribirse en	I signed up for a course.
work out	exercise, or find a solution	hacer ejercicio, resultar	It worked out well.
break down	stop working, or split into parts	descomponerse, desglosar	The car broke down.
pick up	collect, or learn casually	recoger, aprender sin esfuerzo	She picked up Italian in a year.
end up	finally be in a situation	terminar (en)	We ended up staying home.
fill in	complete a form	completar (un formulario)	Please fill in this form.
hand in	submit	entregar	Hand in your report on Monday.
point out	show, mention	señalar	He pointed out a mistake.
get back to	reply later	responder más tarde	I will get back to you tomorrow.
go over	review	repasar	Let us go over the numbers.
sort out	solve, organize	resolver, ordenar	We need to sort this out.
make up	invent, or reconcile	inventar, reconciliarse	Do not make up an excuse.

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Learn the whole phrase, not only the verb: look up, not look.
Group them by verb (take on, take off) or by topic (work, travel).
Notice them in real articles and shows, then copy the sentence.

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