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Grammar Lists Main Menu.This compilation of phrasal verbs+prepositions is from:
Azar, B.S.(1985). Fundamentals of English Grammar. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. 338-339.
Deakins, A. H., Parry, K., Viscount,
R. R. (1994). The Tapestry Grammar: A Reference for
Learners of English. Boston:
Heinle & Heinle. p. 297.
| Verb | Particle | Preposition | Synonym |
| break | up | with | separate from |
| catch | on | to | understand |
| catch | up | on | discover the latest information |
| catch | up | with | overtake |
| check | in | on | visit briefly |
| check | up | on | examine |
| check | out | of | leave |
| close | in | on | approach |
| come | down | with | catch a disease |
| come | up | with | find |
| cut | down | on | reduce |
| drop | in | on | visit unannounced |
| drop | out | of | stop attending school |
| end | up | with | finish |
| fool | around | with | have fun while wasting time |
| get | along | with | be congenial |
| get | away | from | leave |
| get | away | with | avoid punishment |
| get | back | from | return from a trip |
| get | back | to | return |
| get | down | to | concentrate |
| get | through | with | finish |
| give | in | to | yield |
| give | up | on | quit |
| go | in | for | try |
| grow | up | in | become an adult |
| keep | up | with | maintain the same pace as someone |
| look | down | on | consider oneself superior to |
| look | in | on | visit |
| look | up | to | admire |
| look | out | for | be careful |
| make | away | with | steal |
| pick | up | on | realize |
| put | up | with | endure |
| run | out | of | finish the supply of something |
| stand | up | for | support |
| tear | out | of | remove a piece of paper from a book or notebook |
| watch | out | for | be careful |
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