Phrasal Verbs List - Charlie, your teacher of English
phrasal verb

meaning

example sentence

go over (two
definitions)

To study or explain something

Let's go over the rules before we
begin.

To happen in a particular manner
How did your talk go over?

go without sth To suffer lack or deprivation; to be
deprived of

Many have to go without enough
food

grow apart

To stop being friends over time [for
people] to separate from one another
gradually.

Over the years, they grew apart
from each other. Ted and Sharon
grew apart and saw less and less of
each other.

grow back

To regrow; to grow back again

My roses grew back this summer.

grow into sth

To grow enough to fit into something.

The shirt is a little large, but he will
grow into it. My shoes are too big, but
I will grow into them.

grow out of
sth

To get too big for; to grow so much that Elizabeth needs a new pair of shoes
some article of clothing does not fit.
because she has grown out of her
old ones.

grow up

To become an adult

When Jack grows up he wants to be
a fireman.

hand sth
down

To give sth used to sb else

I handed my old comic books down
to my little cousin.

hand sth in

To submit something by hand

I have to hand in my essay by
Friday.

13