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

meaning

example sentence

look up to sb

To have a lot of respect for; to view
someone with respect and admiration

My little sister has always looked up
to me.

make sth up

To invent, lie about sth; to invent a story Josie made up a story about why we
or an excuse
were late.

make up

To forgive each other; to resolve a
quarrel

We were angry last night, but we
made up at breakfast.

make sb up

To apply cosmetics to sb

My sisters made me up for my
graduation party.

mix sth up

To confuse two or more things; to
I mixed up the twins' names again!
confuse one person or thing with another

pass away

To die

His uncle passed away last night
after a long illness.

pass out

To faint; to faint; to lose consciousness

It was so hot in the church that an
elderly lady passed out.

pass sth out

To give the same thing to many people

The professor passed the textbooks
out before class.

pass sth up

To decline (usually sth good), not accept I passed up the job because I am
afraid of change.

pay sb back

To return owed money; to return money Thanks for buying my ticket. I'll pay
that was borrowed from a person
you back on Friday.

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