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

meaning

example sentence

dress up

To wear nice clothing; to put on special
clothes to appear particularly appealing
and attractive

It's a fancy restaurant so we have to
dress up.

drop back

To move back in a position/group; to go Andrea dropped back to third place
slowly and lose one's position in a march when she fell off her bike.
or procession

drop in/ by/
over

To come without an appointment

I might drop in/by/over for tea
sometime this week.

drop sb/ sth
off

To take sb/ sth somewhere and leave
them/it there

I have to drop my sister off at work
before I come over.

drop out

To quit a class, school etc

I dropped out of Science because it
was too difficult.

eat out

To eat at a restaurant

I don't feel like cooking tonight. Let's
eat out.

end up

To eventually reach/do/decide

We ended up renting a movie instead
of going to the theatre.

fall apart

To break into pieces

My new dress fell apart in the
washing machine.

fall down

To fall to the ground

The picture that you hung up last
night fell down this morning.

fall out

To separate from an interior

The money must have fallen out of
my pocket.

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