Important Phrasal Verb Set – 6
Important Phrasal Verb Set – 6
A phrasal verb is a combination of words (a verb + a Preposition or verb +adverb) that when used together, usually take on a different meaning to that of the original verb.
Phrasal Verb – Cage in , Cake in, Calculate on , Call, Camp, Cancel, Care, Carry, Carve
1) Cage
Cage in – Make somebody feel that he is in a cage.
2) Cake
Cake in /With – Cover something thickly with something that becomes hard when dry.
3) Calculate
Calculate on – Depend or rely on
4) Call
Call about – Visit somebody to discuss something
Call at – Visit a place
Call by – Visit a place or a person briefly when passing by a house, etc.
Call down – Reprimand or scold somebody severely.
Call for – Require, demand or need something.
Call forth- Demand, bring into play, cause to appear
Call in – Request, order the return of something.
Call off – Stop or give the order to stop.
Call on – Visit a person.
Call out- Give a greeting, make a request
Call over – Visit casually
Call round – Pay a visit to
Call up- Reach, communicate with by telephone.
Call upon – Invoke
5) Camp
Camp up – Overact to an absurd degree and in such a way as to please an unsophisticated audience
6) Cancel
Cancel out – Be equal to something in force and effect
Cannon against – Collide heavily with somebody/Something
7) Care
Care for – Like or Love
8) Carp
Carp at / about – Complain Continually about unimportant matters.
9) Carry
Carry along – Help to continue or complete a task etc
Carry away – Move or fill somebody with emotion so that he no longer has full control over his thoughts etc
Carry back – Take somebody back in memory
Carry forward – Transfer the total of figures in a column or on a page to a new column or page.
Carry on – Continue doing something.
Carry out – Fulfil something.
Carry over – Retain as an item to be dealt with at a later date.
Carry through – Sustain
Carry with – Obtain or keep the support of
10) Carve
Carve out – Make, Build a career as a result or great effort.
Carve up – dismember
