the most commonly used two word verbs

Verb	Meaning	Example
call on	ask to recite in class يطلب من / يسأل	The teacher called on students in the back row.
call on (2)	visit يزور	The old minister continued to call on his sick parishioners.
get over	recover from sickness or disappointment يشفى من مرض او من خيبة امل	I got over the flu, but I don't know if I'll ever get over my broken heart.
go over	review يراجع	The students went over the material before the exam. They should have gone over it twice.
go through	use up;  consume	They country went through most of its coal reserves in one year. Did he go through all his money already?
look after	take care of	My mother promised to look after my dog while I was gone.
look into	investigate	The police will look into the possibilities of embezzlement.
run across	find by chance	I ran across my old roommate at the college reunion.
run into	meet	Carlos ran into his English professor in the hallway.
take after	resemble	My second son seems to take after his mother.
wait on	serve	It seemed strange to see my old boss wait on tables.

Three-Word Phrasal Verbs (Transitive) With the following phrasal verbs, you will find three parts: "My brother dropped out of school before he could graduate."
Verb	Meaning	Example
break in on	interrupt (a conversation)	I was talking to Mom on the phone when the operator broke in on our call.
catch up with	keep abreast	After our month-long trip, it was time to catch up with the neighbors and the news around town.
check up on	examine, investigate	The boys promised to check up on the condition of the summer house from time to time.
come up with	to contribute (suggestion, money)	After years of giving nothing, the old parishioner was able to come up with a thousand-dollar donation.
cut down on	curtail (expenses)	We tried to cut down on the money we were spending on entertainment.
drop out of	leave school	I hope none of my students drop out of school this semester.
get along with	have a good relationship with	I found it very hard to get along with my brother when we were young.
get away with	escape blame	Janik cheated on the exam and then tried to get away with it.
get rid of	eliminate	The citizens tried to get rid of their corrupt mayor in the recent election.
get through with	finish	When will you ever get through with that program?
keep up with	maintain pace with	It's hard to keep up with the Joneses when you lose your job!
look forward to	anticipate with pleasure	I always look forward to the beginning of a new semester.
look down on	despise	It's typical of a jingoistic country that the citizens look down on their geographical neighbors.
look in on	visit (somebody)	We were going to look in on my brother-in-law, but he wasn't home.
look out for	be careful, anticipate	Good instructors will look out for early signs of failure in their students
look up to	respect	First-graders really look up to their teachers.
make sure of	verify	Make sure of the student's identity before you let him into the classroom.
put up with	tolerate	The teacher had to put up with a great deal of nonsense from the new students.
run out of	exhaust supply	The runners ran out of energy before the end of the race.
take care of	be responsible for	My oldest sister took care of us younger children after Mom died.
talk back to	answer impolitely	The star player talked back to the coach and was thrown off the team.
think back on	recall	I often think back on my childhood with great pleasure.
walk out on	abandon	Her husband walked out on her and their three children.

Intransitive Phrasal Verbs The following phrasal verbs are not followed by an object: "Once you leave home, you can never really go back again."
Verb	Meaning	Example
break down	stop functioning	That old Jeep had a tendency to break down just when I needed it the most.
catch on	become popular	Popular songs seem to catch on in California first and then spread eastward.
come back	return to a place	Father promised that we would never come back to this horrible place.
come in	enter	They tried to come in through the back door, but it was locked.
come to	regain consciousness	He was hit on the head very hard, but after several minutes, he started to come to again.
come over	to visit	The children promised to come over, but they never do.
drop by	visit without appointment	We used to just drop by, but they were never home, so we stopped doing that.
eat out	dine in a restaurant	When we visited Paris, we loved eating out in the sidewalk cafes.
get by	survive	Uncle Heine didn't have much money, but he always seemed to get by without borrowing money from relatives.
get up	arise	Grandmother tried to get up, but the couch was too low, and she couldn't make it on her own.
go back	return to a place	It's hard to imagine that we will ever go back to Lithuania.
go on	continue	He would finish one Dickens novel and then just go on to the next.
go on (2)	happen	The cops heard all the noise and stopped to see what was going on.
grow up	get older	Charles grew up to be a lot like his father.
keep away	remain at a distance	The judge warned the stalker to keep away from his victim's home.
keep on (with gerund)	continue with the same	He tried to keep on singing long after his voice was ruined.
pass out	lose consciousness, faint	He had drunk too much; he passed out on the sidewalk outside the bar.
show off	demonstrate haughtily	Whenever he sat down at the piano, we knew he was going to show off.
show up	arrive	Day after day, Efrain showed up for class twenty minutes late.
wake up	arouse from sleep	I woke up when the rooster crowed.

the most commonly used two word verbs

Verb	Meaning	Example
blow up	explode يفجر / ينسف	The terrorists tried to blow up the railroad station.
bring up	mention a topic     يصرح بحديث	My mother brought up that little matter of my prison record again.
bring up	raise children يتبنى طفل	It isn't easy to bring up children nowadays.
call off	cancel يلغي	They called off this afternoon's meeting
do over	repeat a job يعيد عمل شئ	Do this homework over.
fill out	complete a form يملأ استمارة	Fill out this application form and mail it in.
fill up	fill to capacity يملأ حتى النهاية	She filled up the grocery cart with free food.
find out	discover  يكتشف	My sister found out that her husband had been planning a surprise party for her.
give away	give something to  someone else for free يعطي بالمجان	The filling station was giving away free gas.
give back	return an object يعيد / يرجع	My brother borrowed my car. I have a feeling he's not about to give it back.
hand in	submit something (assignment) يسلم الواجب او المهمة	The students handed in their papers and left the room.
hang up	put something on hook or receiver تينهي محادثة تليفونية	She hung up the phone before she hung up her clothes.
hold up	delay يؤخر / يؤجل	I hate to hold up the meeting, but I have to go to the bathroom.
hold up (2)	rob يسطو	Three masked gunmen held up the Security Bank this afternoon.
leave out	omit يحذف / يمحو	You left out the part about the police chase down Asylum Avenue.
look over	examine, check يفحص باهتمام	The lawyers looked over the papers carefully before questioning the witness. (They looked them over carefully.)
look up	search in a list يبحث عن كلمة او معلومة	You've misspelled this word again. You'd better look it up.
make up	invent a story or lie يكذب / يلفق قصة	She knew she was in trouble, so she made up a story about going to the movies with her friends.
make out	hear, understand يسمع / يستوعب	He was so far away, we really couldn't make out what he was saying.
pick out	choose يختار	There were three men in the line-up. She picked out the guy she thought had stolen her purse.
pick up	lift something off something else يزيل / يخلع	The crane picked up the entire house. (Watch them pick it up.)
point out	call attention to يصب الاهتمام على	As we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed out the major historical sites.
put away	save or store يخزن / يحفظ	We put away money for our retirement. She put away the cereal boxes.
put off	postpone يؤجل	We asked the boss to put off the meeting until tomorrow. (Please put it off for another day.)
put on	put clothing on the body يرتدي	I put on a sweater and a jacket. (I put them on quickly.)
put out	extinguish يطفئ حريق	The firefighters put out the house fire before it could spread. (They put it out quickly.)
read over	peruse يتصفح	I read over the homework, but couldn't make any sense of it.
set up	to arrange, begin يبدأ / يشرع ف	My wife set up the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set it up.
take down	make a written note  يدون كملحوظة	These are your instructions. Write them down before you forget.
take off	remove clothing يخلع ملابسه	It was so hot that I had to take off my shirt.
talk over	discuss يناقش	We have serious problems here. Let's talk them over like adults.
throw away	discard  يبدد / يضيع / يهمل / يرمي	That's a lot of money! Don't just throw it away.
try on	put clothing on to see if it fits يقيس ملابس	She tried on fifteen dresses before she found one she liked.
try out	test يختبر قبل الشراء	I tried out four cars before I could find one that pleased me.
turn down	lower volume  يخفض الصوت	Your radio is driving me crazy! Please turn it down.
turn down (2)	reject يتم رفضه	He applied for a promotion twice this year, but he was turned down both times.
turn up	raise the volume يرفع الصوت	Grandpa couldn't hear, so he turned up his hearing aid.
turn off	switch off electricity يطفئ الكهرباء	We turned off the lights before anyone could see us.
turn off (2)	repulse يخيب امل / يصد	It was a disgusting movie. It really turned me off.
turn on	switch on the electricity يدير / ينير	Turn on the CD player so we can dance.
use up	exhaust, use completely يستهلك	The gang members used up all the money and went out to rob some more banks.