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.