20 Everyday Phrasal Verbs You Already Need

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Group 1

Morning & Daily Routine

These five come up almost every single day — in real conversations, not textbooks. Tap each to hear it and see it used.

wake uptap

stop sleepingजागनाI wake up at 6 AM.

get uptap

get out of bedबिस्तर से उठनाHe got up late today.

put ontap

start wearingपहननाPut on your jacket.

take offtap

remove (clothes)उतारनाTake off your shoes inside.

turn on/offtap

start/stop a deviceचालू/बंद करनाTurn off the lights.

I usually ___ around 6:30, but I don’t get out of bed right away.

“Wake up” is stopping sleep — you’re still in bed. “Get up” is the next step, actually leaving the bed.“Wake up” neend khulna hai, “get up” bistar se uthna.

It’s freezing outside — ___ your coat before you leave.

“Put on” starts wearing something — the opposite of “take off.”

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Group 2

Home & Chores

The phrasal verbs you’ll hear inside your own house, every day.

clean uptap

tidy, make neatसाफ़ करनाClean up your room.

throw awaytap

put in the trashफेंक देनाThrow away the old milk.

pick uptap

lift, or collect someoneउठाना / लेने जानाI’ll pick you up at 8.

fill in/outtap

complete a formभरनाFill in this form, please.

set uptap

install, prepareलगाना, तैयार करनाCan you set up the Wi-Fi?

This is the form — please can you ___?

This exact sentence is a classic — “fill it in” is British English for completing a form (Americans often say “fill it out”).

Don’t ___ that box — we might need it later.

“Throw away” — permanently getting rid of something.

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Group 3

Work & Problems

These are the ones from your screenshot — the exact phrasal verbs that show up in office conversations and problem-solving.

look intotap

investigateजांच करनाWe’re looking into the issue.

put offtap

postpone, delayटालनाLet’s put off the meeting.

come up withtap

think of, inventसोचना, बनानाWe need to come up with a plan.

figure outtap

understand, solveसमझ पानाI can’t figure out why it broke.

bring uptap

mention, raise a topicबात उठानाWhy are you bringing that up now?

Police are ___ connections between the two cases.

“Look into” means to investigate or examine something closely.

We really need to ___ a solution before Friday’s deadline.

“Come up with” — to think of or invent an idea, plan, or solution.

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Group 4

Social & Relationships

For talking about friends, hanging out, and everyday social life.

hang outtap

spend casual timeसमय बितानाWant to hang out this weekend?

get alongtap

have a good relationshipबनती है (relation)We get along really well.

run intotap

meet by chanceअचानक मिलनाI ran into her at the mall.

look forward totap

feel excited aboutबेसब्री से इंतज़ारI’m looking forward to the trip.

catch uptap

share recent newsबातें share करनाLet’s catch up over coffee.

You won’t believe who I ___ at the airport yesterday!

“Run into” — meeting someone unexpectedly, by chance, not planned.

I’m really ___ seeing you next month.

Remember: it’s “looking forward to” + verb-ing (“seeing,” not “see”).

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Warning

The mistake almost every learner makes

Guessing the meaning from the individual words

“Look into” doesn’t mean looking inside something — it means to investigate. “Come up with” has nothing to do with physically coming up anywhere. Phrasal verbs are a single unit of meaning — learn each one as its own word, not as two separate words stuck together.

Separable vs. inseparable — does it matter which order the words go in?

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Some phrasal verbs let you split the verb and particle around an object — “turn off the light” or “turn the light off,” both correct. Others never split — you always say “look into the problem,” never “look the problem into.” There’s no shortcut here; this is learned per phrase, through exposure.
Kuch phrasal verbs split ho sakte hain object ke around, kuch bilkul nahi hote — yeh har phrase ke saath practice se hi yaad hota hai.

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Hindi

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हिंदी सारांश (Hindi Transcript)

इस पाठ में हमने 20 सबसे आम phrasal verbs सीखे, जो रोज़मर्रा की ज़िंदगी में बार-बार इस्तेमाल होते हैं — सुबह की दिनचर्या (wake up, get up, put on), घर के काम (clean up, throw away, fill in), ऑफिस और समस्याओं से जुड़े (look into, put off, come up with), और दोस्तों व रिश्तों से जुड़े (hang out, run into, catch up)।

सबसे ज़रूरी बात यह समझनी है कि phrasal verb का मतलब उसके अलग-अलग शब्दों से अंदाज़ा नहीं लगाया जा सकता — जैसे “look into” का मतलब अंदर देखना नहीं, बल्कि जांच करना होता है। इसे एक ही नए शब्द की तरह याद रखना चाहिए, दो अलग शब्दों की तरह नहीं।

कुछ phrasal verbs अलग हो सकते हैं (जैसे “turn off the light” या “turn the light off” दोनों सही हैं), जबकि कुछ कभी अलग नहीं होते (जैसे “look into the problem”)। यह फर्क सिर्फ practice aur exposure से याद होता है — कोई शॉर्टकट नहीं है।

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Practice Quiz

Quick Check

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1. “I can’t figure out how this works” means:

2. Which sentence uses “put off” correctly?

3. “We get along really well” describes:

4. Complete: “I’m looking forward to ___ you.”

5. Which phrasal verb never splits from its object?

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