10000+ Phrasal Verbs List With Examples – “A”

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Abide by – to comply; to accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation). (पालन करना/मानना)

• Being Indian citizens, we must abide by the rules of our constitution.
• All of you have to abide by what the group admins say.
• if you want to survive here, you’ve to abide by our rules.
• one should abide by the traffic rules to prevent accidents.
• We should abide by the instructions of our teachers because they shape our destiny and bring glory to our lives.

Account for – to explain the reason for something
(किसी बात का कारण समझाना) 

• All admins are to account for the unnecessary pieces of stuff that have been sent.
• The Watchman had to account for the robbery that had burst into our colony.
• it’s he who should be accounted for this heavy loss.
• How would you account for the failure of your presentation to the boss?
• My brother was accounted for the cancellation of my marriage.
• Sashi Tharoor is accounted for the all-new words that he used because most of them cannot be understood by the average learner.

Ache for – to have a strong desire for sth or sb to get it.(किसी चीज के लिए तरसना)

• I’ve been aching for my GF since the lockdown was imposed.
• it’s been just a few days since I stopped using tobacco products, and I’ve already started aching for them.

 

act on/upon sth – (a). do whatever is advised/suggested. (जो भी सलाह/सुझाव दिया जाए वह करें।)

• The police acted on/upon the peace of information from an informant and busted the sex racket.
• We must be prepared to act on sth in the blink of an eye.
• Cops acted on the rumours that were spread by the mischievous guy about the terrorist.
• Everybody must act on his/her English speaking skills based on what he/she learns from great speakers.

(b). affect

• spreading rumours against us won’t act on/upon our relationship.
• No matter who comes between me and my bae, it won’t impact our relationship; it’s as strong as a rock.
• Having an excessive amount of tobacco can act on/upon your lungs.
• The company of bad people doesn’t act on me.

Act out – (a). to perform something ( especially by your gestures that might be of a scene or a task)

• My friend acted out the role of Ravana on stage during Rama Navami.
• All of you have to act out in each activity of our group.
• She acted out her feelings all the while through her eyes.
• I was encouraged to act out enthusiastically in the dance competition by my friends.
• His performances can act out when he plays a character that is appreciated.

(b). to express one’s emotions in one’s behaviour.

• He acted out his anger during the fight.
• You should not have acted out your emotions publicly on social media when criticized, especially as a celebrity.

 

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Act up – to misbehave (behave awkwardly or badly); (दुर्व्यवहार करना)

• Do not act up with our group members or else, we’ll kick you out of this group.
• The students start acting up before their teacher when he announces to conduct a test.
• He is the guy who acts up with everyone for no reason.
• Stay away from those who act up over petty things.

Add on – to attach sth to make it a part of that.

• WhatsApp has one more new feature – added on last week.
• He used to read the newspaper every single day, and due to this habit. He added lots of new words.

Add up – To make sense and seem reasonable

• I hastily added up the answers of five mathematics questions in the exam hall to review them at home and verify if I was correct or not.
• The assassin was finally arrested, for his statements did not add up (align) to the previous ones.
• Consume a few more calories; they will add up (contribute) to your overall weight gain.

Add up to – (a) have a particular result

• The boy has cracked the UPSC exam. It added up to a lot of hard work.
• If you complete this task. It’ll add up (lead) to lots of rewards.
• The organization that she has been running for a long time has added up (yielded) to very positive results among youths.

(b) combine to produce a particular result

• I had 3000 rupees to pay the bill that was ordered by my bae, but it didn’t add up to much when I had a look at the bill, as it was 5000 rupees.

 

Agree with – (a) to have the same opinion as sb else has that has been put forward; to be in unison or assent with another; to be in accord with

• How many of you guys agree with the corporal punishments that happen in school?

(b). affect (to be good for your health)

• Do not eat this food that will not agree with your stomach.

 

Agree to – (a).to accept sb els’s proposal/plan/suggestion….etc

• The girl agreed to (accepted) an offer of 1 million dollars that was made by a bawd to share a bed with a wealthy old man.
• why don’t you agree to our plan to bring them to our trip to make it more enjoyable?
• I agreed to change the technology of social media because it acts on/upon people to a great extent.

Agree on – to come to an agreement to one point 

• All of us agreed on the activities for our WhatsApp group except her

 

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Aim at – (a). target

• I’m going to create a website where I’ll be posting Hindi-to-English content. I will be exclusively aiming at Indians.

(b). to intend/mean to achieve/do something

• We’ve aimed at teaching poor students free of cost.

 

Aim to – to try or plan to do sth

• I aim to go to the park along with my GF.
• Are you aiming to go for higher education?

 

Allow for – to include sth in a plan for the best experience

• We’d create an English learning WhatsApp group and that would allow for the best English content.

 

Allow of – to permit

• We’ll not allow of advertising anything on our platform.
• The parents, living next to our home allow their children of to go to play in the evening.

 

Angle for – to make an effort to get sth indirectly.

• The guy was angling for her number, but she didn’t even notice.
• The student angled for the teacher’s help to get a better score.

 

Answer back – reply rudely

• Please do not have your finger in every pie of him, otherwise, he may publicly start answering you back.

 

Answer for – to be responsible for sth

• All of you have to answer for the incident that happened last night.
• You’re the one that was left right after finishing the match. Therefore, you’re to be answered for the stolen trophy.
• All of the workers had to answer for the accident in which people were dropped like flies.
• You’re the one that has been left right after finishing the match. Therefore, you’d  have to answer for the stolen trophy so go to the chairmen and eat a humble pie before them
• Don’t need to answer for him, for I know both of you are the birds of the same feather and now, you guys must get ready to bear the brunt.
• If I leave this WhatsApp group, the admins will answer for it.
• My sister answerd for my business had gone downhill due to excessive alcohol consumption in the meeting.

Argue down – (a). defeat someone in a discussion.

• Sandeep Patra argued the molwi down.
• In order to argue him down, who’s considered to be a dabster in a debate, you must burn the midnight oil and gain an ample amount of knowledge to knock him down.
• The charming girl always argues the vegetable vendor down to get a discount of up to 10 to 20 %. She knows how to argue sb down as she belongs to a poor family and does not want to let their siblings and parents suffer from hunger this is why she is playing this trick with people and keeping the wolf from the door.

 

 

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(b). persuade the seller to drop off the price of the product.

• Old lady the so-and-so always argues the vegetable vendor down ten to twenty percent.

 

Argue out – (v). In order to find the solution, one argues a lot.

• The younger brother argued the property dispute out between the siblings through an argument
• The younger brother started arguing the property dispute out between his elder brothers as there was left no stone unturned.

Ask about/after – to enquire professionally

• Being a boss, he had to ask about/after my health and wished me to get well soon.

 

Ask around/round/over – (a). ask lots of people the same question in order to be helped.

• The mother asked around everywhere so as to find the missing son in the flood.
• (let’s modify a wee the previous sentence)The mother was keeping the body and soul together and asking around everywhere for her missing son in the flood. She didn’t lay down the arms even after going through such a hard time.

(b). to invite sb.

• He asks his GF around for dinner to have carnal pleasure.
• I was likely to ask my math teacher in, but I met an accident.
• He always looks his gf with a lustful eyes and today, even he asks her around for dinner to make her agree to have a carnal pleasure with him.

 

Ask for – (a). to act up in a way that provokes a negative reaction

• If you mess up with him, you’ll be asking for trouble.

(b). Make a request to have sth.

• She was so pretty that insisted me to ask for her number to make her my friend.

 

ask out (on a date) – invite sb on a date.

• I’d hots for the girl so I asked her out hesitantly.

 

Ask in – to invite someone to come inside to your home.

• I asked my teacher in who was having a conversation with my father.

 

Auction off – to sell to the highest bidder

• My boss auctioned off his house as his company was heavily in debt.

 

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