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GET ON
Enter a bus, train, plane, etc.
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DRIVE OFF
Drive away from a place
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TAKE OFF
Leave ground (when a plane departs)
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GET ON
Deal with something
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KEEP UP (with)
Maintain a continue action
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LOOK UP (at)
Rise the gaze to something or somebody
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LOOK FORWARD (to)
Anticipate something pleasant
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TAKE OFF
Remove (clothes)
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GET IN
Enter into a room, building, car, etc.
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GET OUT
Leave a room, building, car
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MOVE IN
Move to a new building
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GO IN / WALK IN / BREAK IN
Enter
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LOOK OUT
Look through a window
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GO OUT / MOVE OUT / LET OUT
Leave
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DROP IN / CALL IN
Visit somebody without advice
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JOIN IN
Take part pf an activity
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TAKE (sombody) IN
Deceive somebody
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EAT OUT
Eat in a restaurant, not at home
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DROP OUT
Stop before you have completed
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GET OUT (of something)
Avoid doing something
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CUT OUT
Cut from a a newspaper, magazine, etc.
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LEAVE OUT
Omit, not include
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CROSS OUT
Draw a line through something in a list
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GO OUT / TURN OUT
Turn off a light
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PUT OUT
Turn off a fire, cigarette, light, etc.
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BLOW OUT
Turn off a candle
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WORK OUT
Do physical exercise or Do a calculation (mathematical)
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CARRY OUT
Realize an order, experiment, investigation, etc.
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FALL OUT (with)
Stop being friends
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GIVE OUT / HAND OUT
Give to each person
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POINT OUT
Indicate, show, signal, draw attention
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RUN OUT (of)
Use all, terminate
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SORT OUT
Find a solution / put in order
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TURN OUT (to be)
Become clear / change / clarify
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TRY OUT
Test to see if it is OK
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TURN ON/OFF or SWITCH ON/OFF
For lights or machines
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LEAVE ON/OFF
Keep turn on/off
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PUT ON
For music, a CD, a video
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GO ON
Happen (What's going on?)
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CALL (something) OFF
Cancel it
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PUT ON
Wear (clothes, glasses, make-up, seat belt, etc)
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PUT ON (weight)
Get heavier
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TRY ON
Cloths to see if they fit
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BE OFF
Stay away from a person or a place
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WALK OFF / RUN OFF / DRIVE OFF / RIDE OFF / GO OFF
Similar to walk away, run away, etc.
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SET OFF
Start a journey / left
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SEE (somebody) OFF
Go with them to say good bye
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DRIVE ON / WALK ON / PLAY ON
Continue walking / driving / playing
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GO ON / CARRY ON (with)
Continue doing something
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KEEP ON
do something continuosly or repeteadly
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GET ON (with somebody)
Have a good relationship
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GET ON (with)
Continue doing something you have to do (usually after interruption)
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DOZE OFF / DROP OFF / NOD OFF
Fall asleep
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FINISH OFF
Do the last part of something
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GO OFF
Explode / ring an alarm
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PUT (somebody) OFF
Cause somebody not to want/do something
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RIP (somebody) OFF
Cheat someone
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SHOW OFF
Try to impress people
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TELL (somebody) OFF
Speak angrily to somebody because did something wrong
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PUT (something) UP
Put on a wall
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PICK UP
Lift something from the floor
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STAND UP
Rise to a upright position on the feet
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TURN (something) UP
Increase the volume
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TAKE DOWN
Remove form a wall (opposite of PUT UP)
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PUT (something) DOWN
To place in a surface (opposite of PICK UP)
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SIT DOWN / BEND DOWN / LIE DOWN
Sit / incline / go to bed (opposite of STAND UP)
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TURN (something) DOWN
Reduce (opposite of TURN UP)
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KNOCK DOWN / BLOW DOWN / CUT DOWN
Demolish / Overthrow / Cut a tree
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SLOW DOWN
Reduce the speed
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CUT DOWN (on something)
Eat, drink or do something less often
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BREAK DOWN
Stop working (cars, machines, relationships)
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CLOSE DOWN / SHUT DOWN
Stop doing business
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LET (somebody) DOWN
Disappoint or fail somebody
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TURN (somebody/something) DOWN
Refuse, reject (for applications or offers)
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WRITE (something) DOWN
Write something on paper
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GO UP / COME UP / WALK UP
Approach
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CATCH (somebody) UP
Move faster to catch sombody
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SET UP
Start an organization, a company, business, system, etc.
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TAKE UP
Start doing a hobby, a sport, activity, etc.
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FIX UP
Arrange (a meeting, etc.)
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BRING UP
Raise, look after a child
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CLEAN UP / CLEAR UP / TIDY UP
Make something clean, tidy
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WASH UP
Wash the plates, dishes, etc.
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END UP
Terminate or to reach a final place
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GIVE UP
Stop trying / doing something
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MAKE UP
Be made of something, consists of
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TAKE UP
Use space or time
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TURN UP / SHOW UP
Arrive, appear
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USE (something) UP
Use all of something, nothing is left
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BRING UP
Introduce something in a conversation (a topic)
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COME UP
Something be introduced in a conversation
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COME UP (with)
Produce an idea or suggestion
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MAKE (something) UP
Invent something that is not true
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SAVE UP
Save money to buy something
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CLEAR UP
Become bright (for weather)
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BLOW UP
Explode, or destroy with a bomb
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TEAR (something) UP
Tear it into pieces
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BEAT (somebody) UP
Hit somebody repeatedly
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BREAK UP / SPLIT UP
Separate
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DO UP
Fasten, tie: a coat, a shoelace, buttons, etc.
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DO UP
Repair and improve: a building, a room, etc.
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LOOK UP
Look in the dictionary or encyclopedia
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PUT UP (with something)
Tolerate something
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HOLD UP
Delay a person or a plan
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MIX UP
Confuse people or things
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GO AWAY / DRIVE AWAY / FLY AWAY / BLEW AWAY / RUN AWAY / TOOK AWAY
Away from home
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BE BACK / WALK BACK / GIVE BACK / PUT BACK / GO BACK / COME BACK / TAKE BACK
Return
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GET AWAY
Escape, leave with difficulty
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GET AWAY (with something)
Do something wrong without be caught
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KEEP AWAY (from)
Don't go near
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GIVE (something) AWAY
Give something because you don't want it anymore
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PUT AWAY
Put in a place where is kept (out of sight)
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THROW (something) AWAY
Put something in the rubbish
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WAVE BACK / SMILE BACK / SHOUT BACK / WRITE BACK / HIT BACK
Return someone a geeting
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CALL/PHONE/RING BACK
Return a phone call
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GET BACK (to somebody)
Reply somebody by email, phone, etc.
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LOOK BACK
Think about what happened in the past
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PAY BACK
Return loan money
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