A Daily Updated Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs
Definition: to meet somebody or find something by chance
Examples: I came across one of my old friends this morning. ○ She came across a torn letter while sorting out the drawer.
Definition: to be understood
Example: What the teacher said, I'm afraid, didn't come across.
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Definition: to help somebody to take off/put on a garment
Example: Can I help you on with your coat?
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Definition: to manage to live with difficulty (on a small income)
Example: I was amazed he could scrape along on the pittance they paid.
Usage note: informal phrasal verb
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Definition: to turn the pages of something, e.g. a book, quickly
Example: She spent half an hour in the bookshop thumbing through fashion magazines.
Derivative: thumb-through (noun)
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Definition: to do somebody's work temporarily
Example: Jack's gone on holiday, so I'm filling in for him at the next meeting.
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Definition: to divide something into parts
Example: The small plot of land was parcelled out among the four brothers.
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Definition: to get rid of somebody/something
Examples: The incompetent clerk was done away with. ○ Many countries have done away with the death penalty.
Usage note: informal phrasal verb
Definition: to kill oneself/somebody/something
Examples: She told me about a song that could make people want to do away with themselves. ○ The hunter did away with the bear.
Usage note: informal phrasal verb
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Definition: to consider something in detail in advance
Example: The book shows students how to plan out an essay.
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do away with | do with | get down to | jog along/on | lose out (to) | make off | rake in | scrape along/by (on) | take up on | whistle for | yank off | zero in (on)
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parcel out | pass as/for | peter out | piece together | plan out | put about | put up
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carry off | come across | come down with
detract from | do away with | do with | dwell on/upon
eat out | eat up | edit out (of)
fetch up | figure out | fill in (for)
gamble on | get down to | go without
habituate to | hang back (from) | head for | help off/on with
linger on | look down on | look over | look up to | lose out (to)
make off | marry in/into | measure up (to)
parcel out | pass as/for | peter out | piece together | plan out | put about | put up
scrape along/by (on) | sell off | set out | shop around (for)
take up on | thumb through | trade off (against) | turn against
weigh down | whistle for | whittle away
