Two and Three Part Verb that Usually Shown in TOEFL Test for Listening

No.	Verb	Meaning	Example
1.	Break into	Unlawfully enter	Someone tried to break into my house.
2.	Break off	End	They’ve decided to break off their relationship
3.	Brush up	Review, Relearn	I have to brush up on the rules before start it
4.	Brush it off	Not let it have an effect	He read the untrue stories about himself but he tried to brush it off.
5.	Call on	Visit	I’ll call on the new neighbors this afternoon.
6.	Call off	Cancel	The teacher had to call off the class on Friday.
7.	Call for	Request, Suggest	The politician should call for a decrease in taxes.
8.	Call up	Telephone	Can you call me up at nine?
9.	Carry off	Succeed	I’m really going to carry it off.
10.	Carry on	Continue	She tried hard to carry on with her life.
11.	Cut down	Decrease it	He needs to cut down smoking.
12.	Cut off	Stop the supply of	The electricity should be cut off.
13.	Cut it out	Stop it	He kept teasing me so I told him to cut it out.
14.	Come across	Unexpectedly find	We were lucky to come across the waterfall.
15.	Come down with	Get sick with	She thinks she is about to come down with the flu.
16.	Get ahead	Advance	He really wants to get ahead in his career.
17.	Get along with	Be friendly	She is easily able to get along with everyone.
18.	Get at	Imply	I didn’t understand what you are trying to get at
19.	Get back at	Get revenge against	She wants to do something to get back at him.
20.	Get by	Manage	We have enough money to get by for a month
21.	Get over	Recover from	She was sick but now she has started to get over it
22.	Get rid of	Throw away	I need to get rid some of the clothes.
23.	Give it away	Donate	I don’t need this bicycle anymore, I’ll give it away.
24.	Give back	Return	I think I should give this books back
25.	Give up	Surrunder	I’ve done all I can. I give up.
26.	Hold off	Postpone	I’m going to hold off taking my vocation.
27.	Keep up	Continue	He likes my job and wants me to keep it up.
28.	Lay off	Fire	The company is going to lay off the employee.
29.	Look after	Take care of	Could you look after my cats while I’m out?
30.	Look into	Investigate	The police decided to look into it further.
31.	Look it over	Look at it briefly	Could you take a few minutes to look it over?
32.	Pick on	Bother	He always used to pick on his younger sister.
33.	Pick out	Choose	You’ll have to pick out just one dress.
34.	Pick up	Come and get	Could you pick me up after school today?
35.	Play up	Increase the significant of	The newspapers tend to play up sensational stories if they want to improve the reader.
36.	Pull it off	Succeed	He work hard to pull it off
37.	Put off	Delay	The teacher has to put off the exam.
38.	Put on	Dress in	She put on her coat before going out.
39.	Put up	Tolerate	It’s difficult to put up with him.
40.	Run into	Unexpectedly meet	I was surprised to run into my old friend.
41.	Run out off	Completely use the supply of	If I didn’t buy milk at the store, we would run out off at breakfast.
42.	Show off	Try to attract attention	She tends to show off a lot.
43.	Show up	Arrive	He was supposed to come but didn’t show up.
44.	Take places	Happen	When the wedding will take place?
45.	Take turns	Alternate	We like do the dishes, so we take turns.
46.	Take up	Begin (a hobby)	Golf is a sport that I would like to take up.
47.	Turn down	Refuse	She turned down his application.
48.	Turn in	Submit	The students must turn in their paper tomorrow.
49.	Turn into fish	Become	I swim a lot, I feel that I’m going to turn into a fish.
50.	Wear out	Tire	I know he is going to wear out soon.

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