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Phrasal Verb Definition and 100 Most Common Examples List

(A phrasal is a verb and preposition or adverbial particle which acts like an idiomatic expression. A verb can offer a variety of meaning when it is attached with a preposition or an adverbial particle. Each phrasal verb forms a unit of meaning.) For Example:- Bring About = Cause to happen, Bring up = to rear.
(a verb + a preposition or verb +adverb)

Are the following phrasal verbs coming in the use?
     
                                                           Act
                                                  
1.    Act on (to attach)
Acids act on metals.
2.    Act Upon (to act on the line suggested)
The police, acting upon the information they had received, caught the robbers dividing their spoil.
3.    Act up to:- (to fulfill)
Ramesh has acted up to his promise.
                                                           Bear

4.    Bear Out (Support; confirm)
Your statement is not borne out by facts.
5.    Bear in mind (to keep in mind, to remember)
Please bear in mind that I will not accompany you.
6.    Bear Fruit (to be successful )
I hope in a few months our plan will bear fruit.
7.    Bear with (tolerate)

One cannot bear with your rude behavior.
                                                            Beat   

8.    Beat black and blue (to whip thoroughly)
The thief was beaten black and blue for stealing the purse.
9.    Beat about the bush (to speak in a around about manner)
Don’t beat about the bush; come to the point.
10.     Beat Down (to cheapen the price of)
The government should try to beat down the prices.
11.     Beat the air(useless effort)
Your speech has no weight; you are merely beating the air.

                                                              Blow                  



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