List

Build your own lists of phrasal verbs.

When checking out the results, focus on the collocations, both subjects and objects, and pay attention to other words surrounding the phrasal verb. That way, you can make sure you know how to use the phrasal verb properly and in the right contexts.

Phrasal Verb

Enter a phrasal verb to build a list of sentences
Examples: give up, take off, wear out


Order by   Topic Collocation(subject) Collocation(object)

 

Collocations

Enter a noun, singular or plural, to build a list of sentences with many different phrasal verbs but the same noun as subject or object
Examples: price, cost, debts, fears


 

Compare 2 verbs

Enter a verb with the preposition, to compare phrasal verbs.
Example: enter move, to get move in, move out, move away.



 

Many verbs

Enter a verb with the preposition, to compare phrasal verbs.
Example: enter move, to get move in, move out, move away.


 

Topics

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Any word

Only words with 4 or more letters. Try synomyms and plurals.

Enter one word

 

Verb + any word

Enter a phrasal verb

Enter any word

You can use this option to restrict your list to a particular verb tense by entering, for example, the past tense of the verb without the prepositon in the second search box.

 

The Phrasal Verb Demon Corpus

Example sentences are taken from the Phrasal Verb Demon Corpus. It's a manually curated selection currently standing at around 20k example sentences. They've been taken from many different sources, mostly online. They cover both spoken and written languague and show you how phrasal verbs are used in context.