Phrasal verbs are an important element of the English language. They are used in the spoken word by the native speakers. You need to know them to understand the native speakers.

Most phrasal verbs have two parts – the main verb and the particle. This particle may be a preposition or an adverb. Then you also find some three part phrasal verbs. Also, many phrasal verbs may have more than one meaning.

They are just like any other vocabulary but you need to pay special attention to them. Read a lot and observe the phrasal verbs as you come across them.

Do not try to memorise them. Learn them as you learnt your mother tongue – draw the picture and describe it. Make pictorial representations of thee phrasal verbs.

This list is a point of reference . It lets you know  how to recognise and use phrasal verbs.

Intransitive phrasal verbs have no direct object on which the action of the phrasal verb falls.

Here are ten non-separable phrasal verbs for your ready reference.

Follow the pointers in our article to know how to split phrasal verbs.

get by                                manage

I managed to get by on my monthly salary till I got the promotion.

come out                           appear; make a social debut

The presentation made the previous quarter come out as successful, although we faced a 20% fall in sales.

blow in                                drop in to visit unexpectedly

I decided to blow in on my friends last Sunday.

die away/ die down           fade

The strike call by the unions died down when the workers realised that the demand was baseless.     

blow over                           pass without doing harm

the fight with my wife blew over after I apologised to her.

fall behind                         not progress at required pace  

We worked over time for 2 months so that we don’t fall behind our schedule.

blow up                               lose one’s temper

The boss blew up when we told him that the materials will take an extra week to arrive.

come through                    succeed

Our company came through the lock-down ordeal with not a scratch.

back down                          retreat from a position in an argument

Since the boss was feeling uneasy, I decided to back down and let him have his way.

fall through                         fail; not be accomplished

The plan fell through because we didn’t have a back up on power-cuts.