phrasal verbs

Computers

Back up  - to make a copy of computer information so you do not lose it.

Log off - to finish using a computer system

Boot up - to start a computer so it is ready to use.

Hack into - to get into someone else’s computer system without permission

Crime

Beat up - to hurt someone badly by hitting or kicking them again and again

Bump off - to kill someone

Inform on - to give information about someone who has done something wrong to a person in authority

Get away with  - to succeed in not being criticized or punished for something wrong that you have done

Hold up - to steal money from a building, a person or a vehicle, by using violence or by threatening to use violence.

Break into - to get into a building or car by using force, usually to steal something

Let off - to not punish someone who has committed a crime or done something wrong, or to not punish severely

Emotions

Cheer up - to start feeling happier

Wind up - to annoy someone

Snap out of - to force yourself to stop feeling sad or upset

Calm down - to stop feeling upset, angry or excited, or to make someone stop feeling this way

Tear apart - to make someone feel very unhappy

Food

Whip up - to make food for a meal very quickly and easily

Pig out - to eat a lot of food

Pick at - to eat only a small amount of a meal because you are not hungry or because you are feeling ill

Knock back - to quickly drink a lot of alcohol

Eat up - to eat all of the food you have been given

Bolt down - to eat food very quickly

Health

Get over - to feel better after having an illness

Come round - to become conscious again

Keep down - to be able to eat or drink something without vomiting

Pass away - to die

Look after - to take care of someone

Pick up - to get an infectious disease from someone or something

Fight off - to try hard to get rid of an illness

Money

Dip into - to spend part of a supply of money that you have been keeping or saving

Cough up - to provide money for something, especially when you are not very willing to do this

Get by - to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need, but nothing more

Pay back - to give someone the money that you owe them

Tide over - to help someone, usually by giving them money for a period of time when they have no money

Splash out - to spend a lot of money on something, which is very pleasant but which you do not need

Travel

Take off - (aircraft) to move from the ground and begin to fly

Touch down - (aircraft) to land on the ground

Set off - to start a journey

Check in - to show your ticket at an airport so you can be told where you are sitting and so that your bags can be put on the aircraft

See off - to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye

Conversation

Butt in - to rudely add a remark to someone else’s conversation

Reel off - to say a long list of things quickly and without stopping (S)

Blurt out - to say something suddenly and without thinking, especially because you are nervous or excited (S)

Shut up - to stop talking or to make someone else do this

Go on - to talk in a very annoying way about something for a long time

Clam up - to become quiet or refuse to talk about something, usually because you are shy or afraid