IBPS PO English Study Notes – Verbal Phrases with Examples (Part 2)

IBPS PO english study notes verbal phrases 2

This blog is the second part of the series of IBPS PO English Study notes blogs on Verbal Phrases. The purpose of this blog series is to provide you with a comprehensive list of Verbal phrases with examples. The information provided in these IBPS PO English Study notes would prove very helpful for you while solving the questions based on the topics like error detection, cloze test, sentence completion, etc. during your IBPS PO 2018 Exam.

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IBPS PO English Study Notes – Verbal Phrases

Phrasal Verb	Meaning	Example
account for	To explain, give a reason	The Official responsible was asked to account for the missing funds.
advise against	To recommend not doing something	I would advise against visiting Shimla at this time of the year.
allow for	To take into consideration	We need to allow for the weather conditions before planning the Trip.
back away	To move backwards, in fear or dislike	Sometimes it is wise to just back away from the fight.
bank on	To base your hopes on something/someone	All the fans were banking on the Captain to take them to a win.
block off	To separate using a barrier.	The western part of the locality was blocked off by the authorities because of the riots
boot up	To start a computer by loading an operating system or program	After the update, there was a message on the screen requesting me to boot up my system.
break into	To enter by force	On noticing that the owners are away, The gang decided to break into the house and steal the jewellery.
break out	To start suddenly	Because of the Break out of Ebola in the city, entry and exit of the people was banned for a week.
bring up	To raise (a child)	She was bringing up her child without anyone’s support.
bump into	To meet by chance or unexpectedly	He unexpectedly bumped into her at the game.
call off	To cancel	The flight was called off because of the extreme rains.
carry on	To continue	In spite of the failure, She decided to carry on and achieve her dream.
clam up	To refuse to speak	Because of the bullying at school, Ajju clammed up in front of his parents.
come forward	To present oneself	The Teacher said, “If the culprit comes forward now, the punishment would be lenient.”
cut down on	To reduce in number or size	Because of the limited budget, the committee decided to cut down on the expenses for the project.
die down	To calm down, become less strong	After his anger had died down, he went and apologised to her.
drag on	To last longer than expected	The movie was dragged on for too long, making it a boring watch.
dress up	wear elegant clothes	He decided to dress up for the office party.
drop out	To leave school without finishing	Mark Zuckerberg had dropped out of college to start Facebook.
end in	To finish in a certain way; result in	After all the drama it was sad to see the match end in a draw.
fall through	To fail; doesn’t happen	Their plan to meet fell through because of the bandh called by the opposition party.
fill out	To complete (a form/an application)	The candidates were given 10 days to fill out the online application form.
focus on	To concentrate on something	He succeeded because he was focused on his target.
get at	To imply	He wasn’t sure what she was getting at through her arguments.
get by	To manage to cope or to survive	It was difficult to get by at the workplace without friends.
get into (+noun)	To enter	He always used to jump over the fence to get into the hostel after the gates were closed.
get on (well) with (somebody)	To have a good relationship with	One of the reasons of his loneliness is that he does hot get on well with anyone.
get out	To leave	After the argument he decided to get out for a while.
get over	To recover from (illness, disappointment)	The trip helped her a lot in getting over the loss of her pet.
get rid of	To eliminate	The government decided to get rid of the additional taxes to bring the fuel prices under control.
get up	To rise, leave bed	The ability to get up after taking a hard blow makes a Champion.
go through	To experience	During that phase of his life, he had to go through a lot of pain and sadness.
hand in	To submit (report, homework)	The Teacher announced that the 10th of the month was the last date for the students to hand in their assignments.
hang out	To spend time in a particular place or with a group of friends	Pappu’s Chai tapri was the most popular hang out place for all the college students.
hurry up	To be quick, act speedily	She called and asked him to hurry up, as he was already an hour late.
join in	To participate	It was an open forum and anyone could join in and put forth their point.
keep up with	To stay at the same level as someone or something	He was finding it hard to keep with the professor’s teaching speed.
leave out	To omit, not mention	He was left out of the team because of his bad behaviour.
look after	To take care of	As there was no one look after his ill pet, he decided to take a half day.
look for	To try to find something	Jack and Jill decided to go on the trip to look for the hidden treasure.
look on	To be a spectator at an event	Instead of helping the accident victim, everyone just looked on.
make fun of	To laugh at/ make jokes about	His unusual dress made him a perfect candidate to be made fun of at the office.
mix up	To mistake one thing or person for another	Because of a Mix up, she got the wrong file to the meeting.
move out	To leave your home/office for another one.	Arun asked Vijay to move out of the room as he did not like his unhygienic lifestyle.
own up	To admit or confess something	It is good to see him owning up his mistakes.
pass out	To faint	On the fourth day of the hunger strike, He passed out on the stage itself.
pick up	To collect somebody	Sara asked Dimple to pick her up from college.
put off	To postpone, arrange a later date	As the boss was on leave, the meeting had to be put off till tomorrow.
put out	To extinguish	As they were unable to put out the fire themselves, Firefighters were called.

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