List of phrasal verbs: FALL
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Fall about
Meaning: Laugh so much that one’s entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably
Example: Every time he performed the trick people would fall about laughing.
Fall apart
Meaning: Disintegrate
Example: My old briefcase is falling apart. I’ll have to buy a new one.
Fall apart
Meaning: Be emotionally in crisis
Example: As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart.
Fall away
Meaning: Cease to support a person or cause
Example: After the divorce, all his friends fell away one by one.
Fall behind
Meaning: Be late (for a regular event)
Example: You’re falling behind with the rent.
Fall behind
Meaning: Be progressively below average in performance
Example: It’s not like John to fall behind in maths.
Fall down
Meaning: Fall to the ground, to collapse
Example: The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall down.
Fall down
Meaning: Fail
Example: That is where your reasoning falls down.
Fall for
Meaning: Be fooled; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
Example: I can’t believe how many people still fall for the coin glued to the sidewalk.
Fall for
Meaning: Fall in love with someone
Example: He really fell for the attractive waitress at his favorite restaurant.
Fall in
Meaning: Collapse inwards
Example: The heavy rain caused the roof to fall in.
Fall in
Meaning: Come to an end; to terminate; to lapse
Example: On the death of Mr. B., the annuity, which he had so long received, fell in.
Fall in with
Meaning: Join (a group of people)
Example: He has fallen in with a bad lot.
Fall in with
Meaning: Accept
Example: It seemed like a good idea, so we fell in with it.
Fall into
Meaning: Go into something by falling
Example: The cat might fall into the pool if you’re not careful.
Fall into
Meaning: Enter something without having planned it
Example: Most of us didn’t plan to be designers; we just fell into the job.
Fall into
Meaning: Be classified as; to fall under
Example: That falls into three categories.
Fall off
Meaning: Become detached or to drop from
Example: A button fell off my coat.
Fall off
Meaning: Diminish in size, value etc.
Example: Business always falls off in the winter.
Fall on
Meaning: Experience; to suffer; to fall upon
Example: With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times.
Fall on
Meaning: Be assigned to; to acquire a new responsibility, duty or burden
Example: This decision is important, and it falls on you to make it.
Fall on
Meaning: Occur on a particular day
Example: The first day of spring this year will fall on a Tuesday.
Fall out
Meaning: Come out of something by falling
Example: I opened the cupboard and a can fell out onto my foot.
Fall out
Meaning: Cease to be on friendly terms
Example: Dave and I fell out after a long argument.
Fall out
Meaning: Leave one’s current location to report for duty at a new location
Example: The company fell out for an artillery drill.
Fall through
Meaning: Be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed
Example: Their plans to go hiking Saturday fell through because it rained.
Fall under
Meaning: Belong to for purposes of categorization
Example: The botany handbooks in the library fall under Plant Biology.
Fall upon
Meaning: Fall on; to experience; to suffer
Example: With the rise of the Internet, some media fell upon hard times.
List of phrasal verbs: PLAY
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Play along
Meaning: Take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke
Example: James played along with the frat boys.
Play around
Meaning: Behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way
Example: Stop playing around, and get on with your homework.
Play around
Meaning: Work with in a non-serious manner
Example: You could build even more interesting components called amplifiers and begin playing around with amplifiers.
Play at
Meaning: Pretend to be a different person while playing a game
Example: So we played at being pirates for a while.
Play at
Meaning: Do something in a manner that lacks seriousness, commitment, or professionalism
Example: In my opinion, John only plays at being an author. He hasn’t sold more than two magazine articles in as many months.
Play down
Meaning: Make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious
Example: The senator played down the threat of a recession.
Play off
Meaning: Pretend not to be embarrassed, upset, impressed or otherwise affected by something
Example: Although he’s obviously hung over, he’s trying to play it off as food poisoning.
Play out
Meaning: Play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.)
Example: And now, to play us out, please welcome Tom Waits.
Play out
Meaning: Occur in a certain manner
Example: My date played out a little differently than I imagined.
Play up
Meaning: Misbehave
Example: Children who do not receive enough attention may begin to play up.
Play up
Meaning: Make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely or obvious; to showcase or highlight
Example: For the audition, Nicole will play up her skill as a pianist by playing Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach.
