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In this article you will know what is the phrasal verb, what is the meaning of phrasal verb. Below you will find the complete list of "A" phrasal verbs with examples.

What is Phrasal Verb?

Phrasal verb is phrase that consists or a combination of a verb and an adverb, or a verb and a preposition, or both, which sounds different in meaning from the meaning of the words considered separately.

Here are the complete list of "A" phrasal verbs with examples:

Abide By

Bound by /accept or follow a decision or rule.
Everybody have to abide by the law of their country.

Account For

To explain something that gone wrong.
You have to account for the mischief that he did because he was under your guidance.

Ache For

Want someone or something a lot.
I am aching for my girlfriend because she is been away in a business trip.
His parents are away for couple of days- so he is aching for then.

Act On / Act Upon

To take action on something or on some information received / Affect
The police are acting on an information received from an informer to catch the culprit.
The medicine will only act on infected tissue.

Act Out

Acting / Perform with actions and gestures / Expressing an emotion.
She acted out in that movie very well.
His frustration is acted out in his rude behaviour.

Act Up

Respond badly / Behave badly or strangely.
My laptop is acting up; I think it is affected by virus.
He is acting up since morning, I assume he is disturbed of something.

Add On

Include in a calculation.
They have to add travel expenses on to the bill they give.

Add Up

Sum up / To make a mathematical total / Perfect explanation for something.
They added up the all the expenses to check if the bill was correct.
John explained why the work wasn't completed, but his excuse doesn't add up.

Add Up To

Come to a certain amount or figure / Have a certain result.
The total costs of these machines add up to several million dollars.

Agree With

Affect / Something that has had a negative effect / support someone or something.
I feet terrible in the morning today because breakfast didn't agree with my stomach.
I am completely agree with your suggestion.

Aim At

To target / Intend to achieve.
The course is aimed at college students.
They're aiming at reducing price by twenty percent.

Allow For

Let something / Giving permission / Include something in a plan or calculation.
You should allow for delays when planning a abroad trip.
The will not allow you for any exceptions.

Angle For

Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting.
I have been angling for her love, but she doesn't want to love me.
He has been angling for an sells order, but i am not happy with his product quality.

Answer To

Answer to question / Reply rudely to someone in authority.
His father was shocked when he started back ANSWERING him rudely to avoid the mistake.

Answer Back

Respond to a question immediately.
He answered back to my question immediately.

Answer For

Responsible for a problem / Speak on behalf of someone.
The previous government should be made to answer for their failure to provide jobs to youth.
She can answer for her partner because she knows his position on this issue.

Argue Down

Defeating someone in a debate, discussion or argument / Making someone to drop the price from selling price / Giving no to a proposal.
The teacher tried to argue the girl down, but she couldn't.
He argue her down ten percent.
The opposition tried to argue down the proposal.

Argue Out

Argue about a problem to find a solution / Solve out.
If they can't argue their differences out, they'll have to take them to court.

Ask About

Ask how someone is doing, professionally and in terms of health.
She asked about my father.
My manager was asking about his performance.

Ask After

Inquire about someone's health, how life is going.
John called me and asked after you, so I told him you were fine.

Ask Around

Asking couple of people for help or information / Invite someone.
I told him to ask some people around there at work and see if anyone could help.
He asked me around for dinner.

Ask For

To provoke a negative reaction / Request to get something.
By doing this you are asking for trouble.
We asked for the menu in the hotel.
He was asking for a piece of paper.

Ask In

Let someone to come in / To invite somebody into your house.
He is standing at the door, ask him in.

Ask Out

Invite someone for a date.
I wanted to ask her out but I was too shy.

Ask Over

Invite.
I have asked my friends over for drinks on Friday.

Auction Off

Sell something permanently or for a certain period in an auction.
He auctioned off his property due to huge debt.

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