English Phrasal Verb Dictionary

List of English Phrasal Verbs Beginning With 'A'

Account (1)

Account for

- To explain

Ache (1)

Ache for

- Want something or someone a lot

Act (3)

Act on

- To take action because of something like information received

Act out

- Perform something with actions and gestures.
- Express an emotion in your behaviour

Act up

- Behave badly or strangely

Add (3)

Add on

- Include in a calculation

Add up

- To make a mathematical total
- Be a satisfactory explanantion for something

Add up to

- Have a certain result

Aim (1)

Aim at

- To target

Allow (1)

Allow for

- Include something in a plan or calculation

Angle (1)

Angle for

- Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting

Answer (2)

Answer back

- To reply rudely to someone in authority

Answer for

- Be held responsible for a problem
- Speak on behalf of someone or from knowing them

Argue (1)

Argue out

- Argue about a problem to find a solution

Ask (7)

Ask after

- Enquire about someone's health, how life is going

Ask around

- Ask a number of people for information of help
- Invite someone

Ask for

- To provoke a negative reaction
- Request to have or be given

Ask in

- To invite somebody into your house

Ask out

- To invite someone for a date

Ask over

- Invite

Ask round

- Invite someone

Auction (1)

Auction off

- Sell something in an auction