English Phrasal Verb Dictionary

List of English Phrasal Verbs Beginning With 'A'

Abide (1)

Abide by

- Accept or follow a decision or rule

Account (1)

Account for

- To explain

Ache (1)

Ache for

- Want something or someone a lot

Act (4)

Act on

- To take action because of something like information received
- Affect

Act out

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

Act up

- Behave badly or strangely

Act upon

- To take action because of something like information received
- Affect

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
- Come to a certain amount or figure

Agree (1)

Agree with

- Affect- usually used in the negative to show that something has had a negative effect, especially is it makes you feel bad

Aim (1)

Aim at

- To target
- Intend to achieve

Allow (2)

Allow for

- Include something in a plan or calculation

Allow of

- Make possible, permit

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 (2)

Argue down

- Beat someone in a debate, discussion or argument
- Persuade someone to drop the price of something they're selling
- Try to persuade people not to accept a proposition, motion, etc

Argue out

- Argue about a problem to find a solution

Ask (8)

Ask about

- Ask how someone is doing, especially professionally and in terms of health

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

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