English Phrasal Verb Dictionary

List of English Phrasal Verbs Beginning With 'H'

Hack (3)

Hack around

- Waste time

Hack into

- Break into a computer system

Hack off

- Annoy

Ham (1)

Ham up

- Perform or act in an excessive way to attract attention or amuse people

Hammer (3)

Hammer away at

- Work relentlessly

Hammer into

- Repeat something over a period of time to make someone remember it

Hammer out

- Negotiate and reach an agreement

Hand (6)

Hand back

- Return

Hand down

- Pass on to the next generation
- Give a formal decision

Hand in

- Submit work for appraisal

Hand on

- Give to someone else
- Transmit knowledge to the next generation

Hand out

- Distribute

Hand over

- Give

Hang (15)

Hang about

- Spend time somewhere not doing much

Hang about!

- Stop what you're doing and pay attention to me

Hang around

- Stay in a place

Hang back

- Not move forwards to avoid doing something

Hang back from

- Delay or avoid doing something

Hang in there

- Persevere, not give up

Hang on

- Wait
- Hold tightly

Hang onto

- Keep

Hang out

- Spend time socially

Hang out for

- Wait or refuse to do something until you get what you want

Hang over

- Worry or trouble

Hang together

- Work together when things are difficult

Hang up

- End a phone call

Hang up on

- End a phone call with someone

Hang with

- Spend time with

Hanker (2)

Hanker after

- Want something a lot, especially if you shouldn't want it or can't have it

Hanker for

- Want something a lot, especially if you shouldn't want it or can't have it

Harp (1)

Harp on

- Talk repeatedly about something

Have (13)

Have against

- Dislike, disagree or hold a grudge (Usually negative)

Have around

- Entertain someone in your home

Have down as

- Think of someone or something in a particular way

Have in

- Have a supply of something in a particular place
- Get someone to do some work
- Entertain people in your home

Have it away

- Have sex with someone, especially casual sex

Have it in for

- Hold a grudge

Have it off

- Have sex

Have it out with

- Discuss or argue an issue to improve a situation

Have off

- Take time off work

Have on

- Be wearing
- Have an electronic device switched on
- Have an arrangement
- Tease, deceive
- Be in possession at a particular time
- Know something about someone that could harm them

Have over

- Receive a guest

Have round

- Entertain someone in your home

Have up

- Make someone appear in court

Head (4)

Head for

- Move or travel towards

Head off

- Stop someone or force them to change direction
- Prevent something bad happening
- Leave somewhere to go to another place

Head out

- Go out

Head up

- Be in charge

Heat (1)

Heat up

- Make food hot

Help (1)

Help out

- Give assistance

Hinge (2)

Hinge on

- Depend very much or completely
- Be an essential point for the development of a story

Hinge upon

- Depend very much or completely

Hit (10)

Hit back

- Attack or criticise

Hit for

- Get someone to pay or donate money

Hit it off

- Have a good relationship from the first time you meet a person

Hit it off with

- Like someone from the first time you meet them

Hit on

- Have an idea
- Talk to someone to try to attract them sexually
- Ask for money

Hit out at

- Respond angrily to criticism

Hit up

- Inject drugs
- Ask someone for some money

Hit up on

- Inject drugs

Hit upon

- Have an idea
- Try to attract someone sexually

Hit with

- Surprise someone with some information or news

Hold (17)

Hold against

- Have a grudge against someone, or little respect

Hold back

- Not show emotion
- Prevent something moving forwards or progressing
- Not disclose information or make it public

Hold back from

- Not allow yourself to do something

Hold down

- Keep a job
- Stop someone or something from moving

Hold forth

- State your opinions about something, especially when talking for a long time and boringly

Hold off

- When bad weather doesn't appear
- Stop someone from attacking or beating you

Hold on

- Wait
- To hold tightly

Hold on to

- Hold tightly

Hold onto

- Keep as long as possible
- Hold tightly
- Hold tightly

Hold out

- Resist
- Hold in front of you

Hold out against

- Try to reject

Hold out for

- Wait for something better or refuse something now for something better in the future

Hold out on

- Not pay someone or give them information

Hold over

- Delay
- To continue something for longer than planned

Hold together

- Not break up

Hold up

- Delay when travelling
- Rob with violence or threats thereof

Hold with

- Accept (usually negative)

Home (1)

Home in on

- Target

Hone (1)

Hone in on

- Target, focus

Hook (2)

Hook up

- Meet someone

Hook up to

- Connect to a machine

Hoon (1)

Hoon around

- Act in a dangerous or reckless way, especially when driving fast

Horse (1)

Horse around

- Not be serious

Hound (1)

Hound out

- Force someone out of a place, job, position, etc.

Hunker (1)

Hunker down

- Settle in a place as comfortably as possible to stay there

Hunt (3)

Hunt down

- Search for someone to punish or kill them

Hunt out

- Search until you find something

Hunt up

- Search for and manage to find something

Hush (1)

Hush up

- Try to keep something bad from becoming widely known