English Phrasal Verb Dictionary

List of English Phrasal Verbs Beginning With 'L'

Land (3)

Land in

- Get someone into trouble

Land up in

- Arrive, end a journey in a place, often without planning

Land with

- Create a problem for someone

Lap (1)

Lap up

- Appreciate something

Large (1)

Large it up

- Have a good time when intoxicated

Lark (3)

Lark about

- Behave in a silly way

Lark around

- Behave in a silly way

Lark it up

- Enjoy yourself noisily and exuberantly

Lash (6)

Lash down

- Fall heavily (rain)
- Secure something with ropes or cords

Lash into

- Criticise someone strongly

Lash out

- Suddenly become violent
- React angrily
- Spend a lot of money on luxuries

Lash out against

- Criticise something strongly

Lash out at

- Hit someone suddenly, usually without warning, or try to hit them
- Criticise someone or shout at them

Lash out on

- Spend a lot of money buying something

Latch (3)

Latch on

- Understand, often after a long time

Latch on to

- Understand something, often after a long time

Latch onto

- Connect to something
- Decide or realise that something is good or profitable

Laugh (1)

Laugh off

- Pretend something (an injury, news, etc.) isn’t important

Lay (5)

Lay down

- Establish rules or procedures
- Kill, murder

Lay into

- Criticise angrily

Lay off

- Make an employee redundant

Lay on

- Organise, supply

Lay out

- Spend money

Lead (2)

Lead on

- Falsely or cruelly raise hopes

Lead to

- Result in

Leak (1)

Leak out

- Become public knowledge

Lean (1)

Lean on

- Put pressure on someone to get them to do what you want

Leap (4)

Leap at

- Take an opportunity enthusiastically

Leap on

- Show interest in or try to use something to your advantage

Leap out at

- Be very noticeable

Leap upon

- Show interest in or try to use something to your advantage

Leave (2)

Leave on

- Not turn off

Leave out

- Not include

Let (5)

Let down

- Disappoint, fail to keep an arrangement
- Make clothes longer

Let in

- Allow someone to enter

Let off

- Not punish

Let on

- Tell a secret

Let out

- Allow to leave or go out
- Make a sound
- Make clothes bigger

Level (2)

Level off

- Stabilize the altitude of an airplane

Level out

- Stabilize the altitude of an airplane

Lie (3)

Lie around

- Act in a lazy or unproductive way

Lie down

- Rest

Lie with

- Have the right to make a decision

Lift (1)

Lift off

- Leave the ground- rocket or spaceship

Light (2)

Light out

- Leave suddenly

Light up

- Light or start smoking a cigarette
- Illuminate

Lighten (1)

Lighten up

- Be less serious

Limber (2)

Limber up

- Do some exercises to warm up before playing a sport or other physical activity

Limber up for

- Prepare for something that will require a great effort

Line (1)

Line up

- Arrange in a line
- Arrange something in a line
- Arrange events for someone

Link (2)

Link up

- Connect, join

Link up with

- Connect with someone or contact them

Listen (2)

Listen out for

- Listen for a particular noise or sound

Listen up

- Pay attention (often used as a command)

Live (12)

Live by

- Follow a belief system to guide your behaviour

Live down

- Stop being embarrassed about something

Live for

- Believe something is extremely important

Live in

- Live in the place where you work or study.

Live it up

- Have a good time by spending a lot of money

Live off

- Use money earned
- Be financially supported

Live on

- Use money for basic necessities
- Not be forgotten

Live out

- Stay somewhere until you die
- Fulfill an ambition or fantasy
- Not live at the place where you study or work

Live through

- Experience different times

Live together

- Have a relationship and live in the same place without marrying

Live up to

- Meet expectations or standards

Live with

- Accept something unpleasant
- Have a relationship and live in the same place without marrying

Load (3)

Load down

- Burden

Load up

- Take illegal drugs
- Fill a machine or vehicle

Load up on

- Consume a lot of something for a particular purpose

Lock (7)

Lock away

- Lock in a safe place
- Put someone in prison or a mental hospital for a very long time

Lock down

- Make very secure

Lock in

- Lock a place to stop someone leaving
- Commit someone in such a way that they cannot leave

Lock onto

- Find a target and head for it

Lock out

- Close a workplace to stop workers entering
- Lock a place to stop someone getting in

Lock up

- Close all doors, windows, etc.
- Lock something in a safe place
- Put in prison or a mental hospital

Lock yourself away

- Go somewhere away from people to study or work

Log (5)

Log in

- Enter a restricted area on a computer system

Log into

- Enter a restricted area of a computer system

Log off

- Exit a computer system

Log on

- Enter a computer system

Log out

- Exit a computer system

Look (19)

Look after

- Take care

Look back

- Think about the past

Look down on

- Have a low opinion of

Look for

- Try to find

Look forward to

- Wait for or anticipate something pleasant

Look in

- Make a quick visit

Look in on

- Visit briefly to see if everything's all right

Look into

- Research, investigate

Look on

- Watch something like a crime without helping

Look on as

- Consider, regard

Look out

- Be careful

Look out for

- Take care of someone, make sure someone is cared for
- Keep alert and try to see

Look over

- Inspect

Look round

- Inspect a house

Look through

- Read quickly

Look to

- Expect, hope

Look up

- Consult a reference work (dictionary, phonebook, etc.) for a specific piece of information.
- Improve
- Find, trace an old friend

Look up to

- Respect

Look upon as

- Consider, regard

Loosen (1)

Loosen up

- Become more relaxed or comfortable

Lord (1)

Lord it over

- Behave in a superior manner

Lose (3)

Lose out

- Be at a disadvantage

Lose out on

- Not gain or have something advantageous

Lose out to

- Be less successful

Luck (2)

Luck into

- Get something by chance

Luck out

- Be very lucky

Lust (1)

Lust after

- Be attracted sexually
- Want something very much