Using transitive and intransitive verbs

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A list of phrasal verbs whose meaning changes

The following phrasal verbs have more than one meaning, depending on whether they are used transitively or intransitively :

  add up   break in   carry on   clear out
  cut out   draw on   draw out   draw up
  dress up   drop off   drop round   fight back
  finish up   get down   get in   get out
  get together   give up   hang out   hold off
  hold out   join up   keep away   keep down
  keep in   keep off   keep on   keep out
  keep up   kick off   knock about   knock off
  lay off   leave off   look out   look up
  make out   make up   mess about   miss out
  pass off   pass on   pay off   pick up
  pull in   put in   roll up   run off
  run over   set off   set out   show off
  show up   split up   stick out   stick up
  stow away   strike out   string along   switch off
  take off   tear off   throw up   tuck in
  turn away   turn back   turn in   turn out
  turn round   turn up   wind down   wind up
  work out   wrap up

04conten.gif (549 bytes) Introduction
04conten.gif (549 bytes) Reasons why verbs can be both transitive and intransitive
04conten.gif (549 bytes) A list of verbs whose meaning doesn't change
04conten.gif (549 bytes) A list of verbs whose meaning changes
square.gif (58 bytes) A list of phrasal verbs whose meaning changes
04conten.gif (549 bytes) Transitive or intransitive: a special case