{"id":5,"date":"2014-04-03T04:59:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T04:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2014-04-03T04:59:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T04:59:59","slug":"phrasal-verbs-beginning-with-letter-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-beginning-with-letter-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal verbs beginning with letter A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with the letter<strong> A.<\/strong> Each phrasal verb is followed by its meaning or definition. Example sentences are also given.<\/p>\n<h2>Account for<\/h2>\n<p>When you account for something you explain the reason for it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He couldn\u2019t account for his absence from work.<\/li>\n<li>How are you going to account for the money you lost in gambling?<\/li>\n<li>She will have to account for every penny she spends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Act out<\/h2>\n<p>To act out is to express your feelings, fantasy, frustration etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was acting out his frustration by being overly aggressive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Act up<\/h2>\n<p>When a person acts up, s\/he behaves badly. When a machine acts up, it fails to work properly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My computer has started acting up again.<\/li>\n<li>My nephews are very naughty. If their mother isn\u2019t around, they will act up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Add in<\/h2>\n<p>To add something in is to include it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you add in the cost of the stabilizer?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Add in can also mean mix with something else.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add in milk and sugar and stir well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Add up<\/h2>\n<p>When things add up, they make sense.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her explanations just don\u2019t add up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To add numbers up is to calculate their total.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please add up the numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Allow for<\/h2>\n<p>To allow for something is to consider it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have to allow for the possibility that we might lose the election. (= We have to consider the possibility that we might lose the election.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Answer back<\/h2>\n<p>To answer back is to reply rudely.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t like children who answer back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Answer for<\/h2>\n<p>To answer for is to take the responsibility for something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don\u2019t understand why I should answer for his misdeeds.<\/li>\n<li>Someday you are going to answer for your deeds before God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Apply for<\/h2>\n<p>To apply for a job is to express your desire to have it by filling in a form.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My mother insisted that I should apply for that job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ask after<\/h2>\n<p>To ask after somebody is to ask for information about them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whenever we met, he would ask after my kids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ask about, ask around (inseparable)<\/h2>\n<p>To ask around is to ask several people for information.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I asked around, but no one could give any information about my brother.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ask for<\/h2>\n<p>To ask for something is to request it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They have written to the Prime Minister asking for his intervention.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0When you buy stuff and pay by cash, don\u2019t forget to ask for a receipt.<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who posts inappropriate photos on social networks is asking for trouble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ask in<\/h2>\n<p>To ask somebody in is to invite them into your home.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why don\u2019t you ask them in?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ask out<\/h2>\n<p>To ask somebody out is to ask them if they would like to come with you to a restaurant, theater etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am going to ask her out until she says \u2018Yes\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>To ask out your best friend\u2019s girlfriend is to ask for trouble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ask over<\/h2>\n<p>To ask somebody over is to invite them to your house.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I think we should ask them over to dinner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ask round<\/h2>\n<p>To ask somebody round is to invite them to your house.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have asked them round for dinner tomorrow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with the letter A. 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