{"id":73207,"date":"2020-03-21T13:41:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T13:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73207"},"modified":"2020-03-21T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T13:41:10","slug":"phrasal-verbs-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs | C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of\u00a0<a href=\"phrasal-verbs.htm\">phrasal verbs<\/a>\u00a0beginning with the letter\u00a0<b>C<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Call for<\/b>\u00a0= demand or require<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This achievement calls for a big celebration.<\/li>\n<li>Now that laptops have become ubiquitous, there is not much call for desktop computers.<\/li>\n<li>This recipe calls for butter, not ghee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Call off\u00a0<\/b>(separable) = cancel something<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her parents were shocked when she called off her wedding to Peter.<\/li>\n<li>The meeting has been called off.<\/li>\n<li>We had to call the picnic off because of bad weather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Call on\u00a0<\/b>= visit; ask somebody to speak in a meeting, classroom etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whenever he is in Sydney, he makes it a point to call on his old friends and colleagues.<\/li>\n<li>The teacher called on the boy to answer the question, but he couldn\u2019t.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Call up<\/b>\u00a0(separable) = to call somebody up is to telephone them<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I called up to see if she had reached safely.<\/li>\n<li>I have been calling him up since morning, but he hasn\u2019t answered my calls yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Calm down<\/b>\u00a0(separable) = make someone relax<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The doctor calmed the patient down with a mild dose of sedatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Care for<\/b>\u00a0= nurse somebody or something; like somebody or something<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She cared for the stray cat until its legs healed.<\/li>\n<li>He spent years caring for his sick wife.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t care for cold coffee. (= I don\u2019t like cold coffee.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Carry on<\/b>\u00a0= continue an activity<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please carry on. I will wait until you have finished.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Carry on about<\/b>\u00a0= continue an activity in an annoying way<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He kept carrying on about his achievements although none of us were keen on listening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Carry out<\/b>\u00a0(separable) = accomplish or complete something<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They couldn\u2019t carry out their plans.<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t carry out my instructions, you will be sacked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Catch up with<\/b>\u00a0= try to be at the same place as the person in front of you<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will have to work twice as hard if you want to catch up with her.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Check back<\/b>\u00a0= return to see if everything is all right<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will check back tomorrow to make sure that all arrangements are in proper place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Check by<\/b>\u00a0= go to a place to see if something has happened<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will have to check by his house to see if he has already left.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with letter\u00a0<b>C<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Come by = get, receive<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How did you come by that diamond necklace?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come down with<\/b>\u00a0= become sick with<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has come down with the measles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come into<\/b>\u00a0= inherit<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He came into a huge sum of money when his grandmother died.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come off<\/b>\u00a0= fall off, break off<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The handle came off the suitcase when I tried to pick it up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come out with<\/b>\u00a0= produce and sell a product<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple is expected to come out with a new version of its iPad tablet next month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come over<\/b>\u00a0= visit somebody at their place<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Would you like to come over for dinner?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come to\u00a0<\/b>= regain consciousness after fainting<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She came to when they sprinkled cold water on her face.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come up to<\/b>\u00a0= reach a certain level<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reality doesn\u2019t always come up to expectations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come up with<\/b>\u00a0= suggest an idea or a plan<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She came up with an interesting proposal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Come with<\/b>\u00a0= include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This tablet computer doesn\u2019t come with a physical keyboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Count in\u00a0<\/b>(separable) = include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please count me in. (= Please include me.)<\/li>\n<li>\u2018We might go camping this weekend.\u2019 \u2018Please count me in.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>You can count John in. He really likes camping.<\/li>\n<li>Did you count the expenses in?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Count on<\/b>\u00a0= depend on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can count on him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Count out<\/b>\u00a0(separable) = exclude<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018We are going to the theatre. Would you like to come with us?\u2019 \u2018No, you can count me out.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Crack down on<\/b>\u00a0= enforce laws more strictly<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The police have been cracking down on drug trafficking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Crack up<\/b>\u00a0= laugh a lot<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She would crack up at even the silliest jokes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cross out<\/b>\u00a0= draw a line through something<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cross out the wrong answer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cut down \/ cut down on<\/b>\u00a0= decrease the amount of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to lose weight, you will need to cut down on your fat intake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cut in<\/b>\u00a0= interrupt<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She always cuts in while we are discussing something personal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cut off\u00a0<\/b>(separable) = interrupt someone while they are speaking; sever with a knife or another weapon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She cut him off before he could say anything.<\/li>\n<li>They cut his head off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cut up\u00a0<\/b>= cut into small pieces<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The vegetables have been cut up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of\u00a0phrasal verbs\u00a0beginning with the letter\u00a0C. Call for\u00a0= demand or require This achievement calls for a big celebration. 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