Phrasal verbs beginning with G

If people gather around, they form a group or a small crowd around something or someone.

to communicate something or make something understood by others

If you get ahead, you make progress in your career.

If two people get along, they like each other and are friendly.

to move from place to place

to find a way of avoiding something

to get hold of something

to mean or to imply something

to leave a place

to do something illegal or immoral and not get caught or punished

to return to a place

If you get something back, it is returned to you after you've lent it, lost it, or had it stolen.

to have just enough of something, like money, knowledge or skills, to do what you want to do

to move close to the ground, or to move from a higher position to a lower position

to quickly write something, often so as not to forget it

to manage to swallow something that isn't easy to swallow

to enter a place or a vehicle

If a train or plane gets in, it arrives at its destination.

to submit or send something like a document, a form or a report

If you get into something like a university, a team, a club, etc., you have succeeded in joining it.

to become interested in something or focussed on something

to leave a means of transport such as a bus or a train

to finish work, or have a break from work

to step onto a bus, train, ship, etc.

If two people get on, they have a good relationship and are friendly.

to move out of an enclosed space, such as a building or a car

If you get something out, you remove it from whatever it's in.

If you get out of doing something that you don't want to do, you find a way to avoid doing it, such as by making up an excuse.

to take off clothes because they're uncomfortable or inappropriate

to recover from something like an illness or a shock

to complete a task

If you get through something, you use or eat all of it.

to reach the person you want to talk to when making a telephone call

to meet and spend time together

to get out of bed after having been asleep

to stand up or to get to one's feet

If you give away something, you give it to someone without expecting anything in return.

If you give something back, you return it to whoever you got it from.

If somebody gives in, they stop trying to do something like win a game, a fight or an argument.

to produce something like a smell, a gas, heat or light

If you give something out, you distribute it to many people, usually by hand.

If you give up, you stop trying to do something because it's too hard or because it can't be done.

If you give up something, you stop doing it because it's bad for you.

to do something in a certain way, or to deal with something in a certain way

to chase and try to catch someone or something

to try to get something

to oppose, or disagree with, something or somebody

to start doing something, or to continue doing something, usually after being given permission or encouragement to do so

to agree with someone or to support something

to act or dress in a certain way

to be enough for everyone

to leave or go to another place

to stop existing, or to stop being noticeable

to return to a place, a person, a condition, etc.

to be more than, better than, more advanced than, etc.

to move past (in space), or pass (in time)

to become less

to be received in a certain way, or to create a certain reaction

When the sun or the moon goes down, it gets lower and lower in the sky until it disappears below the horizon.

to be remembered or recorded in some way

to try to get something or achieve something

to like a particular type of person, product, style, experience, etc.

to physically attack a person or an animal

to be sold for a certain amount of money

to talk about or discuss something in detail

If something goes off, it stops working because of a power cut.

If a bomb or a firework goes off, it explodes.

If foods or drinks go off, they go bad and aren't safe to eat or drink.

to happen

to keep happening as before, or to keep doing something

If something like a light or a heater goes on, it starts operating.

to talk for too long, or talk in such a way that it annoys or bores people

used when encouraging someone to do something

to leave your home and go somewhere for enjoyment or entertainment

to look carefully at something like a report, essay, document, etc. to check for mistakes or to make improvements

to review something, or look at it again, in order to learn or memorize it

to cause a reaction of some sort, especially from an audience

to look through a collection of things like documents, books, clothes, etc. to find something or to sort them out

to live through a bad time or a difficult situation

If two things go together, they look good together or they harmonize.

to happen together, or to often occur at the same time

If a company goes under, it goes out of business and closes down.

If something like a price or a rate goes up, it becomes higher.

If one thing goes with another, they look good together or seems to work well together.

to not have something that you used to have because conditions have changed and it's no longer available or affordable

If something grows on you, you gradually start to like it, even though you didn't like it much at first.

If you grow out of something, you become too big for it or too old for it.

to change from being a child to being an adult, or from being an immature adult to being a mature adult