Phrasal Verbs List
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Phrasal Verbs Starting with the Letter M
- MAKE UP
- (separable) to invent (a story)
Bill is good at making up stories to get himself out of trouble.
- MARK DOWN
- (separable) to reduce prices
K-mart often marks its prices down.
- MARK DOWN
- (separable) to write or make a note on something
Max marked the phone number down so that he wouldn?t forget it.
- MEASURE UP
- (intransitive) to reach a standard or expectation
Mary would not marry Max because she felt that he just didn't measure up.
- MESS UP
- (separable) to make disorganized or messy
Please do not mess up the house. We are having guests over tonight.
- MOVE ON
- (intransitive) to progress onwards
Let's move on. I'm tired of talking about that.