Phrasal Verbs List - s

• save up

  (separable) to collect money for future use
  Max is saving up for a brand-new car.

• screw up

  (separable) to make a mistake or do something wrong
  Max screwed up his relationship with Mary.

• sell out

  (separable) to sell everything in the store
  We can't go to the concert. The tickets have been sold out

• sell out

  (separable) to compromise one's values for personal gain
  Catherine sold out. Power and money mean more to her than what she said were her values.

• send back

  (separable) to return something
  I sent the soup back to the kitchen because there was a fly in it.

• set up

  (separable) to start, organize, or configure
  Max asked Mary to set up his computer.

• settle down

  (separable) to get someone to become calm
  Settle John down. The neighbors are trying to sleep.

• settle down

  (inseparable) to become calm; to start living a quiet family life
  Max started to look for a wife because he thought it was time to settle down.

• shave off

  (separable) to remove hair by shaving
  Michael Jordan first shaved off all of his hair in his twenties.

• shoot down

  (separable) to make something hit the ground by shooting it
  yugoslavia shot down one US warplane.

• shout out

  (separable) to speak very loudly; to announce
  Max shouted her name out and then cried himself to sleep.

• show off

  (separable) to try to impress by doing or showing
  When Bill did that trick with the cigar, he was just showing off.

• show up

  (inseparable) to appear or arrive
  Max showed up late to the party.

• shrug off

  (separable) to dismiss something as unimportant
  The president shrugged off his extremely low poll numbers.

• simmer down

  (inseparable) to become less angry
  Bill allowed his wife to simmer down before he asked for forgiveness.

• sit around

  (inseparable) to just sit and not do much
  Max likes to sit around and watch videos on the weekends.

• sort out

  (separable) to arrange or separate by type, class, category, etc.
  Max sorted his socks out.

• sort out

  (separable) to resolve problems or difficulties
  Max tried to sort out the misunderstanding he had with Mary.

• speak up

  (inseparable) to speak more loudly
  Speak up. I can't hear you.

• split up

  (separable) to divide
  The bank robbers split the money up equally.

• stand in for

  (inseparable) to take someone's place
  Mary stood in for her boss while he was away.

• stand out

  (inseparable) to be prominent or conspicuous
  Max's car stands out among all the cars in the parking lot because of its florescent green paint job.

• stand up

  (inseparable) to rise to an erect position
  All of the people in the courtroom stood up when the judge entered.

• stay in

  (inseparable) to not go out
  Bill decided to stay in this weekend because he was tired of going out.

• stay out

  (inseparable) to not return home past the regular time
  Bill got angry when his wife stayed out all night.

• stop by

  (inseparable) to stop for a brief visit (usually on the way to somewhere else)
  Max stopped by Mary's house on his way home from school.