Phrasal Verbs Starting with "C"

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• call back To return a phone call
• call off To cancel something
• call out To publicly criticize or challenge
• call up To telephone someone
• calm down To become less agitated or to make someone less upset
• carry on To continue doing something
• carry out To complete or perform a task
• carry over To continue from one period to another
• carve out To create by hard work or from existing material
• cash in To exchange for money; to take advantage
• cash out To withdraw
• catch on To understand or become popular
• catch up To reach the same level or meet with someone
• catch up with To meet after time apart
• cave in To collapse; to yield under pressure
• charge up To restore battery power
• chase after To pursue someone or something
• chat away To talk continuously in a friendly way
• chat up To talk flirtatiously to someone
• cheat on To be unfaithful to a partner
• check in To register arrival at a hotel or airport
• check out To leave a hotel or look at something
• check up on To monitor or verify
• cheer on To encourage with shouts
• cheer up To become happier or make someone happier
• chill out To relax and calm down
• chime in To add to a conversation
• chip away To gradually reduce or weaken something
• chip in To contribute money; to interrupt with a comment
• choke on To have difficulty swallowing
• choke up To become too emotional to speak
• chop up To cut into pieces
• chuck out To throw away or expel
• churn out To produce large quantities quickly
• clam up To suddenly stop talking
• clamp down To become stricter about controlling something
• clamp down on To take strict action to stop or control something
• clean out To delete unwanted files
• clean out To take all money
• clean up To make clean or profit significantly
• clean up To sterilize a wound
• clear out To leave or remove everything
• clear up To tidy; to resolve a problem; when weather improves
• click on To select something by pressing a mouse button
• click with To connect instantly with someone
• clock in To record arrival at work
• clock out To record departure from work
• clock up To accumulate or achieve
• close down To stop operating permanently
• close in To approach or surround
• club together To pool resources
• clue in To inform someone
• clue up To inform someone fully
• cobble together To assemble roughly
• cock up To spoil something by doing it badly (British)
• come about To happen or occur
• come across To find something by chance
• come along To progress or improve
• come apart To break into pieces; to fail
• come around To regain consciousness
• come around To change your opinion or decision
• come around To recur or happen again
• come back To return to a place
• come between To cause problems in a relationship
• come down For price to reduce
• come down with To become ill with something
• come in To enter a place
• come in To cost a total
• come into To inherit money or property
• come out in To develop spots or rash
• come out with To say something unexpectedly
• come over To suddenly feel
• come round To regain consciousness
• come through To succeed despite difficulty
• come to To regain consciousness
• come to To amount to a total
• come to To reach a point of understanding
• come undone To become unfastened; to fail or fall apart
• come up To arise or occur unexpectedly
• come up with To think of an idea or plan
• confide in To share secrets or personal matters
• conjure up To create or evoke
• conk out To fall asleep suddenly or stop working
• contend with To deal with difficulties
• cook up To prepare food; to invent a story or plan
• cool down To become less hot; to become calmer
• cool off To calm down after anger
• cope with To manage difficulties
• cotton on To understand or realize
• cough up To reluctantly pay money
• count down To count backwards to zero
• count on To rely on
• cover for To substitute or protect someone
• cover up To hide or conceal
• crack down To take severe measures against something
• crack down on To take severe measures against something
• crack on To continue working quickly
• crack up To laugh uncontrollably
• cram for To study intensively before an exam
• cram in To study intensively in short time
• crank out To produce quickly in large numbers
• crash For a system to fail suddenly
• crash out To fall asleep suddenly from exhaustion
• creep up To approach gradually without notice
• crop up To appear unexpectedly
• cross out To draw a line through to delete
• cry out To express pain vocally
• cut back To reduce spending or consumption
• cut down To reduce the amount of something
• cut down on To reduce spending or consumption
• cut in To interrupt someone while speaking
• cut off To disconnect or interrupt
• cut out To remove by cutting or stop doing
• cut through To take a shorter route
• cut up To upset deeply