Phrasal Verbs Starting with "C"
115 entries
- 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