Phrasal Verbs Starting with "L"

53 entries

• lash out To suddenly attack verbally or physically
• laugh off To dismiss with humour
• lay down To establish rules firmly
• lay off To dismiss employees or stop doing something
• lay out To arrange or display
• lay out To spend money
• lay up To be confined to bed due to illness
• lead on To deceive with false hopes
• lead up to To precede and prepare for
• leaf through To turn pages casually
• lean on To depend on someone for support
• leave out To omit from what is said
• let down To disappoint someone
• let go To release; to fire from a job; to stop holding on emotionally
• let go of To stop holding onto someone emotionally
• let on To reveal or pretend
• let out To release or allow to escape
• let slip To accidentally reveal
• let up To reduce in intensity
• level off To stop increasing or decreasing and become stable
• lie down To recline on a surface
• lie in To stay in bed later than usual
• light up To become visibly happy or excited
• lighten up To become less serious or stop being so uptight
• link up To connect systems together
• live off To survive using a particular source of income
• live on To survive with limited income
• live with To accept an ongoing problem
• liven up To become more exciting or make something more interesting
• load up To transfer data onto a device
• load up To fill with items or eat a lot
• lock down To secure or restrict access
• lock in To secure or commit
• lock out To prevent access
• lock up To secure a building by locking doors
• log in To access a computer system with credentials
• log into To access a system with credentials
• log off To end a computer session
• log on To start a computer session
• log out To exit a computer system
• long for To desire deeply
• look after To take care of someone or something
• look down on To consider someone inferior
• look forward to To anticipate with pleasure
• look into To investigate or research
• look out for To take care of someone; to watch for
• look up To search for information
• look up To improve or become better
• look up to To admire and respect someone
• loosen up To relax or become less strict
• lord it over To behave in a superior way
• lord over To act superior and dominate others
• lose touch To no longer be in contact