Phrasal Verbs with ‘up’ 2

Completion, disorganisation or stopping progress

In this video, Rob looks at more of the most common phrasal verbs with ‘up’. He explains what the preposition means and gives you tips and tricks for understanding phrasal verbs in a natural way. Phrasal verbs are not easy, but don’t GIVE UP, even if you MESS UP sometime, it is always better to try 🙂 In this video we look at:

Break up – end a relationship

“John and Mary have broken up”

Split up – end a relationship

“John and Mary have split up”

Fill up – reaching the maximum capacity (little change in the meaning)

“When I arrived at the concert there weren’t a lot of people, but after 20 minutes, it started to fill up”

Give up – To stop doing based on your decision. Often because it was a bad habit, or because you got exhausted.

“I want to give up smoking”

Hang up – to stop a phone conversation

“After the conversation I hung up”

Hold up – No allow something to progress

“I’m very sorry for holding you up”

Mess up – To do something in an incorrect way

“I think I’ve messed this up”