Phrasal Verbs R-S

• reel off
  • Recite without effort or pause.
    "Stella amazed everyone by reeling off all the phrasal verbs she had learned."
    
• rely on
  • Count on; depend on; trust
    "Don't worry. You can rely on me. I can keep a secret."
    
• rig out (verb)
  • Dress or equip.
    "The old lady arrived all rigged out in her best clothes."
    
• ring back (also: call back)
  • Return a phone call.
    "John rang this morning and asked if you could ring him back."
    
• ring off
  • End a phone call.
    "The caller gave his name and then rang off."
    
• rub out
  • Erase.
    Write it in pencil so that you can rub it out later if you want to change it.
    
• rule out
  • Eliminate.
    "The police are still investigating but they have ruled out political motives."
    
• run away
  • Escape from a place or suddenly leave.
    "He ran away from home at the age of fourteen."
    
• run into (also : bump into)
  • Meet by accident or unexpectedly .
    "Sophie ran into Maria at the shopping centre."
    
• run out of
  • Have no more of something.
    "What a nuisance! We've run out of coffee."
    


• scale back/scale down
  • Make something smaller than originally intended.
    "Due to the crisis the company had to scale down the size of the plant."
    
• scrape together/scrape up
  • Manage to find or collect enough of something you need, usually money.
    "We finally scraped together enough money to buy an old car."
    
• scrape through
  • Succeed with difficulty.
    "How I scraped through the exam is still a mystery to me!"
    
• set off
  • Start a journey.
    "Early Saturday morning we set off for the ski slopes."
    
• set up
  • Start a business.
    "Victoria set up her own company 10 years ago."
    
• settle for
  • Accept something not quite satisfactory
    "I was hoping for a better proposal but I'll settle for the amount you offer."
    
• shop around
  • Compare prices.
    "It's always wise to shop around before buying anything."
    
• show off
  • Brag or want to be admired.
    "There's Donald showing off in his new sports car!"
    
• show up
  • Appear; arrive.
    "We expected William to come but he didn't show up."
    
• shut up (impolite)
  • Be silent, stop talking.
    "Oh shut up you idiot!"
    
• sign away
  • Give up one's rights or ownership.
    "He signed away his property and joined a religious community."
    
• sign in
  • Register (e.g. at a hotel).
    "As soon as we've signed in we'll go and get something to eat ."
    
• sign out
  • Pay your bill and leave (e.g. a hotel).
    "At 9 o'clock he signed out and left for the airport."
    
• sign over (to)
  • Transfer ownership of something.
    "He signed over the house to his two children."
    
• sign up (for)
  • Enroll in an activity.
    Emma signed up for a computer course.
    
• sign up (with)
  • Sign an agreement to work for somebody.
    "Paul has signed up with a news agency."
    
• single out
  • Select for special attention.
    "Two of the boys were singled out for extra coaching.
    
• sink in
  • Be fully understood.
    "In spite of the detailed news reports, it took a while for the scale of the disaster to sink in."
    
• sit down
  • Take a seat.
    "Please come in and sit down."
    
• sleep in
  • Sleep later than usual.
    "Tomorrow is Saturday, so I can sleep in!"
    
• sleep over
  • Stay overnight at someone else's home.
    "You're welcome to sleep over if you don't want to drive in this weather."
    
• slip up
  • Make a mistake.
    "You slipped up there! His name is Alex, not Alan!"
    
• slow down
  • Decelerate; go more slowly.
    "George! You're going to cause an accident. Slow down!"
    
• sober up
  • Get rid of the effects of too much alcohol.
    "Jack decided to go for a long walk to sober up."
    
• sort out
  • Organise, resolve a problem.
    "There was a misunderstanding but Lea sorted it out."
    "Students should sort out their books at the end of the school year."
    
• speed up
  • Accelerate; go faster.
    "We need to speed up the registration procedure."
    
• stand for
  • Represent, mean.
    "VAT stands for value added tax."
    
  • Tolerate.
    "There's no way I'm going to stand for such bad behaviour!"
    
• stand up
  • Rise from a sitting position
    "The pupils stood up when the headmaster arrived."
    
• stand up for
  • Support or defend someone or something.
    "You must learn to be assertive and stand up for your personal views."
    
• stick around
  • Stay somewhere for some time.
    "I'll stick around until the end of the parade."
    
• stick out
  • Come out.
    "The speaker's shirt was sticking out from his trousers."
    
  • Become noticeable.
    "With that dress you'll really stick out!"
    
• stick (something) out
  • Tolerate, accept to continue.
    "Lunch with my girlfriend's colleagues was boring but I had to stick it out - I had no choice!"
    
• stick to
  • Continue without changing anything.
    "We must decide on a plan of action and stick to it."
    
• stick together
  • Support each other.
    "Good friends always stick together."
    
• stick with
  • Continue using or doing something.
    "I'll stick with this grammar book because it has everything I need."