House Phrases: 17 Useful Phrasal Verbs Around the House

 

House Phrases! Learn useful phrasal verbs around the house in English with meaning, example sentences and ESL picture to improve your English.

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House Phrases

List of Phrasal Verbs Around the House

• Take out of the trash
• Throw away
• Pick up
• Hang up
• Put away
• Clean up/ tidy up
• Mop up
• Build on
• Turn on
• Put up
• Turn off
• Take down
• Stock up
• Put on
• Put on (music)
• Put on
• Put out

House Phrasal Verbs with Meaning and Examples

Take out of the trash

• Meaning: Remove trash from the house
• Example: I’ll take out the trash daily.

Throw away

• Meaning: Put something into the trash can/to discard
• Example: He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn’t find a trash can.

Pick up

• Meaning: Remove something from the floor to put into their proper place
• Example: When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.

Hang up

• Meaning: Put your clothes on a hanger to hang in the closet
• Example: We hang our clothes up in the closet.

Put away

• Meaning: Put items into their proper place (a drawer, cabinet, etc…)
• Example: Please put away your clothes.

Clean up/ tidy up

• Meaning: Remove the dirt, stains & unwanted material
• Example: We spent all Saturday morning cleaning up.

Mop up

• Meaning: Use a mop (towel or sponge) to remove liquid from the floor.
• Example: I am the one who has to mop up after the mess you made!

Build on

• Meaning: Construct an additional part of to the house, to add more space/rooms/etc…
• Example: We’re planning to build on a conservatory.

Turn on

• Meaning: Give (lamp/TV) power, to start
• Example: Do you want me to turn the lamp on?

Put up

• Meaning: Attach (a picture, or other object) to the wall to hang
• Example: I will put up this picture to the wall.

Turn off

• Meaning: Cause the power of (lamp/tv) to stop
• Example: It’s too noisy. Turn off the TV please!!

Take down

• Meaning: Remove (a picture or object) from the wall
• Example: She made us take down all the pictures.

Stock up

• Meaning: Buy a lot of something (food, drink, etc) to fill the refrigerator or pantry.
• Example: We need to stock up the freezer.

Put on

• Meaning: Get dressed
• Example: Hurry up! Put your coat on!

Put on (music)

• Meaning: Turn on the radio or some music
• Example: Do you mind if I put some music on?

Put on

• Meaning: Put (the pot/kettle/etc…) on the stove
• Example: I’ll put the kettle on for tea.

Put out

• Meaning: Extinguish/ to make a fire stop working
• Example: Little fires are put out before they can do their work.

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