Phrasal Prepositions: Great 80 Essential Examples!

What are Phrasal prepositions?

Phrasal prepositions are collection of words or phrases that could include an adverbs, verbs, nouns or pronouns in a sentence. You can consider them as parts of a sentence that forms a meaningful thought only as a unite.

Examples

• On behalf of
• In spite of
• On the floor
• In addition to
• By means of
• On time
• To the fact that

Examples in sentence:

• There is a party in front of my house.
• She went to school in spite of being sick.
• She gave a talk on behalf of the whole class.
• In addition to drawing, he also plays piano.
• I was not present in the meeting because of illness.
• he is proven guilty according to the law.
• We need to pass the exams for the sake of scholarship.
• According to science gravity is still a mystery.
• Considering the given results, the company decided to increase production.
• He cannot be here in any case because he lives far away.
• As for him, he knows exactly how to make a delicious pizza.
• Many people switch to work from home instead of going to office.
• He went all the way up to top of the mountain.

List of Common Phrasal Prepositions:

• In favor of
• Owing to
• According to
• By means of
• In addition to
• On the floor
• On-time
• In spite of
• Concerning
• On account of
• On behalf of
• In front of
• In any case
• For the moment
• In love with
• In the end
• For a while
• Up the hill
• Considering

Most Common Ones:

Average out at	Close in on	Feel up to	Go ahead with
Make up for	Shy away from	Add up to	Come down with
Fill in for	Go in for	Make up to	Stand in for
Come down on	Fix up with	Go on about	Make up with
Stand in with	Be on about	Come forward with	Fob off on/with
Grow out of	Measure up to	Stand up for	Be up for
Come up against	Hold back on	Keep away from	Stand up with
Miss out on	Run out of	Watch out for	Clamp down on
Fed up with (be)	Get back on	Make out with	Send away for
Get along with	Live up to	Press on with	Talk back to
Call out to	Back out of	Do out of	Get on with
Load up on	Push on with	Turn away from	Call out on
Drop in on	Get out of	Look down on	Put down to
Wake up to	Stand up to	Be up to	Come up for
Gang up against/on	Keep up with	Move in on	Break in on
Come up with	Get away with	Let in on	Move on to
Stick up for	Break out of	Cut back on	Get back to
Listen in on	Open up to	Take out on	Bring out in
Cut down on	Get back at	Cash in on	Drop out of
Look forward to	Put in for	Walk away from	Catch up on
Face up to	Get rid of	Look in on	Put up to
Walk away with	Catch up with	Fall back on	Get round to
Look out for	Put up with	Walk out on	Chalk up to
Fall behind with	Get through to	Look up to	Run away from
Walk out to	Check up on	Fall out with	Get through with
Make off with	Run out of	Watch out for	Clamp down on
Fed up with (be)	Get back on	Make out with	Send away for
Get along with	Live up to	Press on with	Listen out for
Own up to	Take up on	Burst in on	Do away with
Get along with	Live up to	Press on with	Talk back to
Call out to	Do out of	Get on with	Load up on
Push on with	Turn away from	Call out on	Get over with
Drop in on	Get out of	Look down on	Put down to
Wake up to	Push on with	Turn away from	Call out on
Drop in on	Get out of	Look down on	Put down to
Wake up to	Talk back to	Call out to	Do out of
Get on with	Load up on