List of most important and useful two-word verbs which are frequently used in our daily conversation. Learn to use two word verbs in sentences. Here you will get two-word veb with meaning and sentence example in Hindi.
Verb | Meaning in Hindi | Sentence Example |
Act for | किसी के बदले उसके स्थान पर कार्य करना | The senior clerk was asked to act for head clear when he went on leave. |
Act upon | प्रभावित करना | Heat acts upon bodies and causes them to expand |
Act upon | भरोसा रखना, भरोसा रखकर कार्यवाही करना | Acting upon a witness’ evidence the police caught the thief. |
Agree with | उप्युक्क्त, योग्य होना | Oil does not agree with my stomach. |
Answer for | जिम्मेदार होना | Every man must answer for his actions to god. |
Ask after | किसी व्यक्ति के बारे में पूछताछ करना | He was asking after you when i meet him this morning. |
Ask for | मांग लेना | You can ask for anything you need. |
Attend on | सेवा, सत्कार करना | Acting as a good hostess she attended on her guests well. |
Back out | दिए हुए वचन से मुकर जाना | He had promised me two hundred rupees but latter he backed out from his words. |
Back on | सहमत होना, सहमती देना | Let us call back on his demands. |
Be off | चले जाना | The concert will be on till nine p.m. |
Be over | चालू, घटित होना | After the picture will be over we will go home. |
Be up | समाप्त होना | Time is going to be up, hand over your copies. |
Be up | समाप्त होना (समय) | He will be up at five in the morning. |
Bear down | बिस्तर से उठना | The dictator bore down all opposition. |
Bear down | जबरदस्ती उखाड़ फेकना, दबा देना | The president bore down all dissent. |
Bear on | साथ सबंधित होना | Does this book bear on the same subject as that. |
Bear out | साबित करना, आधार देना | If the evidence bear out the charge, mahesh will be convicted for armed robbery. |
Bear with | बर्दास्त करना | It is very difficult to bear with rani’s bad temper. |
Beat back | पीछे हटना | The flame beat back the fireman. |
Beat off | हमले का डटकर सामना करना, हमलावर को पीछे हटाना. | In the battle of waterloo the british beat off napoleon. |
Believe in | विश्वास करना | I do not believe in astrology. |
Bid fair | अच्छी सम्भावना होना | His coaching has been so good that he bids fair to win the race. |
Bind over | क़ानूनी बंधन रखना | The man was bound over the court not to indulge in any criminal activity for at least six months. |
Blow down | तूफान से गिरना | The storm last night blew down many big trees. |
Blow out | बुझाना | On her birthday she blew out fifteen candles on her cake. |
Blow over | नुकसान न करते हुए चले जाना, खत्महोना | We hope that this crisis will blow over and be forgotten. |
Blow up | विस्फोट करना,होना | The retreating army blew up all the bridges. |
Blow up | अचानक गुस्सा होना | I did not understand why he below up at my answer. |
Border upon | निकट होना | His ranting bordered upon madness. |
Break away | अपने को बंधन से छुड़ाकर भागना | The horseman tried to hold the horse by the bridle, but the horse broke away. |
Break down | (यंत्र का) खराबी के कारण बंद पड़ना, रुकना | Our car broke down on the way to agra. |
Break down | भावना के उद्वेग से रो पड़ना | She broke down at his departure. |
Break down | विश्लेशण करना, अलग अलग सूची बनाना | If you break down the figures you will found out your mistake. |
Break in | (घोड़े को) सिखाना | How much time will you need to break in this horse. |
Break in | (दरवाजा आदि) जबरदस्ती खोलना | We had to break in the room when there was no response for her. |
Break into | चोरी से अथवा जबरदस्ती अंदर घुसना | The thieves broke into the bank and stole the money from its lockers. |
Break loose | खुल जाना,बंधन टूटना | During the storm the boat broke loose from its anchor and was washed away by strong current. |
Break loose | भागना | The buffalo broke loose the rope and ran away. |
Break off | अचानक रुकना, खत्म करना | She was saying something, but broke off as she saw him. |
Break out | अचानक आरम्भ होना | No one could tell the police how the fire broke out. |
Break up | लड़ाई-झगड़ा रोकना | He intervened to broke up the quarrel. |
Break up | तितर-बितर होना, करना | The police as resorted to a lathi charge to break up the crowd. |
Break with | मेंत्री टूटना, तोडना | Vijay and arun were close friend, but they seem to have broken off now. |
Bring about | बनाना, घटित करना | The new government brought about many reforms. |
Bring forward | प्रस्ताव रखना | The proposal he brought forward did not seem practical. |
Bring in | इक्कठा करना, बिक्री से कमाना | How much does your monthly sale bring in? |
Bring off | कठिन एंव अनपेक्षित कार्य संपन कर दिखाना | The touring indian cricket team in england brought off a spectacular victory. |
Bring on | पैदा करना | Dirt of brings on diseases. |
Bring out | बाहर निकालना | War the bring out the worst in people. |
Bring to | सचेतन करना, होश में लाना | The unconscious man was brought to consciousness by a passer by through artificial respiration. |
Bring under | दबाना, ऊपर अधिकार जमाना | The king brought under the rebels and established pease in his kingdom. |
Bring up | (बच्चे का) लालन-पालन कर | Anil was brought up by his uncle. |
Brush off | अशिष्टिता से किसी को चलता करना | As he became irritating she had to brush him off. |
Buckle to | कम में जुट जाना | With his examinations round the corner ramesh has to buckle to at once. |
Build up | बढ़ाना, मजबूत करना | You need a good tonic to build up your strength after your recent illness. |
Burn down | जलकर नष्ट करना या करना | The house was completely burnt down in the great fire in the city. |
Call at | घर पर मिलने जाना | I called at my friends place to inquire about his health. |
Call at | रुकना | This ship in not call at cochin. |
Call for | लेने के लिए जाना | The washer man called for the wash. |
Call for | आवयश्कता होना | Good painting calls a great skill. |
Call off | रद्द करना | I had to call off the party because my wife’s illness. |
Call on | मिलने जाना | The visiting australian prime minister called on the president. |
Care for | अच्छा लगना, पसंद करना | Would you care for cup a tea. |
Care for | रक्षा, निगरानी करना, भरण-पोषण करना | Mother theresa cares for many an orphan. |
Carry on | चलू रखना,कार्य करते रहना | Despite the accident they carried on with the show. |
Carry out | संपन, पूण करना, आदेश का पालन करना | My secretary carries out her duties very efficiently. |
Carry through | कार्य संपन करना | It required lot of effort for the engineers to carry through the building construction. |
Catch on | समझ में आना | When he explained his plan i caught on to his motive. |
Catch up | किसी के बराबर पहुंच जाना | He ran so fast that it was difficult to catch up with him. |
Cave in | गिरना, ढह जाना | On account of a major earthquake recently the outer wall of our house caved in. |
Change hands | (जाय्दात, माकन की) मिलकियत बदलना | This house changed hands twice during the last ten years. |
Check out | (होटल) छोड़ना | He was caught before he could check out without paying the bill. |
Check up | पता लगाना, जाँच करना | Please check up if he is at home or not. |
Clear off | भाग जाना | I went to see who had thrown the stone, but the boys had cleared off. |
Clear out | चले जाना | His impudence infuriated me so much that i asked him to clear out of my house. |
Close down | हमेसा के लिए बंद करना | On account of slump in the market he had to close down his shop. |
Close up | कुछ समय के लिए बंद करना | He closed up the shop for the day and went home. |
Come about | घटित होना | You have grown so thin! How did this come about? |
Come along | प्रगति करना | How is your book coming along? |
Come by | प्राप्त करना | Initially he was not doing very well but now he has come by a fantastic contract. |
Come into | विरासत में मिलना | He will come into the estate on his father’s death. |
Come of | नतीजा निकालना | Nothing came of his proposal. |
Come off | घटित होना | When does the concert come off? |
Come out | जाहिर होना, पता चलना | It comes out that she was aware of the startling facts all the time. |
Come round | धीरे-धीरे स्वास्थ सुधारना | My friend was seriously ill for some days, but is now coming round. |
Come round | मन लेना | He was strongly opposed to the idea of going to badkal lake for picnic, but after lot of persuasion he came round to other’s wishes. |
Come through | सफल होना | As i’ve studied hard for the examination i am quite confident that i’ll come through. |
Come to | होश में आना | He came to after a long period of unconsciousness. |
Come to | (बिल) बनाना | How much does the bill come to? |
Come upon | संयोग से पाना, दिखाना | While wandering through the jungle i came upon a strange bird. |
Cook up | मनगढत बनाना | As he beating he cooked up a story to explain his absence. |
Correspond to | समान दिखना | The bird’s wing corresponds to the man’s arm. |
Cry out | चिलाना | She cried out for help when she saw a car speeding towards her child. |
Count in | समाविष्ट करना | If you are planning to make a trip to shimla you can count me in. |
Count on | भरोसा रखना | You can always count on my trip. |
Count out | समाविष्ट न करना | If you are planning any mischief, please count me out. |
Cover for | दुसरे के काम की जिम्मेदारी लेना | Go and take your coffee break, i’ll cover for you until you return. |
Cross out | काट देना, निकाल देना | She crossed out his name from invitees’ list. |
Cut down | मात्रा कम करना | If you want to reduce you must cut down on starchy and oily food. |
Cut in | बीच में बोल पड़ना | Don’t cut in while i am speaking to someone. |
Cut off | बीच में रोकना, रोक लगाना | Our army cut off the enemy’s escape route. |
Cut out | निकाल देना | You can safely cut out the last paragraph of this article. |
Cut short | समय से पहले समाप्त करना | The meeting was cut short as the chief speaker suddenly fell ill. |
Cut up | दु:खी होना | He was greatly cut up by his failure in the examination. |
Cut up | सक्त आलोचना करना, छोटा करना | The reviewers mercilessly cut up his autobiographical novel. |
Dash off | कंही जल्दी से जाना | The horses dashed off down the street. |
Dash off | जल्दी में लिखना | He dashed off three letters in half an hour. |
Dawn on | समझ में आना | It only later dawned on me that he was all this while pulling my leg. |
Deal in | व्यापार करना | My friend deals in ready made garments. |
Deal out | बाटना | Justice ram nath bajaj of delhi high court is famous for dealing out equal justice to all. |
Deal with | किसी के साथ व्यापार करना | I’ve had bad experience with him. I won’t deal with him any further . |
Deal with | सम्बंधित होना | This book deal with foreign policy matters. |
Deliver from | बचाना | Oh god, deliver us from evil! |
Die away | कम होना, खत्म होना | After a while the sounds died away. |
Die down | कम होना, खत्म होना | After a while the noise died down. |
Die off | नष्ट होना | As the civilization advanced, many backward tribes died off. |
Die out | नष्ट होना | At the night advanced the fire died out. |
Dip into | किसी पुस्तक के इधर-उधर के पृष्ट पढना | I have not read this book; i have only dipped into it. |
Dip into | निकालना | I had dip into my savings to buy a motor cycle. |
Dish out | आसानी से प्रसंसा, निंदा या आलोचना करना | The flattery he dishes out would turn anyone’s head. |
Dish out | निकालना | Everybody, please dish out rs. 10 each for this trip. |
Dispense with | किसी व्यक्ति के बिना काम चलाना | You can easily dispense with his services. |
Dispose of | बेच देना | The reach man disposed of all his property and became a sadhu. |
Do for | किसी वस्तु के स्थान पर काम आना | This plot of land is fairly large and will do for a playground. |
Do over | फिर से करना | You will have do over this sum, as you have made a mistake. |
Do up | कमरा ठीक-ठाक करना | If you do up this place it will look beautiful. |
Do without | किसी चीज के बिना काम चलाना | We will have do without many facilities at this village. |
Draw back | पीछे हटना, मुकर जाना | I cannot draw back from my promise. |
Draw in | अंदर की तरफ ले लेना | The cat in its paws and curled up on the floor. |
Draw near | पास आना | As winter draws near, people start wearing woolen clothes. |
Draw on | नजदीक आना | As the time of concert drew on the audience got anxious. |
Draw out | किसी को अपने विचार देने के लिए तैयार करना | He was resultant to comment on anil’s behavior, but in the end i managed to draw him out. |
Draw toward | किसी के प्रति आकर्षित होना | Kumar finds asha very charming and feels drawn towards her. |
Draw up | तैयार करना, बनाना | Let us draw up a list of all the people we want to invite. |
Drive at | लश्य करना | I listened to his rambling talk and could not make out what he was driving at. |
Drop in | यूँ ही मिलना | I dropped in on prakash on my way to market. |
Drop out | छोड़ देना | Arun dropped out of the medical course as he found very laborious. |
Dwell on | किसी बात पर अधिक देर तक बोलना | In his speech he dwelt on the importance of prompt action. |
Eat into | जंग खाना, जंग से कट जाना | Rust eats into iron. |
Egg on | प्रोसाहित करना ( साधारणता बुरे काम के लिए) | He is a well behaved boy, but he was egged on by kumar to fight with ashok. |
Enlarge on | किसी विषय पर लम्बा व्याख्यान देना | This lawyer upon this part of the evidence and treated it as of great importance. |
Explain away | बहाना बनाना, झुठ-मुठ विवरण देना | Although he was at fault yet he tried to explain away his mistake. |
Fall back | पीछे हटना | When our army charged, the enemy fell back. |
Fall behind | पिछड़ना, प्रगति न करना | On account of a prolonged illness, she fell behind in her studies. |
Fall flat | यशस्वी या आकर्षक न होना | Although she is an accomplished dancer her performance last week fell flat. |
Fall for | आकर्षित होना | Usha fell for the pretty sari displayed in a window shop. |
Fall in | कतार में खड़े होना | The captain ordered the soldiers to fall in. |
Fall off | कम होना | On account of the heavy snow fall, attendance at the evening class has fallen of considerably. |
Fall on | हमला करना | The angry mob fell on the running thief. |
Fall out | झगड़ा करना | Anil and sunil were good friends, but now they seem to have fallen out. |
Fall through | किसी काम का अधुरा या असफल रहना | We had been planning to go to nainital this summer but for want of money the programme fell through. |
Fall under | समाविष्ट होना | This entire district falls under my jurisdiction. |
Feel for | सहानुभुति रखना | I deeply feel for you in your suffering. |
Feel like | इच्छा होना | I feel like talking a long walk. |
Figure on | अंदाजा लगाना, अपेक्षा करना | I had figured on your attending the meeting. |
Figure out | समझना, अर्थ लगाना, सुलझाना | His lecture was long and boring and i couldn’t figure out what he was driving at. |
Figure up | हिसाब या अंदाजा लगाना | Have you figured up the cost of this entire project? |
Fill in | किसी दुसरे की जगह लेना | As the principal was on leave, the vice filled in for him. |
Fill out | फार्म भरना | For the marketing management examination the candidates had to fill out forms. |
Fit out | सामान को सजाना | Today, she is very busy fitting out her house for the big party. |
Fix up | मरम्मत करना | We decided to fix up the old house ourselves. |
Flare up | अचानक क्रोध करना | It is immature to flare up on trifles. |
Fly at | अचानक क्रोध प्रकट करना | I asked him to lend me five rupees and all once he flew at me. |
Fly off | जल्दी करना | He was slightly late so he flew off the railway station in the hope of catching the train. |
Fly open | जोर से खोलना | Suddenly the door flew open and he ran out. |
Fly out | जल्दी में बहार भागना | As the fire spread all the people flew out the burning house. |
Follow suit | अनुकरण करना | She asked the speaker a probing question and gradually everyone followed the suit. |
Fool around | हंसी मजाक करना | Stop fooling and get to work. |
Fool away | व्यर्थ गवा देना | Don’t foot away your time like this. |
Front for | अप्रत्यक्ष रूप से किसी का प्रतिनिधित्व करना | The chairman is the real boss in this company but the general manager fronts for him. |
Get about | घूमना, इधर-उधर जाना | For last two month he was bed ridden on account of typhoid. Now, he is getting about again. |
Get across | समझना | At last i was able to get across my point. |
Get ahead | प्रति करना, आगे बढ़ना, आगे निकल जाना | Unless you work, how will you get ahead of other in studies? |
Get along | घूम मिलकर रहना, दोस्ती रखना | She is highly sociable and can get along with everybody. |
Get along | प्रगति करना | How is mr. Rao getting along in his new job? |
Get around | टालना | He ‘tried to get around the policeman’s inquiries. |
Get at | प्रयास से प्राप्त करना | One enquiry’s object is to get at the ‘truth. |
Get away | निकल कर भागना | Despite vigilance of the policeman the thief got away. |
Get back | वापस आना | He has just got back from his tour after two months. |
Get by | प्रयासपूर्वक करना | You will have to somehow get by with his work. |
Get down | किसी सवारी से उतरना, शुरू करना | Let us get down the next stop. The exams are approaching fast. Let’s get down to studies. |
Get off | बस या मोटर या गाड़ी से उतरना | We have to get off the bus at the next stop. |
Get on | बस या मोटर या गाड़ी पर सवार होना | I saw him to get on to bus at the last stop. |
Get on | प्रगति करना | Ashok is quite industrious and sure to get on in the world. |
Get over | किसी बीमारी से मुक्त होना | Have you got over your cold? |
Get round | किसी व्यक्ति को खुशामद से राजी करना | I’m sure he’ll somehow get round the money lender for a loan. |
Get through | पूरा करना | When will you get through with your work? |
Get to | पहुंचना | Balrampur is a remote village in madhya pradesh and very difficult to get to. |
Get up | बिस्तर अथवा कुर्सी से उठ बैठना | He got up from his seat to receive me. |
Give away | बाँटना | The chief guest gave away the prizes. |
Give away | रहस्य खोलना | He gave away ram’s name as he had drawn teacher’s cartoon. |
Give in | हार न मानना | He knew he was losing the match, but he refused to give in. |
Give off | बहार फेकना | Some gases give off a pungent smell. |
Give out | जाहिर करना | He gave out that he had got nominated on the welfare board. |
Give up | हार मानना | When he realized that he would not be able to win the race, he gave up. |
Give way | टूट पड़ना | Ashok kept on kicking the door vigorously and finally it gave way. |
Gloss over | दोष छिपाना | In ram chandra’s biography the writer has glossed over many of his shortcoming. |
Go around | पर्याप्त होना | I am afraid we do not have enough chairs to go around. |
Go back | मुकर जाना | He promised to lend me his history notes but now he has gone back on his word. |
Go down | विश्वास करना | Yours story is highly unconvincing and will not go down with the authorities. |
Go for | हमला करना | The boys went for the poor dog with stone. |
Go off | धमाके से फूटना या उड़ना | The gun went off with a loud bang. |
Go on | बनाना, घटित होना | What’s going here? |
Go on | जारी रखना | Jaya went on reading and did not pay attention to her friends. |
Go out | बुझना | The lights went out as sanjeev entered the room. |
Go over | स्मरण करना | I went over the events of the day as i lay in bed at night. |
Go over | स्मरण करना | Go over this chapter again and again until you have learnt in thoroughly. |
Go through | तकलीफ उठना, सहन करना | You will never know what she went through to give her children good education. |
Go upon | किसी आधार पर चलना | Is this principle you always go upon? |
Go with | मेल खाना | A blue cardigan will not go with a green sari. |
Go without | किसी चीज के बिना काम चलना | How long can you go without food? |
Go wrong | खराब होना | What has gone wrong with your car? |
Grow upon | आदत लगाना | The habit of taking drugs is growing up college boys. |
Hand down | न्यायालय में सजा सुनाना | The judge handed down his verdict in the case. |
Hand in | दे देना | Time is up, please hand in the answer books. |
Hand out | बाँटना | The examiner handed out the question papers to the candidates. |
Hand over | सोंपना | The retiring sales engineer handed over the charge to the new engineer. |
Hang about | किसी स्थान के इर्द-गिर्द घूमना | A suspicious looking man was seen hanging about the house last night. |
Hang around | बिना काम के किसी व्यक्ति या स्थान के इर्द-गिर्द घूमना | I have often seen him hanging around her house? |
Hang back | पीछे रहना | I asked him to receive the chief guest, but he hung back. |
Hang on | लटकना, लटके रहना | Hang on to the rope lest you should fall down. |
Hang up | टेलीफोन नीचे रख देना | I rang him up but as soon as he heard my voice he hung up. |
Hang upon | ध्यान से सुनना | The audience hung upon every word of the distinguished speaker. |
Happen on | अचानक दिखना | During my himalayan trek i happened on a tiger in a forest. |
Have on | पहने हुए होना | What sari did she have on when you saw her? |
Hear of | पता चलना | Have you heard of the bus accident at okhla in which ten persons got killed. |
Hit on | संयोग से पता चलना | To begin with i tried quite a bit and finally by sheer luck i hit on the right solution. |
Hold forth | लंबा-चौड़ा भाषण देना | He held forth on his favourite topic for one full hour. |
Hold good | चालू रहना | The promise i made you last week still holds good. |
Hold off | कोई निर्णय करने में देर लगाना | Everybody in the office is wondering why mr. Rao is holding off his decision. |
Hold on | कस कर पकडे रखना | Hold on to the rope, lest you should fall down. |
Hold out | प्रतिकार जरी रखना | Despite massive strength of the enemies our soldiers held out to last. |
Hold over | देर लगाना | In view of the fresh evidence available the judge has decided to hold over the case till the next month. |
Hold still | स्थिर रहना | How can i take your photograph if you do not hold still? |
Hold together | एकत्र रहना | This chair is so rickety that it will not hold together if you sit on it. |
Hold true | सत्य होना | Newton’s law of gravitation will always hold true on the earth. |
Hold up | देर लगाना, रोक लगाना | Your late arrival has held up the work. |
Hold up | डाक डालना | Two armed robbers held up the bank. |
Hunt for | ढूंढ़ना | What were you hunting for in the newspaper? |
Hunt up | प्रयासपूर्वक ढूंढ़ना | I am hunting up material for my new book on politicking in india. |
Inquire after | कुशल पूछना | Since last week ashok had not been feeling well so i went to his place to inquire after him. |
Introduce into | नई चीज बीच में लाना | He introduced into the debate a fresh approach. |
Issue from | किसी स्थान या वस्तु से बहार निकलना | Water issued from a small crack in the stream. |
Join in | सम्मिलित होना, हिस्सा लेना | At first he kept aloof from our games, but later joined in. |
Join with | बाँट लेना | I’ll join with you in the expenses of the trip. |
Join up | सेना में भर्ती होना | When the war declared the government appealed to all young men to join up. |
Jump at | उत्सुकता से स्वीकारना | When i suggested that we could go for picnic tomorrow he jumped at the proposal. |
Jump to | जल्दबाजी में निष्कर्ष निकालना | Don’t be hasty in judging himself and jumping to the conclusion that he is hostile to you. |
Keep at | करते रहना | If he only keeps at his works, he will soon finish with it. |
Keep back | छुपाना | I won’t keep back anything from you. |
Keep away | दूर रहना | We should advise our children to keep away from bad company. |
Keep house | घर संभालना | He wants his wife only to keep house and not work in an office. |
Keep off | दूर रहना | The curtains will keep off the mosquitoes. |
Keep on | जारी रखना, चलते रहना | It was long journey and he was tried, but he kept on going. |
Keep out | बहार रखना | The woolen cloths are warm enough to keep out the cold. |
Keep to | जारी रखना, करते रहना | Unless you keep to the job you are doing, you will never be able to finish with it. |
Keep to | वचन का निर्वाह करना | You must learn to keep to your word. |
Keep together | साथ-साथ रहना | I asked my children to keep together in the crowd. |
Keep up | गति बनाये रखना | India must keep up with the development and progress in the world of science. |
Knock down | नीचे गिरना | The boxer struck his opponent a heavy blow and knocked him down. |
Knock off | काम बंद करना | He did not take long to knock off the work. |
Knock out | पूरी तरह से हार मानना | A heavy blow on the nose by his opponent knocked out the boxer. |
Knuckle under | हार मानना | We thought it would be a tough bout, but it was not long before one of the boxers was knuckling under. |
Lay about | चारो ओर से पिटाई करना | As the watchman spotted a man stealing watches from a shop he laid about with his cane. |
Lay down | त्याग पत्र देना | After ten long years he laid down the chairmanship of the company. |
Lay off | कुछ समय के लिए काम से निकाल देना | If the sales continue to fall like this we may have to lay off one or two people. |
Lay on | जोर से पिटाई करना | Taking up a stick he caught the mischievous boy and laid on vigorously. |
Lay open | राज खोलना | I shall not rest till i’ve laid open the whole conspiracy. |
Lay out | रचना करना | The garden was laid out by an expert. |
Lay up | भविष्य में प्रयोग में लानेके लिए इकठ्ठा करना | The squirrel was busy laying up nuts. |
Leave alone | साथ छोड़ना | How can you leave me alone in my hard times? |
Leave out | छोड़ देना | It will be unfair to leave him out of the picnic programme. |
Let down | निराश करना, धोखा देना | I was counting on your help, but you let me down. |
Let off | छोड़ देना | You must prepare hard. Interviewers won’t let you off so easily. |
Let on | बता देना | Don’t let on to dev that we are going to a movie tonight. |
Let out | किराये पर देना | As i am hard up nowadays i had to let out a portion of my house. |
Let up | कम होना | If the rain lets up we will go to the market. |
Light on | संयोग से पता चलना | While wandering in the jungle the boys suddenly lighted on a secret cave. |
Live on | किसी चीज पर निर्वाह करना | Squirrels live on nuts. |
Look after | संम्भालना, ध्यान देना | Will you please look after the house in my absence. |
Look for | ढूँढना | I looked for my lost watch everywhere in the house, but couldn’t find it. |
Look in | यूँ ही थोड़े समय के लिए मिलने जाना | Do look in after dinner if you are free. |
Look into | जाँच करना | Have the police looked into the matter relating to theft at your house. |
Look out | सावधान रहना | Look out there is a car coming. |
Look over | जाँच अथवा मूल्यंकन करना | The examiner was looking over the students ‘answer paper. |
Look up | अर्थ या संदर्भ ढूँढना | Suresh looked up the word in the dictionary as he did not know its meaning. |
Look up | बढ़ना | Prices of cooking oil are looking up. |
Make after | पीछे दौड़ना | The policeman made after the thief very fast. |
Make believe | विश्वाश करने के लिए भूमिका बनना | Arun that he was sick to take a leave from school. |
Make clear | समझना, विवरण देना | The teacher made clear to me my mistake. |
Make faces | मुंह टेढ़ा करके दिखाना | Stop making faces at me. |
Make for | किसी की तरफ जाना | The thief entered the house and made for the safe. |
Make good | पदौन्नति होना | He being a hard worker is sure to make good in that new job. |
Make of | समझ पाना | I cannot make anything of this statement. |
Make merry | मौज बनाना | As we have now an unexpected holiday, so let us make merry. |
Make out | कठिनाई से समझ पाना | Can you make out his handwriting. |
Make over | सुपुर्द करना | He has made over all his property to his son. |
Make over | मरम्मत करना | She is an efficient housewife and makes over all her old clothes. |
Make room | जगह बनाना | I cannot make room for anything more in this trunk. |
Make sense | सार्थक होना | How can you be so foolish in dealing with your clients? It doen’t make sense to him. |
Make towards | किसी की तरफ जाना | The swimmer made toward the right bank of the river. |
Make up | बनाना, रचना, गढना | Don’t make up such silly excuses for your absence yesterday. |
Make way | रास्ता देना | The crowd hurriedly made way for the leader as he arrived. |
Mix up | गड़बड़ घोटाला करना | As they were introduced to me in a hurry i mixed up their names and called him by the wrong name. |
Occur to | विचार में आना | As i always considered him an honest person it never occurred to me that he was laying. |
Offend against | असोभनीय लगना | There was nothing in his speech to offend against good taste. |
Pack off | जल्दी में चलता कर देंना | As he was getting in my nevers i packed him off. |
Palm off | ठगना | He tried to palm off a forged hundred rupee note on me. |
Part with | दे देना | Nobody likes to part with one’s property. |
Pass away | मरना | Kaumar’s father passed away yesterday. |
Pass for | समझ लिया जाना | Our villagers being largely illiterate he passes for a learned man in our village. |
Pass out | सुध-बुध खोना | She could not bear the sight of accident and passed out. |
Pass over | ख्याल न करना | I passed over many candidates before i could choose this one. |
Pay attention | ध्यान देना | The teacher asked the student to pay attention to him. |
Pay off | हिसाब चूका कर छुट्टी दे देना | He was not happy with his servant so he paid him off. |
Pick on | चिढना, झगड़ा मोल लेना | The quarrelsome boy always picked on fights for with small children. |
Pick out | चुनना, पसंद करना | Anil spent a long time picking out a nice gift for anita. |
Pick up | थोडा-सा ज्ञान प्राप्त करना | The children don’t take long to pick up what they see around. |
Play down | महत्व को कम करना | Some newspapers played off the significance of disturbances in poland. |
Play off | एक दुसरे से भिड़ाना | The crooked man played off the two friends against each other for his own benefit. |
Play on | बजाना | Can you play on a violin? |
Ply on | शब्दों का होशियारी से प्रोयोग करना | His skill to play on words makes him a very forceful speaker. |
Play with | छेड़खानी करना | It is dangerous to play with fire. |
Prevail over | प्रभावित करना | None of these considerations prevailed over his prejudices. |
Prevail with | मनाना | He is a difficult person. So, i found difficult prevail with him. |
Proceed against | किसी के खिलाफ कार्येवाही करना | I have decided to proceed against him in a court of law. |
Provide against | किसी बुरे दिन के लिए प्रबंध करना | A wise man takes care to provide against emergencies. |
Pull in | आना | The coolies started running towards the train as it pulled in. |
Pull out | चले जाना, निकलना | At the guard’s signal the train pulled out of the station. |
Pull through | बच जाना | Although he was seriously ill and doctors had given up hope he pulled through. |
Pull together | सहमत होना, मिलकर कार्य करना | The partners of adarsh enterprise have been fighting together, if they manage to pull together they’ll succeed. |
Pull up | रुकना | The taxi pulled up at the entrance of the hotel. |
Push off | चल पड़ना | I’m getting quite late so i must push off now. |
Push on | कठिनाई से आगे बढ़ना | He was exhausted and ill, but he pushed on. |
Put across | समझना, स्वीकृति देना | He put across his arguments very eloquently and convincingly. |
Put away | किसी सही स्थान पर रख देना | The workmen put away their tools and left the factory. |
Put down | दबाना | The army easily put down the revolt. |
Put forward | विचारार्थ प्रस्तव रखना | He put forward his suggestion for our consideration. |
Put off | स्थगित करना | The match had to be put off because of bad weather. |
Put on | कपडे पहनना | She put on her best dress for the party. |
Put on | दिखाना | Don’t put on as if you don’t know anything. |
Put out | बुझना | He put out the light and went to sleep. |
Put out | कष्ट पहुचना | You should take care not to put out people by your irresponsible behavior. |
Put out | प्रकाशित करना | The party put out a pamphlet to explain its economic policy. |
Put right | मरम्मत करना | Ask the carpenter to put right this broken table. |
Put together | जोड़ना,इकट्ठा करना | The child took the watch apart, but couldn’t put it together again. |
Put up | रहना, निवास करना | Where should i put up in bombay? |
Rail against | शिकायत, भत्सर्ना करना | It is useless railing against your master’s orders. |
Rail at | शिकायत करना | He has always railed at his parents for not understanding him. |
Rake up | पुराना झगडा फिर से शुरू करना | Please do not rake up old quarrels at this critical juncture. |
Rank with | समान होना | There is scarcely any poet who can rank with kalidas. |
Reason with | तर्क करना,समझने की कोशिश करना | I had to reason hard with him for my proposal’s acceptance. |
Reckon on | भरोसा रखना | I was reckoning on her presence at the function. |
Reflect on | बुरा प्रभाव पड़ना | Your misconduct will reflect on your character. |
Relate to | संबंधित होना | Please get me the file that relates to this matter. |
Resort to | सहायता लेना | As the crowd became unruly the police had to resort to lathi charge. |
Rest on | आधार रखना | His whole theory rests on a wrong assumption. |
Ride out | तूफान से बचकर निकलना | Fortunately our ship rode out the storm. |
Root out | उखाड़ फेकना, समूल नष्ट करना | The government is determined to root out corruption. |
Rout out | जबरदस्ती बहार निकालना | I routed him out of bed early in the morning. |
Rule out | निकाल देना, न मानना | The police has ruled out the possibility of sabotage in this train accident? |
Run across | संयोग से मिलना अथवा पाना | I was quite surprised to run across him in the market. |
Run after | पीछे दौड़ना | Running after money does not speak well of you. |
Run against | चुनाव के खिलाफ खड़ा होना | She run against her husband in the municipal elections. |
Run down | निचा दिखना | Certain malicious reviewers will run down ever the best book ever written. |
Run errands | संदेशा पहुंचाना | Ramesh is of obliging nature and runs errands for all the neighbors. |
Run for | चुनाव लड़ना | He ran for president ship in the college elections. |
Run into | संयोग से मुलाकात होना | I ran into an old friend yesterday at the cinema hall. |
Run into | अविवेक के कारण मोल देना | If you spend your money so recklessly you will soon run into debt. |
Run out | खत्म होना | We were afraid that we might run out of our food supply at the excursion. |
Run over | गाड़ी के निचे आना | The unlucky dog was run over by a car. |
Run short of | समाप्त होना | If we run short of food we will get more from some restaurant. |
Run through | जल्दी से देख लेना | I had to run through the book in an hour. |
Search out | ढूंढ़ निकालना | Our aim in this inquiry is to search out the truth. |
See about | प्रबंध करना | I am badly tied up with other things so you will have to see about the catering arrangements at the party. |
See off | विदा करना | I went to the airport to see off my friend who left for u.s.a. Last night. |
See through | कठिनाइयों के बावजूद संपन करना | He saw through the entire job by himself. |
See through | भेद जान जाना | He was trying to be clever, but i saw through his trick. |
See to | जिमेदारी लेना | Will you please see to the catering arrangements for the function? |
Seek out | प्रयासपूर्वक ढूंढ निकालना | Ramesh and vikas have gone to the nearby wood to seek put the place of rabbits. |
Sell out | मलकियत बेच देना | He sold out his business as he could not make a profit. |
Send away | किसी को चलता करना | He was becoming a nuisance, so i had to send him away. |
Send for | बुला भेजना | She has fallen unconscious. Please send for a doctor immediately. |
Send word | सन्देश भेजना | He sent word to me that he would come in a week’s time. |
Serve out | पुरे समय तक काम करना | The apprentice has served out his period of apprenticeship so he is due for an increment. |
Serve up | परोसना | She served up a tasty meal. |
Set about | कार्य आरम्भ करना | As your examination is near you should set about your work without delay. |
Set apart | सुरक्षित करना | One day in the week is set apart as the rest day. |
Set aside | रद्दो-बदल करना | The supreme court set aside the verdict of the high court in bihari lal case. |
Set down | नोट करना | The magistrate set down in writing the witness’ statement. |
Set forth | प्रस्तुत करना | He set forth his views with clarity and force. |
Set in | आरंभ होना | Just as i was about to go out. The rain set in. |
Set off | निकल पड़ना | As we have to go a long distance we will set off early in the morning. |
Set up | प्रबंध करना | The state government has set up a new auditorium at metha chowk to encourage performing arts. |
Set upon | हमला करना | As the poor old beggar approached the corner house two dogs set upon him. |
Set out | निकल पड़ना | He set out on his travels. |
Set to | कार्य आरम्भ करना | You have a lot to do so you should set to work at once. |
Settle down | स्थायी रूप से निवास करना | After retirement now i have settled down in delhi. |
Settle on | अनिश्चय के बाद किसी निष्कर्ष पर पहुंचना | Finally, she settled on a blue sari. |
Show off | नुमाइश करना | She went to the party as she was quite keen to show off her new dress. |
Show up | आ पहुंचना | I have been waiting for him for more than an hour, but he has not yet shown up. |
Show up | पोल खोलना | If he provokes me further. I will have to show him up. |
Shut in | अन्दर बंद रखना | As night came the shepherd shut his flock of sleep in. |
Shut off | कोई यंत्र बंद कर देना | There appeared to be some trouble with his car so he shut off its engine. |
Shut up | जबरदस्ती चुप कराना | As the boy was chattering a lot the teacher asked him to shut up. |
Side with | पक्ष लेना | No matter what happens i will always side with you. |
Sit out | समाप्त होने तक बेठे रहना | I sat out his long lecture. |
Sit up | उठ बैठना | The poor old man was too weak to sit up. |
Sleep off | सोकर ताजगी प्राप्त करना | I was exhausted after the day’s wok so i decided to sleep off my fatigue. |
Slow down | धीरे-धीरे गति कम करना | The train slowed down as it approached the station. |
Smart under | अपमान अथवा दुर्वचन सहना | The clerk was smarting under the officer’s rebuke. |
Snap at | उत्सुकता से स्वीकारना | He snapped at the offer i made to him. |
Speak up | जोर से बोलना | As the audience could not hear the speaker it requested him to speak up. |
Spell out | बिस्तर से बताना | He spelt out his treking plan in detail and asked me to accompany him. |
Stamp out | दबा देना | The government tried its best to stamp out the rebellion. |
Stand against | प्रतिकार करना | Parashuram was so powerful that no king could stand against him. |
Stand by | इंतजार करना | Please stand by for an important announcement. |
Stand for | प्रतिनिधित्व करना | The stars in the american flag stand for fifty states. |
Stand for | चुनाव लड़ना | My uncle stood for chairmanship of the municipality. |
Stand for | बर्दाश्त करना | I will not stand for such a rude behavior. |
Stand out | ध्यान आकर्षित करना | She stood out in the crowd because of her beauty. |
Stand up | सहन करना | How can you stand up to such tremendous pressure of work? |
Start for | चल पड़ना | When did he start for bombay? |
Stay up | रुके रहना | I had to finish with some work last night so i stayed up till one o’ clock. |
Stay with | किसी के साथ रहना | When you come to bombay, please stay with me. |
Step down | पद छोड़ना | Next month our company’s president will step down in favour of his son. |
Step up | गति बढ़ाना | I stepped up the speed of my car. |
Stick around | उसी स्थान पर बने रहना | After dinner we requested our guest to stick around for the movie on the tv. |
Stick at | हिचकिचाना | He will stick at nothing to fulfill his ends. |
Stick by | साथ देना | Stick by your friends in their difficulty. |
Stick out | बाहर निकालना | I went to the doctor with a stomach complaint and he asked me to stick out my tongue. |
Stick to | एक ही बात पर डटे रहना | Despite interrogation he stuck to his story till the end. |
Stir up | उकसाना, उतेजित करना | He tried to stir up trouble between the management and the workers. |
Stop short | अचानक रुकना | He was talking about naresh, but suddenly stopped short as he saw him coming. |
Strike down | अवैध घोषित करना | The court struck down the government’s ordinance as unconstitutional. |
Strike off | सूची निकालना | At the last moment something came into her mind and she struck off his name from the list of invites. |
Strike up | संगीत शुरू करना | At the end of the programme the band struck up the national anthem. |
Strike work | हडताल करना | The factory workers struck work to demand higher wages. |
Subscribe to | किसी विचार से सहमत होना | Do you subscribe to the philosophy of karma? |
Subsist on | जीवन निर्वाह करना | The sadhu subsisted on nuts and roots for many weeks. |
Succeed to | किसी के बाद पदासीन होना | The prince will succeed to the king’s death. |
Sue for | न्यायालय में हक़ मांगना | As he developed after operation complication he sued the verma nursing home for damages to the extent of ten thousand rupees. |
Take after | समान दिखना | She has taken after her mother. |
Take apart | पुर्जे अलग करना, कोई यंत्र खोलना | Can you take apart a watch? |
Take down | लिख लेना | Take down carefully whatever i say. |
Take for | समझ बैठना | I took him for a doctor. |
Take in | धोखा देना, धोखा खाना | He tried to play a trick on me, but i couldn’t be taken in. |
Take off | कपडे उतारना | He took off his coat. |
Take off | उड़ान भरना | He watched the plane take off. |
Take on | नोकरी पर रखना | They are taking on many new workers at that factory. |
Take over | जिम्मेदारी संभालना | After the chairman retried the managing director took over as the new chairman. |
Take over | अधिकार ज़माना | They defeated the enemy and took over the fort. |
Take place | घटित होना | Where did the meeting take place? |
Take to | आकर्षित होना | I took to anil right from the very beginning. |
Take turns | बारी-बारी से कोई काम करना | During the trip jeevan and i took turns at car driving. |
Take up | पठाई आरम्भ करना | After completing school he took up mechanical engineering. |
Talk back | बेअदबी से जवाब देना | It is very rude to talk back to your elders. |
Talk over | विचार-विमर्श करना | The committee is talking over our report. |
Talk shop | अपने काम के बारे में बातचित करना | The two lawyers always talk shop. |
Taste of | वैसा ही स्वाद होना | This coffee is no good it tastes of kerosene. |
Tear down | गिराना, नष्ट करना | They brought bulldozers to tear down the building. |
Tell against | खिलाफ जाना | The new evidence relating to this case tells against the accused. |
Tell off | भर्त्सना करना | The headmaster told off the rowdy student. |
Tell on | चुगली करना | It is unfair to tell on others. |
Tell upon | प्रभावित करना, दर्शाना | You must not work so hard. It will tell upon your health. |
Think of | राय होना | What did you think of the movie. |
Think out | सोच-समझ कर योजना बनाना | They will have to think out some good idea to produce this kind of advertisement. |
Think up | सोचकर खोज निकालना | You will have to think up a good excuse for delay. |
Throw out | नामंजूर करना, बाहर निकालना | He was making a nuisance of himself, so he was thrown out of the lecture hall. |
Throw up | त्याग पत्र देना | Why have you thrown up your job? |
Tide over | निभा लेना | Will this amount enable you to tide over your financial difficulties? |
Touch at | बहुत थोड़े समय के लिए रुकना | The rajdhani express between delhi and bombay touches at baroda. |
Touch on | संक्षेप में जिक्र करना | Your lecture was illuminating but did not touch on the problem of casteism in the country. |
Touch up | थोडा ठीक करना | The photographer touched up my photograph. |
Trade in | बदले में लेना-देना | I traded in my old car for a new one. |
Trade on | फायदा उठाना | I traded in his good nature to help me out of my financial difficulties. |
Trifle with | मजाक उड़ाना | It is cruel to trifle with anybody’s feelings. |
Trump up | झूट-मूट बात करना | The story you have trumped up is not all convincing. |
Try on | पहन कर देखना | The tailor asked me to try on the coat. |
Try out | जाँच के लिए चलाकर देखना | You should try out that tv set before you finally buy it. |
Turn about | उल्टी दिशा में मुंह करना | The moment she saw him coming she turned about. |
Turn against | किसी के खिलाफ खड़े हो जाना | We have been such good friends and i had no idea that he would turn against me. |
Turn around | पूरा घुमाना | Being a novice he could not turn around the car in the narrow lane. |
Turn aside | मार्ग से विचलित होना | Never turn aside from the path of truth. |
Turn away | officer.-वापिस भेजना | He has turned away three applicants for the new post of purchase |
Turn back | पीछे हटना, हटाना | Please turn back from the edge of the water. |
Turn down | इंकार करना | I’m counting a lot on this so please do not turn down my request. |
Turn down | कम करना | Please turn down the volume of the radio. |
Turn in | प्रस्तुत करना | He turned in his answer paper and came out of the examination hall. |
Turn on | चलू करना | Please turn on the light. |
Turn out | उत्पादन करना | How many cars does this factory turn out every day? |
Turn out | सिद्ध होना | To begin with he looked like any other carpenter, but later he turned out to be a very talented one. |
Turn tail | भाग जाना | The enemy had to turn tail as it could not hold against the massive attack of our army. |
Turn up | अचानक आ पहुंचना | Everybody was surprised to see him turn up at the meeting. |
Turn up | जाहिर होना | Some interesting facts have turned up during the inquiry. |
Used to | आदत डालना | I am quite used to driving in crowded places. |
Use up | प्रयोग कर खत्म करना | Have you used up all the paper i had given you? |
Wade into | हमला करना | Ram could not tolerate shaym’s insulting remark. He waded into him and knocked him down. |
Wade through | लंबा कम हाथ में लेना | Today i have to wade through a lot of correspondence. |
Wait for | इंतजार करना | I’ll wait for you at my office till you come. |
Wait on | सेवा करना, परोसना | She waited on us efficiently. |
Wash out | धोकर निकाल देना | Can this stain be washed out. |
Watch over | निगरानी करना, रक्षा करना | The dog faithfully watched over his master’s sleeping child. |
Wear off | धुंधला पड़ना | This color will wear off soon. |
Wear out | फेंकने लायक बनाना | Constant use will wear out any machine. |
While away | समय नष्ट करना | Get to work. Don’t while away your time in trifles. |
Wind up | खत्म करना, बंद करना | Recurring losses compelled him to wind up his business. |
Wind up | घड़ी की चाबी देना | I wound up my watch when i went to bed. |
Wink at | अनदेखी करना | I can wink at his faults no longer. |
Work away | काम करते रहना | He is a hardworking man. He can work away at his job for hours at a stretch. |
Work into | प्रयासपूर्वक अन्दर घुसना | The miner’s drill worked into the hard rock. |
Work open | किसी तरीके से खोलना | I had lost my suitcase’s key, but somehow i managed to work it open. |
Work out | सुलझाना, उतर ढूंढ़ निकालना | Could you work out that problem? |
Work up | उत्तेजित करना | Why are you so worked up? |
Yield to | स्वीकार करना, मान लेना | It took me long persuade him to yield to my request. |
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