Phrasal Verbs Starting with "W"

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• wade in To intervene forcefully
• wade through To progress slowly through something tedious
• waffle on To talk vaguely or at length
• wait around To stay in a place waiting
• wait out To wait for something to pass
• wait up To stay awake waiting or to slow down
• wake up To stop sleeping
• wake up To become conscious
• walk out on To abandon someone suddenly
• waltz in To enter casually without permission
• wander around To walk without a specific destination
• wander off To walk away without direction or purpose
• ward off To prevent something harmful
• warm to To begin to like someone or something
• warm up To prepare for exercise; to become friendlier
• warm up To prepare muscles
• warm up To become friendlier
• warm up To heat food or prepare for activity
• warm up to To gradually start to like someone
• wash up To wash the dishes (British) or wash hands/face (American)
• water down To dilute; to make less strong or effective
• wave off To wave goodbye as someone leaves
• wear down To gradually weaken or erode
• wear down To weaken gradually
• wear off To gradually diminish in effect
• wear off For medication to stop working
• wear off For feeling to diminish
• wear out To become unusable through use; to exhaust
• wear out To use until no longer functional
• wear out To exhaust completely
• weather through To survive a difficult period
• weed out To remove unwanted elements
• weigh down To burden emotionally
• weigh in To give an opinion in a discussion
• weigh up To assess or consider carefully
• well up To rise to the surface (tears or emotions)
• well up For tears to form in the eyes
• while away To pass time in a leisurely way
• while away To pass time in a leisurely way
• whip into shape To improve something or someone through discipline
• whip up To make something quickly; to stir up emotions
• whip up To quickly make something or excite emotions
• whip up To arouse emotions
• whip up To prepare food quickly
• whittle away To gradually reduce or spend time
• whittle away To gradually reduce time available
• whittle down To gradually reduce in size or number
• whizz by To pass very quickly
• win over To persuade someone to support or like you
• wind down To gradually relax or bring to an end
• wind down To relax after activity
• wind down To gradually come to an end or relax
• wind down To relax gradually
• wind up To make someone angry or annoyed (British)
• wind up To annoy or tease someone deliberately
• wind up To close down a business; to end up in a situation
• wind up To end up in a particular situation or place
• wind up To end or tease someone
• wind up To end up in a state
• wipe down To clean surfaces by wiping
• wipe out To delete or destroy data completely
• wipe out To completely destroy or eliminate
• wipe out To eliminate financially
• wise up To become aware of the truth
• wolf down To eat very quickly
• work out To exercise
• work out To solve or calculate something
• work out To develop or devise a plan; to calculate
• work out To have a successful result
• work out To devise or calculate something
• work out To figure out a solution
• work out To solve a problem
• work out To calculate a total
• work through To deal with problems systematically
• work up To gradually develop a strong emotion
• work up To develop a feeling
• work up to To prepare gradually for something difficult
• wrap up To finish or conclude something
• wrap up To finish or conclude
• wrap up To finish or conclude
• wrap up To finish or conclude
• wrestle with To struggle with something difficult
• wriggle out of To avoid responsibility through cunning
• write back To reply in writing
• write off To cancel a debt; to damage beyond repair
• write off To abandon as a loss
• write off To cancel debt
• write up To write a full account of something