Phrasal verbs.... Starting with "C" contd.....

By Ranjana S.

1. Come off (get detached): The button of my coat has come off.
2. Come off (take place): The prize distribution comes off next Tuesday.
3. Come of (to descend from, to become of): The fighters came of the race of Marathas.
4. Alice came of age and claimed her property.
5. Come to (amount to): How much the charges come to?
6. Come round (agree): After a lot of discussion and deliberation he came round to our views.
7. Come about ( happen): We aren't aware how these things  came about.
8. Come across (meet): On my way to the market, I came across an old friend of mine.
9. Come by (get): How did you come by that scratch on your forehead?
10. Come down (price lowered): The price of gold has come down recently.
11. Come out( appear, be known): In this case the truth has come out.
12. Come on (start): The rain has just come on.
13. Carry weight (to possess authority): His proposal carries weight.
14. Carry the day (to be successful): The Indian cricket team carried the day at Australia.
15. Carry out (execute): I will be more than willing to carry out all your instructions.
16. Carry off (taken away, die): Many persons are carried off every year by cancer.
17. Carry off (win): She is sure to carry off this tournament.
18. Carry on (manage): In her absence, I carried on the affairs of the trust efficiently.
19. Cut up (affect): The old woman was greatly cut up by her son's untimely demise.
20. Cut down (reduce): As prices soar, cut down the monthly expenses.
21. Cut in (interrupt): While she was speaking, the students kept on cutting in.
22. Cut out (to separate, debar): The lioness cut out the deer from the herd and pounced upon it.
23. Cut off (die): Keats was cut off in the prime of life.
24. Call on (borrow from): May I call on you for Rs.5000/-.
25. Call on (pay a visit): I shall call on your home next Tuesday.
26. Call upon (announce): The anchor called upon me to make a speech.
27. Call up (Telephone): Call up the grocer and order these grocery items.
28. Call up (recollect): I'm unable to call up past events.
29. Call in (send for): He called in for the doctor as his mother fell in.
30. Call for (demand):  The Principal called for an explanation from the student for his inappropriate conduct.
31. Call forth (bring out): Adversity calls forth the best qualities in a man.