3.88 intransitive phrasal verbs with prepositions

Other phrasal verbs used in intransitive clauses are verb plus preposition combinations.

• Ski trips now account for nearly half of all school visits.
• I'm just asking for information.
• ...the arguments that stem from gossip.

Note that the noun groups at the end of the above examples ('nearly half of all school visits', 'information', and 'gossip') are objects of the prepositions and not directly objects of the verbs.

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Here is a list of phrasal verbs which consist of an intransitive verb and a preposition:

• abide by, account for, allow for, answer for, ask after, ask for, bank on, bargain for, break into, break with, brood on, bump into, burst into, call for, call on, care for, come across, come between, come by, come for, come from, come into, come under, come upon, count on, cut across, dawn on, deal with, dispose of, draw on, drink to, dwell on, eat into, embark on, enter into, expand on, fall for, fall into, fall on, feel for, flick through, frown upon, get at, get into, get over, go about, go against, go for, grow on, hang onto, head for, hit on, hold with, jump at, keep to, laugh at, launch into, lay into, leap at, level with, lie behind, live for, live off, live with, look after, look into, look to, make for, meet with, part with, pick at, pick on, pitch into, plan for, plan on, play at, play on, poke at, pore over, provide for, puzzle over, rattle through, reason with, reckon on, reckon with, reckon without, rise above, romp through, run across, run into, run to, sail through, see to, seize on, set about, settle for, settle on, skate over, smile on, stand for, stem from, stick at, stick by, stumble across, stumble on, take after, take against, tamper with, tangle with, trifle with, tumble to, wade through, wait on, walk into, watch for, worry at