Phrasal Verbs/K

If somebody keels over, they fall to the floor, usually because of illness or loss of consciousness.

If you keep at something, you continue doing it.

If you keep something or someone away, you don't let the thing or the person come near.

If you keep away from something or someone, you don't go near the thing or the person.

If you keep something back, you don't tell someone about it.

If something keeps you back, it stops you from getting where you want to go.

If you keep something down, you stop it from increasing in size or number.

to stop a noise from getting too loud

to keep food in your stomach even though you feel like vomiting

If something or someone keeps you from doing something, it means you can't do it.

If you keep something from someone, you don't tell them about it.

to make someone stay in a place like a school or a hospital

to not go on something, or to stop something or someone from going on something

to avoid something like a certain food or a certain topic in conversation

If you keep on doing something, you continue doing it.

If you keep somebody on, you continue to employ them.

If you keep something out, you make sure it stays outside and doesn't come inside.

If you keep out of something, you don't get involved in it.

If you keep to something like a limit, a budget or a schedule, you don't go over it or outside it.

to continue doing something that has been successful

If you keep up with someone, you stay at the same level and don't fall behind them.

If somebody or something keeps you up, you cannot go to bed.

to press the keys of a keyboard or a keypad in order to enter data

to show anger or opposition to something, especially if you're powerless to change it

to discuss ideas or options in an informal way

to treat someone badly

to relax and "take it easy"

If something kicks in, it starts to work or it starts to have an effect.

to start something like a game, a meeting or a concert

to force someone to leave something like a team or a committee

If somebody is kicked out of a place, they are forced to leave.

If you kick something over, you make it fall over by kicking it.

to have fun by acting in a silly way

to cause the death of a whole population or an entire species

If you kneel down, you lower your height by putting one or both knees on the floor.

to hit or kick somebody repeatedly

If you knock around with someone, you spend time together because you're friends.

to take a drink, usually alcoholic

to reject someone or something or to refuse a request for something

If something like a building or a wall is knocked down, it is destroyed on purpose.

to hit someone with a vehicle

to stop work for the day

to steal something

to murder somebody

to reduce something, like a price or an amount

If you are knocked out, you are hit so hard that you lose consciousness.

If you knock somebody out, you impress them very much with something you do, or something you make.

If you knock somebody out of a competition, they cannot continue because you've defeated them.

to hit somebody with a vehicle and injure or kill them

to rob something like a bank or a shop

to make something quickly, or without putting too much thought into details

to make something quickly and without too much effort

to make a woman pregnant

If you know of something, you are aware of it.

to be called a certain name, even though it mightn't be a real or official name

to be well-known for something or famous for something

If you knuckle down, you start to take your work or your task seriously and do it properly.