English phrasal verbs

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fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
make up something artificial or untrue

face off, bully off
start a game by a face-off

fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

fail, run out, give out
prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

faint, conk, swoon, pass out
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

fall apart, go to pieces
lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died"

fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off
change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"

fall back
fall backwards and down

fall back
move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede
retreat

fall back, resort, recur
have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

fall for
be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"

fall for
fall in love with; become infatuated with; "She fell for the man from Brazil"

fall in
to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

fall into, fall under
be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'"

fall off
come off; "This button had fallen off"

fall off, fall away
diminish in size or intensity

fall out
have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question"

fall out
leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out"

fall over backwards, bend over backwards
try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law"

fall over, go over
fall forward and down; "The old woman went over without a sound"

fall through, fall flat, founder, flop
fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

fall, fall down
lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"

fancy, go for, take to
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"

fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

feed on, feed upon
be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

fell, drop, strike down, cut down
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

fellate, suck, blow, go down on
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

ferret out, ferret
search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"

fetch, bring in, bring
be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"

fight back
defend oneself

fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"

file, file away
place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please"

fill in
supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"

fill up, fill
eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"

fill, fill up
become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"

fill, fill up, make full
make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"

find out, catch out
trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks"

finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

fire, discharge, go off
go off or discharge; "The gun fired"

firm up
arrange firmly; "firm up one's plans"

fix up
find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl"

fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

fixate, settle on
become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"

flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!"

flag down
signal to stop; "Let's flag down a cab--it's starting to rain"; "The policeman flagged down our car"

flare out, flare
become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out"

flare up
ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"

flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up
burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"

flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"

flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic
get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"

flip, flip out
go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"

flip, flip out
react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way; "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University"

flip, flip over, turn over
turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"

fly by
pass by while flying; "An enemy plane flew by"

focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center
center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"

foist off, palm off, fob off
sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive

fold, fold up
become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

fold, fold up, turn up
bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"

follow, fall out
come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely"

forbear, hold back
refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker"

foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

forget, block, blank out, draw a blank
be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"

frame, compose, draw up
make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"

freak out, freak, gross out
lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out"

freeze, freeze out, freeze down
change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"

freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"

fret, eat away
wear away or erode

frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

frown on, frown upon
look disapprovingly upon

furlough, lay off
dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"