Phrasal Verbs Starting with ' E '

Phrasal verbs starting with 'E'

These are the most commonly used in everyday Spoken English.

sb-somebody sth-something

Ease off	Become less intense Reduce pressure or intensity	he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down. she eased off the accelerator to let the car slow down.
Ease up	relax , calm down	She asked her teacher to EASE UP because she was feeling very stressed.
Eat away at sb (gradually destroy or erode)	if a memory or bad emotion [e.g. bitterness, shame] eats away at someone, they think about it a lot and it makes them very unhappy	The knowledge that I killed him eats away at me inside.
Eat in	to have a meal at home, not in a restaurant	We're eating in tonight as we want to go to bed early.
Eat into sth	to use or take away a large part of something valuable [e.g. savings, profits, leisure time, business]	The high cost of living in London is eating into my savings. Increased administrative work can eat into employees' free time.
Eat out	Eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home	The cost of eating out is quite high here.
Eat up	Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table Use up (resources or materials) Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing	Within two minutes she had eaten up all the bread and cheese. The increased cost of books eats up the school's budget. Any software that stores images will eat up a lot of disk space. (slightly informal) to use large amounts of fuel A big car like this eats up petrol.
Ebb away	to gradually disappear	Our strength ebbed away under the hot sun. His life was ebbing quickly away.
Edge out sb/sth	to cause someone or something to gradually lose their position and to replace them with someone or something else	Mr James who was hired by the previous management was soon edged out by the new boss. Foreign car manufacturers are edging domestic companies out of the markets. [often + of]
End up	to finally be in a particular place, state, or situation, especially without having planned it	We ended up in Blackpool of all places. Illegally imported reptiles such as snakes and crocodiles often end up as shoes, belts and handbags. [often + as] He ended up with an alcohol problem. [often + with] She'll end up pregnant at this rate.
Egg on	Encourage
Eke out	Make sth last long (like money)
Embark on/upon	Start a project,venture etc.
End in	to finish in a particular way	Her first, childless marriage ended in divorce.
Edge up	Approach slowly
Edge out	Gradually push sb/sth out of their position
Enter for	join or enter a competion
Enter into	Become involved in or accept
Eye up	Look carefully at someone
Empty out	empty completely