A set of phrasal verbs and other vocabulary

Casual Canadian/American English: Set 1

1. (of an enclosed space like a building) to run inside from the outside. 2. (of a person) to collide with someone 3. (of a person) to randomly, unexpectedly meet with someone

to run into —

Josh ran into the bathroom as fast as he could. 
Sorry for running into you, I couldn't stop!
I ran into Jessica last week, I hadn't seen her in 2 years.

1. (of a room/building) to leave 2. go to a place with food, or to a movie, or to do things outside of your home, for entertainment. 3. (with someone) to date someone; to be in a relationship with them

to go out —

I went out of the living room and stood in the hallway.
Do you want to go out tonight? 
Mac has been going out with Shannon for three years.

to go (to a place) 
"to head" may come with other prepositions with the same meaning of "go"— to head out (leave) to head north, south, east or west—to head up, down, into, onto... etc.

to head over (to a place) —

I'm heading over to the mall to buy some new jeans.

1. to pick something up in your hand
2. to buy/acquire something (like "get")

to grab something —

I grabbed my keys and headed out the door. 
Want to grab some food later?

if worst comes to worst —

I think the weather will be good for our party, but if worst comes to worst we can just stay inside and play board games.

to result in positive things; to end well.

to turn out (of a situation) —

I thought that the party would be a disaster because of the rain, but it turned out!

to clear completely. There is not much of a difference between "clear" and "clear up"

to clear up —

The rain cleared up later that day.

1. to get to a place where someone else is who is also moving (when walking, running, driving, etc.). 2. To talk with someone when you haven't seen them recently

to catch up —

I ran as fast as I could to catch up with my dog. 

I saw Jane yesterday and caught up with her, it's been years since I saw her!

to go into a place for a short period of time 
Like "to head," "to pop" might come with many prepositions. You can pop out (leave the house briefly) pop over (head over) etc.

to pop into —

I'm just popping into the store, I'll be five minutes.

a sec —

Just wait a sec while I fill up my bottle!

to call (someone) up —

I called up Jim last week so we could catch up. It's been forever!

to finally be in a place or situation; at the end, this is the result—you probably didn't expect it. It might not have been the plan!

to end up (of people) —

We meant to go out to the theatre tonight, but we ended up staying at home and watching a movie.

1. to calm down, to stop being angry, to become calm; 2. to commit to a relationship and stay in one place.

to settle down —

I got so angry at that other driver on the highway that it took me three hours to settle down. 

Chris finally settled down with Marie in Toronto.

to arrange someone's relationship; to suggest that they meet in a romantic context.

to set (someone) up with (someone else) —

I don't think Hank would ever have found love if we hadn't set him up with Steve.

One's school days is the period of time when one was in primary or secondary education; however, in some places this means university. It should be obvious from the context.

school days —

Back in my school days I was a real rebel, look at my yearbook photos!

All's well that end's well. —

I didn't think we would make it through that storm on this little boat. Now we're almost on the beach again! Oh well—all's well that end's well!

to need to leave (not literally running!)

to (have) got to run —

Sorry I'm enjoying this conversation but I've got to run, I need to be at work in 10 minutes!