Words Followed by Preposition (Part 1)

Verbs Followed by Preposition

Abide by a promise                                                                             arrive in country

Abound in or with fish                                                                        ask for a thing

Abstain from wine                                                                               ask of a person

Accede to a request                                                                             aspire after worldly greatness

Accord with or to a thing                                                                    aspire to fame

Account to a person for money entrusted                                      atone for a wrong

Accuse of a crime                                                                                attend to a person

Acquit (someone) or a charge                                                           avail oneself of an opportunity

Accuse (someone) of a crime                                                            beg pardon of a person

Adapt (oneself) to circumstances                                                     beg for help from someone

Adhere to a plan                                                                                  believe in a person or creed

Admit of an excuse; to a secret                                                        belong to a person

Agree with a proposal                                                                         bestow (something) on someone

Agree with a person                                                                             beware of a mad dog

Aim at object                                                                                       blame a person for something

Alight from a carriage on the ground                                               boast of something

Allot to a person                                                                                  borrow from a person

Allude to a matter                                                                               bow to a person or thing

Answer to a person                                                                              break bad news to a person

Answer for conduct                                                                             break with a person

Apologize to a person                                                         bring a thing under notice

Apologize for rudeness                                                       bring a thing to light

Appeal to a person                                                                              burst into flame

Appeal for redress or help                                                                  buy (something) from someone

Appeal to a person                                                                              call on a person

Appeal against a sentence                                                                 call at a place, a house

Apply to a person for a thing                                                            call for an explanation

Appoint (a person) to a post                                                              care for a person or thing

Apprise of a fact                                                                                  catch up with someone

Approve of an action                                                         caution a person against a danger

Argue with a person for or against a point                                      charge a man with a crime

Arrive at a place                                                                                  deal in commodities

Clear a man of blame                                                                        deal with a person (trade with)

Cling to a person or thing                                                                   deal with a subject (discuss it)

Come across a person or thing                                                          debar from doing something

Come by a thing (Obtain)                                                                  decide on something

Come in for punishment (receive)                                                    decide against something

Come to (amount to)                                                          decrease in size

Come to light (be revealed)                                                               defend a person from an attack

Compare with (for similar things)                                                     delight in something

Compare to (for dissimilar things)                                    deliver a person from form danger

Compensate a person for his loss                                     depend on a person or a thing

Compete with a person                                                                      deprive a person of a thing

Compete for a prize                                                                            despair of success

Complain against a person or thing for something                       deviate from a certain course

Complain to person                                                                            differ with a person on a subject

Complain of pain, etc.                                                                        differ from someone or something

Comply with one’s wishes; request,                                                 digress from a point

order                                                                                                       dilate on a subject

Conceal facts from anyone                                                              dip into a book

Concede to some demand                                                                 disagree with a person or thing

Confer on a subject with a person about something                    disapprove of anything

Confide a secret to a person                                                              dispense with a man’s service

Confide in a person’s honesty                                                          dispose of things

Confine to a room                                                                               dispute with a person about anything

Conform to opinion                                                                            dissuade with a person from doing something

Congratulate a man on his success                                                  distinguish one thing from another

Consent to some proposal                                                                 distinguish between two things

Consist of something                                                                          divide in half

Consult a person on or about some matter                                    divide into four parts

Contribute to a fund                                                                           drink to a person’s health

Converse with a person about a thing                                             dwell on a subject

Convict a person of a crime                                                              elicit from a person

Convince a person of a fact                                                              embrace on (board the ship)

Cope with a situation                                                                          embrace in boniness

Correspond with a person (write)                                      encroach on one’s rights

Cure a man of a disease                                                                    engage in fight

Cut a thing in or pieces                                                                       enter upon a career

Cut a thing in half                                                                               enter into an agreement

Dabble in politics                                                                                 entrust a person with something

Dash against anything                                                                        entrust a thing to a person

Escape from prison                                                                             initiate man into an order

Exchange one thing for another                                       inquire into a matter

Exempt a person from a rule                                                            inquire of a person about some matter

Exult in victory over a rival                                                               insist on doing something

Fail in an attempt                                                                                interfere with a person in some matter

Fall among thieves                                                                              introduce person to someone

Fall on the enemy (attack)                                                                intrude on one’s leisure

Fall in love with a person                                                                   intrude into one’s house

Feed on something                                                                              invest money in some projects

Feel for a person in his trouble                                          invite (someone) to lunch

Tight for the weak against the strong                                              jeer at a person

Fight with or against a person                                                           judge a person by his deeds

Flirt with a person                                                                                jump at conclusions

Fly into rage                                                                                          kick against authority (resist)

Furnish a person with a thing                                                            knock one’s head against the wall

Furnish a thing to person                                                                    lament for the dead

Gaze at or on a thing to a person                                                     languish for want of help

Get over an illness                                                                               laugh at a person or thing

Get by heart (learn)                                                                             lean against a wall

Get on with a person                                                                           lean on something

Get out of debt                                                                                     lean to a certain opinion

Get through an examination                                                             listen to complaint

Glance at a book                                                                                 live at a place

Glance over a letter                                                                             live in a city

Grieve at or for an event                                                                    live on simple food

Grumble at something                                                                        live by honest labor

Guard against a danger                                                                      live an on income

Guess at something                                                                             live within one’s means

Hanker after riches                                                                             live beyond one’s means

Hear of an event                                                                                 long for something

Hide from someone                                                                            look after one’s goods

Hint at a fact                                                                                        look at person or a thing

Hope for the best                                                                                 look into a matter

Hunt after or for anything                                                 look for a lost thing

Impose a fine or for anything                                                           look through an account

Impose a fine on someone                                                look upon someone as a friend

Impress an idea on a person                                                             make out the meaning

Impress a person with an idea                                                          make up for some loss

Increase in number                                                                             makes up one’s mind

Indulge in wine                                                                                     marry one person to another                    

Inflict punishment on a person                                                         provoke a man to anger

Impress a person with an idea                                                          pray into a secret

Increase in number                                                                             purge the mind of false notion

Indulge in wine                                                                                     put up with somebody or something

Inflict punishment on a person                                                         quake with fear

Inform (a person) of something.                                                      quarrel with someone over something

Marvel at some sight or report                                                          rail at or against anyone

Meddle with other men’s business                                                   rebel against authority

Meet with success                                                                                reconcile oneself to a loss

Merge into a anything                                                                        reconcile oneself with an adversary

Mourn for the dead                                                                             recover from an illness

Object to some proposal                                                                    refer to matter, a book

Officiate for someone on a post                                                       reflect on a person or subject

Operate on a patient                                                                           relieve of something

Overwhelm with kindness/grief                                                         refrain from doing wrong

Part with a person or thing                                                 rejoice at something

Partake of a meal                                                                                relate to a matter

Pass from one thing to another                                                         rely on a person or thing

Pass for a wicked person                                                    remind a person of a thing

Pas over something (distinguish)                                                      render from one language into another

Pass by a man’s door                                                                         repent of an action

Perish by the sword                                                                             repose on a bed

Perish with cold                                                                                    repose confidence in a person

Persist in doing something                                                  reproach with a fault

Pertain to a question                                                                           restrain a person from an act

Pine for something                                                                              result from (a cause)

Play on a musical instrument                                                            result in (a consequence)

Play tricks with a person                                                                    revolt against men in authority

Plot against a person                                                           rid of an unwelcome thing

Plunge into a river                                                                                rob a person of something

Ponder on or over a subject                                                               run after a person or a thing

Pounce on a thing                                                                                run into debt

Pray for pardon                                                                                   sail for a foreign country

Prefer one thing to another                                                                save a person or thing from harm

Prepare for the worst                                                           scoff at something

Preside at or over a meeting                                                              search for a lost thing

Prevail on a person to do something                                see into an affair (investigate)

Prevent one from doing something                                                  see to business (attend to)

Proceed with a work                                                            send for a person or a thing

Proceed from one place to another                                                  talk of or about an event

Proceed against a person (prosecute)                              talk over a matter

Profit by something                                                                             talk to or with a person

Prohibit from doing something                                                         tell about an event

Protect against injustice                                                                     testify to a fact

Provide against evil day                                                                     think of or about something

Provide for one’s children                                                                  think over a matter

Provide oneself with something                                        throw a stone at someone

Share with another’s troubles                                                            tide over crisis

Shelter from the rain                                                                           touch at place

Shoot at a target                                                                                  touch upon a subject

Side with a person in a dispute                                                          translate into English

Speak about or on a subject                                                             trespass against rules

Speak to a person                                                                trespass on a man’s time

Stand against an enemy                                                                    trespass in a person

Stand by a friend                                                                 trust to his honesty

Stand on ceremonies                                                                          trust verse into prose

Stand to one’s opinion                                                                       turn to a friend for help

Stare at a person                                                                  vie with another person

Stick to the point                                                                 wait for a person or thing

Struggle for the right                                                                            wait on a person (attend)

Struggle against wrong                                                                        warn a person of danger

Strip a person off his clothes                                                             warn a person against a fault

Submit to an authority                                                                       wink at one’s fault

Succeed in something (e.g. exam)                                    wish for something

Suffer from disease                                                                             weep for a misfortune

Supply a thing to a person                                                                 with draw from a contest

Surrender to the enemy                                                                      wrestle with an adversary

Suspect (someone) of something                                     yearn for affection

Sympathize with a person in his troubles                                        yield to a temptation or threat

Take to a person (like him)                                  

Take to a bad habit                                  

Take to person [(i) deceive (ii) admit]

Take to a person like him

Take on task (promise to do)

Take revenge on a person

Take up music (study)