11.4 Prepositions after Verbs

Examples of Common Collocations

See a large list of sentences using prepositions after verbs .

Prepositions after Verbs
about in past
care about assist in / with walk past
complain about / of / to believe in past accomplishments
do something about deal in / with through
dream about / of excel in see through
speak about / against live in  go through
hear about / from / of fill in to
to read about glory in accede to
remind (somebody) about / of retire in agree to / with
talk about/to involve (oneself) in answer to / for
tell (somebody) about look in / after / at / for apologize to / for
think about / of send in apply to / for
walk about specialize in attend to
warn about  /of spend time with belong to
write about succeed in break (bad news) to
 it's about time swim in bring to
do an about-face work in complain to / about / of
across  play in correspond to / with
swim across into describe to
walk across   break into/off/with explain to
after bump into force to
crave after / for burst into forget to
hanker after come into go to
look after / at / for / in crash into happen to
run after cut into hope to
  dive into invite (somebody) to
against divide into jump to
fight against drive into keep to
hit against fall into like to
lean against fly into listen to
offend against jump into need to
speak against/about pour it into occur to
struggle against put it into prefer to
vote against run into promise to
 to be against split into reconcile to
among turn into reply to
divide among   send it to
quarrel among of shout to/at/out
share among accuse of speak to
 to be among approve of submit to
at ask of/for talk to/about
aim at beware of try to
arrive at break (oneself) of throw to / at
fire (a gun) at complain of / about / to wish to
glance at consist of write to
have a look at despair of yield to
hint at die of  
jeer at divest (one’s mind) of under
laugh at dream of / about crawl under
look at / for / after / in hear of / about / from go under
point at made of labour under
shoot at remind (someone) of stand under
shout at / to / out repent of  
smile at/on suspect of up
stare at take care of add up
throw at / to think of / about catch up
wait at warn of/about clean up
wink at   climb up
  off cover up
beside break off / in / into / with dig up
sit beside fall off drive up
  finish off get up
by get off / on give up
abide by leave off go up
live by set off grow up
  switch off / on hurry up
down turn off / on keep up
burn down   lock up
cut down on look up
fall down blame on/for mix up
lie down call on pick up
put down carry on put up
sit down comment on ring up
  compliment (somebody) on run up
for concentrate on save up
aim for congratulate (somebody) on shut up
answer for/to decide on stay up
apologize for/to get on/off tie up
apply for/to insist on turn up
ask for/of live on wake up
blame for/on put it on walk up
call for rely on wash up
care for smile on/at  
crave for / after spend (money) on with
forgive (somebody) for stand on assist with/in
leave for switch on / off agree with/to
look for / at / after / in turn on / off break with / into / off
pay for urge (a fact) on collide with
punish for   comply with
search for upon condole with
thank (somebody) for enter upon correspond with/to
wait for   deal with/in
yearn for over differ with/from
  fall over fill (something) with
from jump over overwhelm with
absolve from knock over play with
abstain from   provide (somebody) with
come from out quarrel with
differ from/with blow out sleep with
escape from come out stay with
hear from / about / of find out supply (somebody) with
hide from go out to  
prevent from leave out  
prohibit from look out without
protect (somebody/thing) from pick out went without his ticket
recover from run out of went without saying goodbye
run away from shout out / at / to without warning
suffer from throw it out  go without