English has many phrasal verbs (= verb with more than one word) that express the
same meaning as a one-word verb. In general, the phrasal verb is used for more
informal writing and speaking, and the one-word verb is used for more formal
language. These are some of the phrasal verbs that are common to academic
language

Bring about
carry on
carry out
clear up
come about
come across
come by
come out with
come up with
cut down on
fall through
figure out
Find out
Give off
Go back
Go before
Go down
Go on
Go over
Go through
Go up
Keep on
Keep up
Leave out
Look for
Look into
Look like
Look over
Look up
Look up to
Make out
Make up
Pick out
Point out
Put off
Put up with
Rule out
Run across
Run into
Set up
Show up
Spell out
Stand for
Stick out
Take into account
The Takeover
Take place
Think through
Throw away
Touch on
Try out
Turn into
Turn out
Turn up
Wind up
Write up

cause
transact; continue
complete; accomplish
clarify
happen
find
find accidentally
publish; produce
create
reduce
fail
understand
discover
emit
follow
return
precede
decrease
continue; happen
review
experience; penetrate to
increase
continue
remain current
exclude; omit
seek
investigate
resemble
examine
locate information
respect
understand with difficulty
invent; compose
select
show; indicate
postpone
tolerate
eliminate
find accidentally
meet by accident
arrange
appear unexpectedly
state in detail
represent
protrude
consider
assume control
occur
reason
discard
mention briefly
test
transform
conclude
discover
finish
report