19 Useful Phrasal Verbs for Travel in English

19 Useful Phrasal Verbs for Travel in English

See off

• Meaning: Go to the airport or station to say goodbye to someone
• Example: They’ve gone to the airport to see their son off.

Set off

• Meaning: Start a journey
• Example: We set off for Paris just after ten.

Get in

• Meaning: Arrive (train, plane)
• Example: I got in just after eight o’clock.

Hold up

• Meaning: Delay when travelling
• Example: Sorry I’m late – I was held up at work.

Take off

• Meaning: When a plane departs or leaves the ground
• Example: The plane took off an hour late.

Check in

• Meaning: Arrive and register at a hotel or airport
• Example: Please check in at least an hour before departure.

Get off

• Meaning: Leave a bus, train, plane
• Example: We get off at the next station.

Check out

• Meaning: Leave the hotel after paying
• Example: We checked out at noon.

Get away

• Meaning: To have a holiday or vacation
• Example: We’re hoping to get away for a few days at Easter.

Get on

• Meaning: Enter a bus, train, plane, to climb on board
• Example: I think we got on the wrong bus.

Drop off

• Meaning: Take someone to a place and leave them there
• Example: I’ll drop you off on my way home.

Pick up

• Meaning: Let someone get into your car and take them somewhere
• Example: I’ll pick you up at the station.

Set out

• Meaning: Start a journey, especially a long journey
• Example: They set out on the last stage of their journey.

Speed up

• Meaning: Increase speed
• Example: Can you try and speed things up a bit?

Look around

• Meaning: Explore what is near you, in your area
• Example: People came out of their houses and looked around.

Hurry up

• Meaning: Rush and not waste time
• Example: Hurry up! We’re going to be late.

Go back

• Meaning: Go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye
• Example: Dave and I go back twenty years.

Look forward

• Meaning: Look forward to something that is going to happen in the future
• Example: I’m looking forward to the weekend.

Stop over

• Meaning: Stay somewhere for a short time during a long journey
• Example: I wanted to stop over in India on the way to Australia.