Phrasal verbs are an important feature of the English language. The meaning of a phrasal verb often bears no relation to the meaning of either the verb or the particle which is used with it. Many phrasal verbs have several different meanings.
Goad on (to make someone do something by encouraging or annoying them until they do it)
Basil was goaded on by the jeers from the crowd.
Gobble up / down (eat food very quickly)
The hungry beggar gobbled up his food.
Gouge out (remove something by cutting it from the surrounding surface)
Thelma spent some time gouging out the flesh out of pumpkins.
Grab at (quickly get hold of someone or something)
Somebody grabbed at me from behind when I tried to run away.
Grapple with (deal with a difficult problem)
The committee is grappling with the unemployment problem.
Grasp at (quickly get hold of something)
Swarna grasped at the lamp post and steadied herself.
Grate on (If somebody’s voice or behaviour grates on you, it annoys you.)
The baby’s crying began to grate on my nerves.
Gravitate to / towards (to be attracted to someone)
Some women gravitate towards older men.
Grind away (to work hard for a long time)
Some authors grind away for years to produce a book.
Grind down (to cause someone to have no confidence or hope any more)
The people in Myanmar have been ground down by years of harsh dictatorship.
Grind out (produce the same thing again and again)
The orchestra ground out the same tunes for many years.
Grope for (try hard to think of something, often without success)
The Government is still groping for a solution to the fertiliser problem.
Ground in (to be based on something)
The film is not grounded in reality.
Grow apart (friends grow apart when they do not have the same interests or opinions)
We were good friends in office but we have grown apart over the years.
Grow away from (become less friendly with someone)
A lot of people I knew have grown away from me.
Grow into (gradually become more confident and better at dealing with something)
It takes some time for you to grow into a new job.
Grow up (gradually change from being a child to being an adult)
Daniel grew up in England.
Grub around (to search for something by digging)
The dog was grubbing around for something in the muddy field.