--- title: Prepositional verbs tags: English, grammar & vocabulary --- # Prepositional verbs - To abstain /əbˈsteɪn/ **FROM** - To account **FOR** something - To accuse someone **OF** something - To adjust **TO** something - To agree **ON** something - To apologise **TO** someone **FOR** something - To apply **FOR** something - To approve **OF** something - To argue **ABOUT**/**WITH**/**ON** - To arrange **FOR** - To arrest someone **FOR** - To begin **WITH** - To believe **IN** - To bilk out **OF** - To blame someone **FOR** something - To care **ABOUT**/**FOR** something - To charge someone **WITH** something - To collide **WITH** - To compare **WITH** - To complain **TO** someone **ABOUT** - To complete **WITH** - To comply **WITH** something - To compose **OF** - To conceive **OF** - To concentrate **ON** something - To concern **WITH** - To congratulate someone **ON** something - To consist **OF** something - To convict **OF** - To cure **OF** - To deal **WITH** something - To depend **ON**/**UPON** - To despair **OF** - To deter someone **FROM** something - To devote oneself **TO** something - To discourage someone **FROM** something - To dream **ABOUT**/**OF** something - To excel **IN** - To forgive someone **FOR** something - To get rid **OF** - To get tired **OF** - To hear **OF** - To help **WITH** - To hope **OF** - To insist **ON** something - To interfere **WITH** - To keep someone **FROM** something - To look forward **TO** something - To make use **OF** something - To meet **WITH** - To object **TO** something - To participate **IN** something - To pay **FOR** - To persist **IN** something - To plan **ON** something - To praise **FOR** - To pray **FOR** - To prepare **FOR** - To present **WITH** - To prevent someone **FROM** something - To provide **WITH**/**FOR** - To punish someone **FOR** something - To quarrel **WITH** - To refer **TO** something - To remind **OF** - To rob **OF** - To room **FOR** - To search **FOR** - To sentence **TO** - To share **WITH** - To stand **FOR** - To stem **FROM** something - To stop someone **FROM** - To substitute **FOR** - To succeed **IN** something - To suspect **OF** - To take advantage **OF** something - To thank someone **FOR** something - To think **ABOUT**/**OF** something - To trust **WITH** - To use **FOR** - To wait **FOR** - To warn someone **AGAINST**/**ABOUT**/**OF** something