Writing Center PREPOSITIONS TO USE WITH COMMON WORDS
With Verbs
Account for
Agree on (something)
Agree with (someone)
Apologize to
Apply for
Approve of
Argue with (someone)
Ask for
Believe in
Belong to
Blame (someone) for (something)
Blame (something) on (someone)
Blow out
Blow up
Borrow from
Break in
Break into
Break off
Break up
Call back
Call off
Call on (or upon)
Call up
Care for
Clean up
Compliment (someone) on
Come from
Consent to
Consist of
Convince (someone) of (something)
Cross out
Decide on (or upon)
Depend on (or upon)
Do over
Do without
Figure out
Fill out
Fill in
Fill up
Get along with
Get around
Get over
Get rid of
Give back
Give in
Give up
Hand in
Hang around
Hang up
Hear about
Hear from
Hear of
Insist on (or upon)
Invite (someone) to
Laugh at
Leave out
Let down
Let out
Listen for
Listen to
Look at
Look for
Look forward to
Look like
Look over
Look up
Look up to
Make up
Object to
Pick at
Pick on
Pick out
Pick up
Plan on
Provide for
Provide with
Put off
Put up with
Recover from
Remind (someone) of
Run into
Run through
Run out of
Search for
See about
Substitute for
Take back
Take off
Take over
Talk about
Talk back to
Talk of
Talk over
Telephone to
Think about
Think of
Think over
Turn down
Turn off
Turn on
Turn up
Wait for
Wait on
With adjectives & Idiomatic Expressions
According to
Accustomed to
Angry about (something)
Angry at (someone)
Based on
Capable of
Composed of
Content with
Dependent on (or upon)
Different from (or than)
Disappointed in
Due to
Followed by
Fond of
Have respect for
In accordance with
Independent of
In regard to
Interested in
Limited to
Married to
Proud of
Related to
Resulting from
Similar to
Tired of