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Phrasal verbs that show up most in movies

Name: Phrasal verbs that show up most in movies
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"come on" appears in the most films on this list: 588. "go on" is second, in 550 films, and "look at" is third, in 527. The rank is how many different films a phrase shows up in, not how many times it is repeated inside one film.

How this count is made

Each rank is the number of different films in the WinkLingo library whose dialogue contains the phrase. A line that comes back inside the same film still counts as one film. Phrases with the same film count are ordered by how many of those lines a person or a model has checked, then by name. Only multi-word expressions already published on the site are included; single words and fragments are left out.

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The library figures are refreshed daily. This ranking was generated at 2026-10-13 15:26 UTC.

Phrasal verbs that show up most in movies
Rank	Phrase	Meaning	Films
1	come on	used in orders to tell sb to hurry or to try harder	588
2	go on	used to encourage sb to do sth	550
3	look at	used to exclaim at how someone or something looks, or at what they have just done, showing admiration, surprise, pity, or disapproval	527
4	get out	to leave or go out of a place	511
5	come back	to return	485
6	come in	to enter a room, building, or other place	460
7	go back	to return to a place	430
8	get in	to go into a room, building, or vehicle	424
9	think about	to have somebody or something in your mind, or to keep reflecting on or recalling them	409
10	get back	to return, especially to your home	384
11	find out	to get some information about sth / sb by asking, reading, etc.	365
12	come out	to leave a room, building, vehicle, or hiding place and appear outside or where the speaker is	364
13	go out	to leave the place you are in and go outside or on to some other place	337
14	shut up	to stop talking (often used as an order as a rude way of telling sb to stop talking)	331
15	live in	to have your home or dwell in a particular place	331
16	come up	to move to a higher place or upstairs, often toward where the speaker is	329
17	come from	to start in a particular place or be produced from a particular thing	323
18	hold on	used to tell sb to wait or stop	314
19	sit down	to move from a standing position to a sitting position	312
20	happen to	to do or be something by chance, including when asking politely or stressing that it is so	301
21	go in	to enter a room, house, etc.	296
22	get up	to stand up after sitting, lying, etc.	290
23	wake up	to stop sleeping or regain consciousness, or to make someone do this	289
24	go ahead	to begin to do sth, especially when sb has given permission or has expressed doubts or opposition	287
25	get off	to leave a place or start a journey; to help sb do this	285
26	pick up	to go somewhere in your car and collect sb who is waiting for you	282
27	get away	to escape from sb or a place	277
28	go through	to pass into, across, or out the other side of a place, opening, machine, or area, or to get past a person blocking the way	242
29	come down	to move down from a higher place, or to come to where the speaker is	233
30	think of	to regard someone or something as being a particular kind of person or thing	231
31	give up	to stop trying to do sth	228
32	come across	to meet or find sb / sth by chance	223
33	go with	to accompany sb; to leave, travel, or do something together with sb	216
34	hang on	used to ask sb to wait for a short time or to stop what they are doing	210
35	stay in	to remain in a place or area, such as a town, region, or country, and not leave it	209
36	go away	to leave a person or place	208
37	go up	to move to a higher place, floor, or position; to ascend, climb, or go upstairs	202
38	show up	to arrive where you have arranged to meet sb or do sth	196
39	end up	to find yourself in a place or situation that you did not intend or expect to be in	196
40	come to	to go to or arrive at a place, person, or event; to attend	196
41	come over	to move a short distance to where the speaker is or to a nearby spot they indicate	195
42	get down	to come or go from a higher place to a lower one, or to a place the speaker treats as down or away	194
43	make up	to invent a story, etc., especially in order to trick or entertain sb	186
44	look for	to try to find someone or something by searching	186
45	turn out	to happen in a particular way; to develop or end in a particular way	178
46	calm down	to become or make sb become calm	177
47	work out	to develop in a successful way	176
48	go over	to study sth carefully, especially by repeating it	174
49	hurry up	to do sth more quickly because there is not much time	169
50	run out	if a supply of sth runs out, it is used up or finished	166
51	come along	to go somewhere with sb	160
52	take off	to remove sth, especially a piece of clothing from your / sb's body	160
53	stand up	to resist or confront someone or something bravely	149
54	speak to	to talk to or communicate with someone, including asking to be put through to them	148
55	move on	to leave the place, job, or situation you are in and go somewhere else	146
56	lie in	to rest or remain flat in a place, such as a bed, chair, or ditch	146
57	fall in	to begin to love someone romantically	145
58	get through	to manage to do or complete sth	144
59	go around	to pass an obstacle by a different route instead of going straight through or ahead	143
60	run away	to leave sb / a place suddenly; to escape from sb / a place	140
61	turn around	to change position or direction so as to face the other way; to make sb / sth do this	140
62	open up	to open a door, container, etc.	137
63	get over	to come or go to a place, usually toward the speaker or a named spot	136
64	come through	to pass through a place or opening and arrive on the other side, or to tell someone to come in that way	134
65	get to	to reach a place or a person, or to arrive there	129
66	go off	to leave a place, especially in order to do sth	128
67	put in	to place or add something inside a container, space, or mixture	121
68	look around	to turn your head so that you can see sth	119
69	look out	used to warn sb to be careful, especially when there is danger	119
70	come by	to make a short visit to a place, in order to see sb	118
71	go by	to pass	118
72	catch up	to reach sb who is ahead by going faster	116
73	look after yourself		115
74	work on	to try hard to improve or achieve sth	115
75	deal with	to solve a problem, perform a task, etc.	115
76	hear of	to know about sb / sth because you have been told about them	112
77	move in	to move towards sb / sth from all directions, especially in a threatening way	111
78	stay away	to not go near a particular person or place	111
79	lie down	to be or get into a flat position, especially in bed, in order to sleep or rest	111
80	live together	to coexist or get along in the same place, community, or world, without sharing one household	110
81	look up	to raise your eyes when you are looking down at sth	110
82	stand by	to be ready for action	107
83	clean up	to start behaving in a more acceptable or honest way	107
84	get on with	to continue doing sth, especially after an interruption	107
85	get out of	to leave or go out of a place	105
86	put up	to build sth or place sth somewhere	104
87	go to	to move or travel toward a place, person, or event	104
88	stay on	to keep following, watching, or aiming at someone or something so you do not lose them	104
89	check out	to look at or examine a person or thing that seems interesting or attractive	99
90	stay out	to remain outside a place, or hidden from view, and not go in	99
91	walk out	to leave a place on foot, or go outside through a door or opening	99
92	walk away	to leave a difficult situation or relationship, etc. instead of staying and trying to deal with it	97
93	take over	to begin to have control of or responsibility for sth, especially in place of sb else	95
94	hang out	to spend time casually with someone, relaxing or socializing together	94
95	watch out	used to warn sb about sth dangerous	94
96	stand in	to block or hinder someone from doing something	92
97	break up	to end a relationship with sb	91
98	look forward to	to be thinking with pleasure about sth that is going to happen (because you expect to enjoy it)	91
99	live on	to continue to live or exist	90
100	sleep in		90

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Source: WinkLingo, "Phrasal verbs that show up most in movies" (https://winklingo.com/en/data/phrasal-verbs-in-movies), updated 2026-10-13