Are you looking for a list of phrasal verbs using the verb think?
If so, you have come to the right place.
Here are 9 great phrasal verbs to help you sound like a native English speaker.
9 Phrasal Verbs With Think
Think About
- Meaning: To contemplate something or to remember someone or something
- Use in a sentence: Every time she thinks about her first date with him she gets butterflies in her stomach.
Think Ahead
- Meaning: to think about the future. To make plans for things you want to do in the future; to think proactively.
- Use in a sentence: We need to sit down and think ahead about what we want to do over the next coming months.
Think Back
- Meaning: to remember something that happened in the past.
- Use in a sentence: When you have kids, it helps to think back to when you were a child.
Think For (oneself)
- Meaning: to make your own decisions without letting other people influence you; to think independently
- Use in a sentence: As a person gets older, they need to learn to think for themselves and rely less on others.
Think Of
- Meaning #1: to recall or to remember something that happened in the past.
- Meaning #2: to consider doing something; an idea
- Meaning #3: to have an opinion or idea about something
- Use in a sentence #1: That song makes me think of my wife and our first dance together.
- Use in a sentence #2: I am thinking of cutting my hair, what do you think?
- Use in a sentence #3: I can tell by the way she looks at you that she thinks highly of you.
Think (something) Out
- Meaning: to consider all the possibilities; to plan something.
- Use in a sentence: Before we said yes, we carefully thought out how we would execute the plan.
Think Over
- Meaning: to consider something thoroughly before making a decision.
- Use in a sentence: Think it over and tomorrow let me know if you want to buy the car.
Think (something) Through
- Meaning: to consider the possible results of a decision or plan.
- Use in a sentence: Before I make a decision, let me think it through and I will let you know for sure on Monday.
Think Up
- Meaning: to develop a new idea or plan; to devise
- Use in a sentence: We had a meeting at work to think up some new ways to increase sales.
Phrasal Verbs With Think – Exercises
Here are some exercises to put to use what you have learned. Scroll down to see the answer sheet.
- I can’t give you an answer right now, please give me a week to (think it up / think it over / think ahead).
- It didn’t go as planned, I guess we didn’t (think it through / think it up / think about it).
- Moving out of the house helped him to (think about it / think it over / think for himself).
- Every time I (think in / think about / think over) cookies, it makes me hungry.
Answer Sheet
- think it over
- think it through
- think for himself
- think about
