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9 Phrasal Verbs With Think (Meanings, Examples, Exercises)

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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.

  1. I can’t give you an answer right now, please give me a week to (think it up / think it over / think ahead).
  2. It didn’t go as planned, I guess we didn’t (think it through / think it up / think about it).
  3. Moving out of the house helped him to (think about it / think it over / think for himself).
  4. Every time I (think in / think about / think over) cookies, it makes me hungry.

Answer Sheet

  1. think it over
  2. think it through
  3. think for himself
  4. think about