Phrasal verbs

Question 1

To withdraw from a position

Answer 1

To back down

Question 2

To cancel an event

Answer 2

To call off

Question 3

To not be punished for doing sth wrong

Answer 3

To get away w/

Question 4

To refuse

Answer 4

To turn down

Question 5

To demand that sth happens

Answer 5

To call for (sth to happen)

Question 6

To accept/folllow a rule

Answer 6

To abide by sth

Question 7

To finally realize, understand

Answer 7

To dawn on (sby)

Question 8

To be able to do sth difficult/unlikely to do

Answer 8

To pull (sth) off

Question 9

To fail to keep a commitment or a promise

Answer 9

To back out of sth

Question 10

To be unable to speak (bc of stress, of fear)/to refuse to speak

Answer 10

To clam up

Question 11

To think abt/consider sth in order to make a decision

Answer 11

To smull (sth) over

Question 12

How a situation develops

Answer 12

To pan out

Question 13

To talk at length w/out getting to the point

Answer 13

To ramble on

Question 14

To fall asleep for a short period of time, especially when you shouldn’t

Answer 14

To nod off

Question 15

To be lucky in a specific situation

Answer 15

To luck out

Question 16

To retract your original position on a topic

Answer 16

To back down (from sth)

Question 17

To gradually stop using sth

Answer 17

To phase (sth) out

Question 18

To make sby aware of sth

Answer 18

To point (sth) out

Question 19

To make a firm decision

Answer 19

To nail down (sth)

Question 20

To repay money borrowed

Answer 20

To pay sby back

Question 21

To make progress within a career/field

Answer 21

To get ahead

Question 22

To be patient w/ sby

Answer 22

To bear w/ sby

Question 23

To visit a location for a short period of time

Answer 23

To pop into somewhere

Question 24

To reduce options to most important

Answer 24

To narrow down (sth) (to sth)

Question 25

To stop doing sth that was a (bad) habit (2)

Answer 25

To give sth up, to quit doing sth

Question 26

to treat someone or something carelessly or without respect

Answer 26

To trifle w/ someone/sth
(old-fashioned, formal)

Question 27

to tear something into small pieces

Answer 27

To rip sth up

Question 28

To make sby feel happier/more positive

Answer 28

To buoy sby up.
He was feeling pessimistic abt the exam but his teachers’s encouraging words really buoyed him up.

Question 29

To stop or delay sth bad from happening

Answer 29

To stave off sth.
It’s now or never if the world is to stave off climate change.

Question 30

To spend time doing sth nice, pleasant and easy.

Answer 30

To while away.
Sby while away their days doing sth.

Question 31

To stop speaking, making noise.
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Answer 31

To pipe down.
Often used as an order.

Question 32

To suddenly start speaking

Answer 32

To pipe up

Question 33

To recuparate sth w/ difficulty, often money.

Answer 33

To claw back sth.
The government needs to claw back power before it’s too late.

Question 34

To take into account, often in calculation.

Answer 34

To factor in.
E-scooters are becoming popular but we have to factor in the weather.

Question 35

To indirectly refer to sth/sby.

Answer 35

To allude to (formal).

Question 36

To dismiss, to exclude from consideration, to disregard.

Answer 36

To rule out sth.
the company refused to rule out more redundancies this year.

Question 37

To reduce in size or amount systematically.

Answer 37

To scale back sth.
To tackle climate change we need to scale back meat consumption.

Question 38

To be caused by.

Answer 38

To stem from.

Question 39

To perform a task.

Answer 39

To carry out (study, research, experiment).

Question 40

To give attention to one particular thing.

Answer 40

To focus on.

Question 41

To investigate.

Answer 41

To look into.