Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

to pay for something

Answer 1

pony up

Question 2

to spend or pay back money usually reluctantly (not willing to do something)

Answer 2

cough up

Question 3

to contribute money to a communal fund

Answer 3

chip in

Question 4

to cut off funding, to remove

Answer 4

zero out

Question 5

to settle a bill or debt

Answer 5

square up

Question 6

to acquire a lot of money

Answer 6

rack up

Question 7

to extravagantly spend a lot of money on something usually luxurious

Answer 7

splash out on

Question 8

to gain financial advantage from a situation

Answer 8

cash in on

Question 9

reduce something in size or amount

Answer 9

scale back

Question 10

strengthen, increase or improve something

Answer 10

beef up

Question 11

to defend against

Answer 11

fend off

Question 12

understand and express something such as people’s beliefs

Answer 12

tap into

Question 13

yield, stop arguing or resisting

Answer 13

cave in

Question 14

order that something should be done immediately, especially as a punishment

Answer 14

slap on

Question 15

to mention something so that people know about it

Answer 15

flag up

Question 16

to claim as one’s own

Answer 16

stake out

Question 17

to limit or control something that has developed too much

Answer 17

rein in

Question 18

to remove one part of something

Answer 18

sift out

Question 19

to find with difficulty

Answer 19

glean out

Question 20

to send someone to a place by plane

Answer 20

fly out

Question 21

to give something to various people in a careless way

Answer 21

dish out

Question 22

succeed in doing something that is difficult

Answer 22

pull off

Question 23

introduce a new product, service or technology

Answer 23

roll out

Question 24

to increase

Answer 24

step up

Question 25

to combine together to form a whole

Answer 25

make up

Question 26

reduce the number of things or the size of something

Answer 26

whittle down

Question 27

gradually become greater in amount or number

Answer 27

inch up

Question 28

to get more active (there is more activity)

Answer 28

hot up

Question 29

to give support, to strengthen

Answer 29

shore up

Question 30

to make a sale

Answer 30

ring up

Question 31

to amass or accumulate; to incure

Answer 31

run up

Question 32

to deal with

Answer 32

run up against

Question 33

to discover facts that have been lost, hidden or kept a secret

Answer 33

dig out

Question 34

to remove, take out from a group that are not good enough

Answer 34

weed out

Question 35

fire somebody

Answer 35

chuck out

Question 36

explain it in detail or in a very clear way

Answer 36

spell out

Question 37

make something stop

Answer 37

stamp out

Question 38

to expand, diversify

Answer 38

branch out into

Question 39

to continue with strong emotions

Answer 39

rage on

Question 40

to sell unwanted goods very cheaply, usually in other countries

Answer 40

dump on

Question 41

to invest a lot of something in order to improve it or make it successful

Answer 41

plough into

Question 42

to suddenly start to be successful or popular

Answer 42

take off

Question 43

to do something to prevent something or somebody from harming you

Answer 43

ward off

Question 44

to stop something from happening

Answer 44

stave off

Question 45

to effect, to cause to make happen

Answer 45

bring about

Question 46

to officially introduce (eg. policies, plans) for people to discuss

Answer 46

bring forward

Question 47

to arise from

Answer 47

stem from

Question 48

to reduce the amount of something that you use to thrive

Answer 48

cut back on