Phrasal Verbs B

Question 0

Back off

Answer 0

To stop trying to influence or force someone to do or think something

Question 1

Back down

Answer 1

To accept that you cannot win an argument and stop trying to win, or accept that you are wrong and change your decision

Question 2

Back someone up

Answer 2

To support someone by saying that they are telling the truth

Question 6

Bail someone out

Answer 6

To help someone to get out of trouble, especially by giving them money when they have financial problems

Question 7

Bang on

Answer 7

To talk continuously about something in a boring way

Question 8

Bear out

Answer 8

To support what someone has said or written and so help to prove that it is true

Question 9

Bear up

Answer 9

To remain cheerful and not be badly affected by a bad situation, illness

Question 10

Beef up

Answer 10

To improve something by making it stronger, more powerful more effective

Question 11

Black out

Answer 11

To suddenly become uconcious

Question 12

Boil down to

Answer 12

If a situation, problem, discussion boils down to something, that is the main part or cause of it

Question 13

Bottle something up

Answer 13

To keep a strong feeling such as anger or unhappiness hidden and not talk about it or show it

Question 14

Bow out

Answer 14

To give up an important position or job, so that someone can take your place

Question 15

Bowl over

Answer 15

If you are bowled over by something, you are very impressed by it because it is so beautiful, exciting

Question 16

Break down

Answer 16

If a substance breaks down it changes as a result of a chemical process

If a machine breaks down, it stops working because there’s something wrong with it

Question 17

Break even

Answer 17

If a business breaks even it makes the same amount of money as it spends and so makes neither a profit nor a loss

Question 18

Break in

Answer 18

To get into a building by using force, usually to steal something
To suddenly say something when someone else is speaking, so that they have to stop talking

Question 19

Break off

Answer 19

If you break off something that you are doing, you stop doing it

Question 20

Break out

Answer 20

Escape from prison

Question 21

Break up

Answer 21

To break into smaller pieces or parts; if a marriage breaks up, it ends
If a school breaks up, classes end and the holidays begin

Question 22

Bring about

Answer 22

To make something happen, especially a change or better situation

Question 23

Bring in

Answer 23

To include or mention something, especially for a particular purpose
To earn a particular amount of money

Question 24

Bring off

Answer 24

To succeed in doing something that is very difficult

Question 25

Bring on

Answer 25

To make a problem, illness or pain start to happen

Question 26

Bring out

Answer 26

To make a particular quality or taste more noticeable

Question 27

Bring up

Answer 27

To mention a subject or start to talk about it during a conversation or discussion

Question 28

Bring someone up

Answer 28

To charge someone with a crime and make them appear before a court of law

Question 29

Build up

Answer 29

To gradually increase in size, amount or strength

Question 30

Burn up

Answer 30

To use energy or get rid of unwanted fat from your body by doing physical exercise

Question 31

Burst out

Answer 31

To suddenly start to laugh or cry

Question 32

Butt in

Answer 32

To interrupt a conversation in a rude way, by saying something when it is not your turn to speak

Question 33

Blow over

Answer 33

If an argument or unpleasant situation blows over, it is forgotten or no longer seems important

Question 34

Blow up

Answer 34

To destroy something using a bomb

Question 35

Boil away

Answer 35

If liquid boils away, it disappears and changes into steam because it has been boiled for a long time