phrasals3 - Sheet1

Question 1

grow away from

Answer 1

Become less friendly with

Question 2

grow into

Answer 2

Develop or change over time to fit something. I think he will grow into the job.

Question 3

grow out of

Answer 3

Lose interest as you grow older or become more mature.

Question 4

hand back

Answer 4

Return.

Question 5

hand down

Answer 5

pronounce formally. the judge handed down his decision

Question 6

hang about

Answer 6

spend time somewhere not doing much.

Question 7

hang around. hang out

Answer 7

stay in a place for fun

Question 8

hang back

Answer 8

Not move forwards to avoid something.

Question 9

hang back from

Answer 9

Delay or avoid doing something.

Question 10

hang up

Answer 10

put down the telephone receiver.

Question 11

hanker after

Answer 11

want something a lot, especially if you shouldn’t want it or have it.

Question 12

have around

Answer 12

Entertain someone in your home

Question 13

have on

Answer 13

wear. I did not even have a sweater on.

Question 14

have over

Answer 14

Invite guests to your house. We would like to have you both for dinner sometime.

Question 15

hit back

Answer 15

attack or criticize

Question 16

hit on

Answer 16

1 flirt with. 2 discover by accident. I hit on the idea while watching clouds drift by.

Question 17

hold against

Answer 17

have a grudge against someone, or little respect.

Question 18

hold back

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Restrain. Store security held the crowd back until the doors opened.

Question 19

hold back

Answer 19

Not allow to advance in school.

Question 20

hold back from

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Not allow yourself to do something.

Question 21

hold off

Answer 21

wait.

Question 22

hold off on

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delay.

Question 23

hold on

Answer 23

tell someone to wait on the telephone.

Question 24

hold out

Answer 24

Not give in, continue to resist.

Question 25

hold up

Answer 25

delay ( a flight, traffic). Traffic was held up for an hour.

Question 26

hold up

Answer 26

rob ( a bank, a person) with a weapon. Two masked men held the bank up at gunpoint yesterday.

Question 27

horse around. monkey around

Answer 27

not be serious.

Question 28

iron out

Answer 28

Eliminate.

Question 29

jack around

Answer 29

make trouble for someone, fail to keep promises.

Question 30

jack up

Answer 30

To raise.

Question 31

jump in

Answer 31

Enter a conversation.

Question 32

keep back

Answer 32

maintain asafe distance, cause to maintain a safe distance.

Question 33

keep down

Answer 33

not vomit, keep in one's stomach

Question 34

keep in

Answer 34

keep in a particular place, have something in a specific location. keep the keys in.

Question 35

keep off

Answer 35

prevent from stepping or climbing on to something.

Question 36

keep over

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Cover something with, put something above. I keep a cover over my computer.

Question 37

keep to

Answer 37

Continue, persist in. Everybody said Joe would quit his job, but he has kept to it.

Question 38

keep up

Answer 38

stay on the required schedule

Question 39

kick back

Answer 39

sit or lie back to relax.

Question 40

kick up. kick around.

Answer 40

discuss

Question 41

knucle under

Answer 41

Submit to authority.

Question 42

lay down

Answer 42

establish (law,rules). The boss lays down the law on the worksite. Safety first.

Question 43

lay into. lay in on

Answer 43

scold or criticize severely.

Question 44

lay out

Answer 44

Arrange. lay your clothes out.

Question 45

leave out

Answer 45

Not include, omit

Question 46

let down

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lengthen. I got my mother to let my pants down.

Question 47

let out

Answer 47

Release.

Question 48

let out

Answer 48

Make bigger (in sewing)

Question 49

let up

Answer 49

weaken in intensity

Question 50

lie down

Answer 50

rest, recline

Question 51

lie down on

Answer 51

rest, recline

Question 52

lie with

Answer 52

Be decided by

Question 53

live down

Answer 53

live in a way that a shameful or embarassing event is forgotten.

Question 54

live through

Answer 54

Experience different times.

Question 55

look back

Answer 55

Think about the past.

Question 56

look back on

Answer 56

to remember nostalgically.

Question 57

look over

Answer 57

Examine review.

Question 58

look up

Answer 58

Locate and visit. I tried to look Joe up when I was in NY.

Question 59

make into

Answer 59

Change something into something else.

Question 60

make out

Answer 60

Kiss passionately.

Question 61

make out

Answer 61

progress.

Question 62

make out

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Decipher, comprehend.

Question 63

make out

Answer 63

succeed.

Question 64

make out

Answer 64

Write a check or other document. Who should I make this check out to.

Question 65

make out with

Answer 65

Kiss someone passionately

Question 66

make over

Answer 66

1. Change appearance. The beauty salon gave her a make over.

Question 67

make up

Answer 67

Reconsile.

Question 68

make up

Answer 68

Complete what was missed.

Question 69

Mark out from

Answer 69

Stand out because of certain qualities.

Question 70

Measure it against

Answer 70

Evaluate or judge by comparison.

Question 71

mess about

Answer 71

not be serious, not use something properly.

Question 72

mess around

Answer 72

Not be serious, play with something

Question 73

mill around

Answer 73

walk around without going anywhere.

Question 74

mix up

Answer 74

make lively. Let's mix this party up with some trance music.

Question 75

mooch around

Answer 75

spend time doing little or nothing

Question 76

mope about. mope around

Answer 76

move around being miserable.

Question 77

Muscle into

Answer 77

Become involved even though there is opposition to your involvement.

Question 78

nod off

Answer 78

fall asleep.

Question 79

nose about

Answer 79

look for something hidden or secret

Question 80

nose around

Answer 80

look closely at things.

Question 81

nose around

Answer 81

look for evidence

Question 82

out to

Answer 82

try to

Question 83

pan out

Answer 83

be successful, turn out well.

Question 84

pass by

Answer 84

go past without stopping.

Question 85

pass off

Answer 85

try to convince someone that something is real. He tried to pass himself off as a real doctor.

Question 86

pass on

Answer 86

not accept

Question 87

pass on

Answer 87

die.

Question 88

pass on

Answer 88

transmit. pass the message on

Question 89

pass out

Answer 89

become unconcious.

Question 90

pass out. give out

Answer 90

distribute

Question 91

Pass through

Answer 91

Visit a place without stopping or only stopping briefly.

Question 92

pass up

Answer 92

not take advantage (of an opportunity)

Question 93

pay into

Answer 93

deposit money. paid money into.

Question 94

pay off

Answer 94

To bribe

Question 95

pick * up

Answer 95

Learn something without effort. I don't speak Spanish but I hope to pick some up when I go to Mexico on holiday.

Question 96

pick on

Answer 96

To tease, bully.

Question 97

pick out

Answer 97

choose

Question 98

pick throuch

Answer 98

Search something that is disordered for something.

Question 99

pick up

Answer 99

try to initiate a relationship with someone (often in a bar)

Question 100

pick up after

Answer 100

tidy a mess someone else had made

Question 101

pick* up

Answer 101

To lift an object with the hands. Can you help me pick the bag up.