Phrasal Verbs - Test 17

--:--

Phrasal Verbs - Test 17

1. be exhausted by hard work

A. burn out

B. burn up

C. burn down

D. burn off

2. fail to happen/be completed (plan)

A. fall behind

B. fall for

C. fall out

D. fall through

3. be published/become available

A. come out

B. come off

C. come up

D. come about

4. gradually disappear (pain/effect)

A. wear away

B. wear off

C. wear out

D. wear down

5. understand/solve a problem

A. figure in

B. figure up

C. figure out

D. figure on

6. ignore or dismiss someone's ideas

A. brush aside

B. break down

C. bring about

D. build up

7. improve your knowledge of sth

A. brush off

B. brush down

C. brush up on

D. brush out

8. search for information in a list

A. look up

B. look through

C. look over

D. look into

9. ignore sth wrong or illegal

A. look down on

B. look up to

C. look after

D. look the other way

10. manage to survive on a small amount

A. get over

B. get by on

C. get away

D. get along

11. start a journey

A. set in

B. set back

C. set off

D. set up

12. unexpectedly find or meet

A. stumble out

B. stumble upon

C. stumble over

D. stumble in

13. suddenly stop working (machine)

A. conk out

B. break out

C. cut out

D. turn out

14. finish something successfully/quickly

A. polish up

B. polish away

C. polish out

D. polish off

15. be easily noticed/better than others

A. stand up

B. stand by

C. stand out

D. stand in

16. compensate for a mistake/sin

A. make up

B. do over

C. pay back

D. atone for

17. cancel or end an agreement

A. call out

B. call in

C. call off

D. call up

18. gradually decrease (noise/activity)

A. die out

B. die off

C. die away

D. die down

19. become extinct

A. die off

B. die down

C. die away

D. die out

20. happen at the same time

A. come with

B. coincide with

C. go with

D. keep with

21. postpone an item on an agenda

A. get around

B. put back

C. stay over

D. shelve

22. cancel/abandon a project

A. scrap

B. carry on

C. keep off

D. hold up

23. start doing sth with enthusiasm

A. dive off

B. dive down

C. dive over

D. dive into

24. be deceived by a trick/lie

A. fall for

B. fall behind

C. fall out

D. fall through

25. reduce the number of possibilities

A. narrow down

B. take down

C. bring down

D. cut down