Phrasal Verbs - Test 20

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Phrasal Verbs - Test 20

1. be overwhelmed with work

A. be snowed under

B. be clouded over

C. be mucked up

D. be rained off

2. resolve minor problems/difficulties

A. rule out

B. work out

C. check out

D. iron out

3. be very busy with an activity

A. be tied up

B. be fixed up

C. be built up

D. be held up

4. criticize someone unexpectedly

A. jump off

B. jump in

C. jump on

D. jump at

5. think of an idea or solution suddenly

A. hit back

B. hit off

C. hit upon

D. hit out

6. start to understand or realize sth

A. cotton off

B. cotton in

C. cotton up

D. cotton on

7. gradually start to like sth/sb

A. grow on

B. grow up

C. grow out

D. grow in

8. understand or evaluate a person/situation

A. size up

B. size out

C. size in

D. size off

9. investigate or research sth deeply

A. delve over

B. delve out

C. delve in

D. delve into

10. gradually start to sleep

A. nod out

B. nod in

C. nod off

D. nod through

11. manage to see or hear sth with difficulty

A. make off

B. make out

C. make up

D. make over

12. accept an unpleasant situation

A. make up to

B. look up to

C. face up to

D. come up to

13. support or prove a theory

A. bear up

B. bear with

C. bear out

D. bear down

14. mention a subject during a conversation

A. bring round

B. bring up

C. bring out

D. bring about

15. be easily noticed/very obvious

A. stand in

B. stand out

C. stand for

D. stand up

16. manage to survive with little money

A. scrape through

B. scrape off

C. scrape by

D. scrape out

17. refuse to change your mind

A. stick up for

B. stick around

C. stick to your guns

D. stick out

18. gradually disappear (feeling/pain)

A. wear down

B. wear off

C. wear away

D. wear out

19. compensate for sth

A. make up with

B. make for

C. make out

D. make up for

20. happen unexpectedly

A. break out

B. crop up

C. turn up

D. set off

21. read or study sth very carefully

A. pass over

B. tide over

C. mull over

D. pore over

22. delay or postpone

A. put across

B. put off

C. put up

D. put out

23. cancel an event

A. call for

B. call out

C. call on

D. call off

24. arrive or appear unexpectedly

A. turn on

B. turn into

C. turn up

D. turn over

25. invent a story or excuse

A. make out

B. make up

C. make for

D. make off