Phrasal Verbs - Test 23

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Phrasal Verbs - Test 23

1. be very busy with an activity

A. be fixed up

B. be held up

C. be built up

D. be tied up

2. delay or block progress (robbery)

A. hold up

B. hold on

C. hold out

D. hold back

3. start to be successful (business/idea)

A. take on

B. take up

C. take off

D. take in

4. manage to survive a difficult situation

A. pull off

B. pull up

C. pull out

D. pull through

5. achieve something very difficult

A. pull off

B. pull over

C. pull through

D. pull up

6. be deceived by a trick/lie

A. fall behind

B. fall through

C. fall out

D. fall for

7. fail to happen (plan/scheme)

A. fall out

B. fall for

C. fall through

D. fall behind

8. be related to or affect something

A. bear with

B. bear out

C. bear up

D. bear on

9. gradually start to sleep

A. doze in

B. drift in

C. drop out

D. nod off

10. gradually start to like sth/sb

A. grow on

B. grow out

C. grow in

D. grow up

11. start to understand or realize sth

A. catch out

B. get through

C. keep on

D. cotton on

12. evaluate or understand a person/situation

A. size up

B. size in

C. size out

D. size off

13. investigate or research sth deeply

A. delve over

B. delve into

C. delve out

D. delve in

14. accept an unpleasant situation

A. make up to

B. come up to

C. look up to

D. face up to

15. manage to see or hear sth with difficulty

A. make up

B. make off

C. make over

D. make out

16. manage to survive with little money

A. scrape by

B. scrape through

C. scrape off

D. scrape out

17. refuse to change your mind

A. stick to your guns

B. stick up for

C. stick out

D. stick around

18. develop or happen in a particular way

A. set off

B. pan out

C. crop up

D. turn up

19. search thoroughly through information

A. sift in

B. sift out

C. sift through

D. sift off

20. improve your knowledge of something

A. brush off

B. brush down

C. brush up on

D. brush away

21. compensate for a mistake/sin

A. do over

B. pay back

C. atone for

D. make up

22. postpone an item on an agenda

A. shelve

B. put back

C. stay over

D. get around

23. cancel/abandon a project

A. hold up

B. carry on

C. scrap

D. keep off

24. start doing sth with enthusiasm

A. dive over

B. dive off

C. dive into

D. dive down

25. reduce the number of possibilities

A. cut down

B. narrow down

C. take down

D. bring down