Phrasal Verbs - Test 24

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Phrasal Verbs - Test 24

1. be overwhelmed with work

A. be held back

B. be tied up

C. be bogged down

D. be snowed under

2. support or prove a theory/statement

A. bear out

B. bear down

C. bear up

D. bear with

3. gradually start to sleep

A. nod off

B. drift in

C. doze in

D. drop out

4. think of sth as a result of sth

A. assign sth for

B. ascribe sth to

C. account sth with

D. attribute sth in

5. start to be successful

A. take over

B. take in

C. take on

D. take off

6. manage to understand sth complex

A. fathom over

B. fathom through

C. fathom out

D. fathom in

7. suddenly start to be popular

A. catch up

B. catch out

C. catch at

D. catch on

8. fail to achieve the expected standard

A. fall behind

B. fall through

C. fall short of

D. fall apart

9. reduce the importance of sth

A. play sth up

B. play sth down

C. play sth off

D. play sth out

10. manage to see/hear sth with difficulty

A. make over

B. make off

C. make up

D. make out

11. exhausted by a long period of hard work

A. burn out

B. burn off

C. burn down

D. burn up

12. cancel or end an agreement officially

A. rescind

B. set in

C. hold up

D. get by

13. become more active/cheerful

A. perk in

B. perk up

C. perk out

D. perk through

14. barely manage to pass an exam

A. scrape by

B. scrape off

C. scrape out

D. scrape through

15. be easy to notice/obvious

A. stand out

B. stand for

C. stand in

D. stand up

16. gradually end in a disappointing way

A. wear off

B. fade away

C. die down

D. fizzle out

17. refuse to change your mind

A. stick up for

B. stick around

C. stick to your guns

D. stick out

18. happen unexpectedly

A. set off

B. break out

C. turn up

D. crop up

19. search thoroughly through information

A. sift in

B. sift off

C. sift out

D. sift through

20. improve your knowledge of sth

A. brush away

B. brush up on

C. brush off

D. brush down

21. postpone an item on an agenda

A. shelve

B. stay over

C. put back

D. get around

22. cancel/abandon a project

A. scrap

B. keep off

C. hold up

D. carry on

23. start doing sth with enthusiasm

A. dive over

B. dive down

C. dive off

D. dive into

24. reduce the number of possibilities

A. bring down

B. take down

C. narrow down

D. cut down

25. develop or happen in a particular way

A. pan out

B. set off

C. turn up

D. crop up