Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

send off

Answer 1

instruct someone to go
dispatch something by post

Question 2

turn up

Answer 2

be found after being lost
put in appearance; arrive

Question 3

come across

Answer 3

meet or find someone or something by chance

Question 4

take down

Answer 4

write down spoken words

Question 5

ask around

Answer 5

talk to different people in order to find out something

Question 6

break down

Answer 6

suddenly cease to function; collapse

Question 7

bring sth up

Answer 7

to start to talk about a particular subject

Question 8

sort out

Answer 8

to deal successfully with a problem

Question 9

mess someone about/around

Answer 9

to treat someone badly

Question 10

put sth off

Answer 10

postpone; to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date

Question 11

call sth off

Answer 11

to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible

Question 12

eat out

Answer 12

to eat in a restaurant

Question 13

bring sth back

Answer 13

to make someone think about something from the past

Question 14

look down on someone

Answer 14

to think you are better than someone

Question 15

do away with something

Answer 15

to get rid of sth or stop using sth

Question 16

come up against something

Answer 16

to have to deal with a problem

Question 17

come up with something

Answer 17

to suggest or think of an idea or plan

Question 18

get away with

Answer 18

to succeed in avoiding punishment for something

Question 19

put up with someone/something

Answer 19

to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly

Question 20

give in

Answer 20

to finally agree to what someone wants, after refusing for a period of time

Question 21

get on

Answer 21

to have a good relationship

Question 22

get over

Answer 22

to get better after an illness