Phrasal verbs

Question 1

Cut down on

Answer 1

Reduce the amount of

I’ve decided to cut down on smoking

Question 2

Catch up with

Answer 2

Reach the same place as

‘They are too far ahead for us to catch up with them’

Question 3

Come up against

Answer 3

Meet / find

‘I’m afraid we’have come up against a problem we can’t solve’

Question 4

Come up with

Answer 4

Think of

‘Have you come up with an answer yet?’

Question 5

Drop in on

Answer 5

Visit for a short time

‘I dropped in on Bill and Sheila on my way home’

Question 6

Face up to

Answer 6

Accept / deal with

‘You must face up to reality!’

Question 7

Feel up to

Answer 7

Have the strenght and energy to do

‘I don’t feel up to going to work’

Question 8

Get away with

Answer 8

Do something bad and not be punished

‘Jack stole the money and got away with it’

Question 9

Get along / on with

Answer 9

Have good relations with

‘Do you get along / on with your new boss?’

Question 10

Get on with

Answer 10

Continue with

‘Stop talking and get on with your work’

Question 11

Get out of

Answer 11

Avoid a responsibility

‘I managed to get out of working late’

Question 12

Get round to

Answer 12

Find time to do

‘I haven’t got round to decorating yet’

Question 13

Get up to

Answer 13

Do something bad

‘What has young Bill been getting up to?’

Question 14

Go in for

Answer 14

Have as a hobby

‘Do you go in for sailing?’

Question 15

Grow out of

Answer 15

Become too old for

‘Julie has grown out of playing with dolls’

Question 16

Keep up with

Answer 16

Go at the same speed as

‘You’re going too fast! I can’t heep up with you!’

Question 17

Look down on

Answer 17

Feel superior to

‘Our neighbours look down on anyone without a car’

Question 18

Look forward to

Answer 18

Think we will enjoy

‘We are looking forward to our holiday’

Question 19

Make up for

Answer 19

Compensate for

‘This wonderful dinner made up for the bad service’

Question 20

Put up with

Answer 20

Accept without complaining

‘I can’t put up with these screaming children!’

Question 21

Run out of

Answer 21

Have no more of

‘Oh dear, we’ve run out of petrol’

Question 22

Stand up for

Answer 22

Defend

‘You must learn to stand up for yourself!’

Question 23

Ask after

Answer 23

Ask for news of

‘Jim asked after you yesterday’

Question 24

Call for

Answer 24

Come to your house and collect you

‘I’ll call for you at six’

Question 25

**Call on**

Answer 25

Visit for a short time ## Footnote *'I called on some friends in Plymouth'*

Question 26

**Come across**

Answer 26

Find by chance ## Footnote *'Joe came across this old painting in the attic'*

Question 27

**Come into**

Answer 27

Inherit ## Footnote *'Sue came into a large sum of money'*

Question 28

**Count on**

Answer 28

Depend on ## Footnote *'I'm counting on you to help me'*

Question 29

**Deal with**

Answer 29

Take action to solve a problem ## Footnote *'How can we deal with the traffic problem?'*

Question 30

**Do without**

Answer 30

Manage without having ## Footnote *'We'll have to do without a holiday this year'*

Question 31

**Get at**

Answer 31

Suggest ## Footnote *'What are you getting at?'*

Question 32

**Get over**

Answer 32

Recover from ## Footnote *'Barry has got over his illness now'*

Question 33

**Go over**

Answer 33

Discuss the details ## Footnote *'Let's go over our plan once more'*

Question 34

**Join in**

Answer 34

Take part in, contribute to ## Footnote *'Try to join in the lesson as much as you can'*

Question 35

**Live on**

Answer 35

Have as income (rent) ## Footnote *'They live on the money her father gives them'*

Question 36

**Look into**

Answer 36

Investigate ## Footnote *'The government is looking into the problem'*

Question 37

**Look round**

Answer 37

Look at everything ## Footnote *'Let's look round the town today'*

Question 38

**Make for**

Answer 38

Go in the direction of ## Footnote *'Where are you making for exactly?'*

Question 39

**Pick on**

Answer 39

# Choose a person to punish *'My teacher is always picking on me'*

Question 40

**Run into**

Answer 40

Meet by chance ## Footnote *'I ran into Steve in the supermarket yesterday'*

Question 41

**See about**

Answer 41

Make arrangements ## Footnote *'We'll have to see about getting you an office'*

Question 42

**See to**

Answer 42

Attend to / take care of ## Footnote *'Can you see to the dog's food?'*

Question 43

**Stand for**

Answer 43

Tolerate *'I won't stand for such rudeness!'* Be a candidate for *'Andrew is standing for parliament'*

Question 44

**Take after**

Answer 44

Have the same characteristics as ## Footnote *'Helen takes after her mother'*