Phrasal Verbs G

Question 1

gabble away

Answer 1

to talk quickly for a long time in a way which is boring or difficult to understand

Question 2

gang up

Answer 2

to join together in a group to attack or oppose someone

Question 3

gear up

Answer 3

to prepare for somethong that is going to happen soon

Question 4

get about

Answer 4

to be able to move around a place

Question 5

get something across

Answer 5

to succeed in making someone understand an idea or message

Question 6

get ahead

Answer 6

to be successful in your job so that you can progress to a more important job

Question 7

get along

Answer 7

if two or more people get along they have a friendly relationship

Question 8

get at

Answer 8

to criticise someone in an unfair and annoying way

Question 9

get away with

Answer 9

to not be noticed or punished when you have done something wrong

Question 10

get back at someone

Answer 10

to do something to hurt or harm someone in order to punish them for hurting or harming you

Question 11

get your own back on someone

Answer 11

to so domething to hurt or harm someone in order to punish them for hurting or harming you

Question 12

get by

Answer 12

to have enough money to buy the things you need to live, but no more

Question 13

get someone down

Answer 13

if a situation gets you down, it makes you feel tires and unhappy

Question 14

get down to

Answer 14

to finally make a serious effort and start doing something

Question 15

get in

Answer 15

if a train, ship or plane gets in a particular time, it arrives at that time

Question 16

get off

Answer 16

to leave the place where you are or to start a journey

to not be punished for a crime or something you have done wrong

Question 17

get on

Answer 17

to be successful in your job so that you can progress to a more important job
to continue doing something that you were doing before
if two or more people get on thay have a friendly relationship

Question 18

get out of

Answer 18

to avoid doing something you have promised to do or are supposed to do

Question 19

get over

Answer 19

to begin to feel better after a shock or an experience which upset you

Question 20

get something over

Answer 20

to succeed in communicating ideas so that other people understand them

Question 21

get something over with

Answer 21

to finish something unpleasant or difficult thatr you have to do

Question 22

get through to

Answer 22

to succeed in making someone understand something, especially when this is difficult

Question 23

get up to

Answer 23

to do something epecially something that other people do not approve of

Question 24

give away

Answer 24

if a company gives away a product thay give it to people for free in order to attract more customers
to let someone know about something that should be a secret, especially by mistake

Question 25

give out

Answer 25

to produce something such as hear, a smell, light

if a machine gives out, it stops working

Question 26

give yourself up

Answer 26

to allow the police or enemy soldiers to make you a prisoner when they have been trying to catch you

Question 27

go along with

Answer 27

to accept a particular idea or plan, especially because it might cause trouble if you do not

Question 28

go down

Answer 28

if a computer goes down, or the telephone lines go down, they stop working because of a fault

Question 29

go in for

Answer 29

to do, use, have a particular type of thing, because you like it

Question 30

go off

Answer 30

to stop liking someone or something you used to like
if food goes off it is not good to eat, because it has been kept too long
if a bomb goes off, it explodes

Question 31

go under

Answer 31

if business goes under, it has to close because it does not make enough money

Question 32

grind on

Answer 32

to continue for a long time in a slow and boring way