Phrasal Verbs with D and E

Question 1

To give someone or something your public support

Answer 1

declare for

She declared for the king.

Question 2

To do something that you have promised to do

Answer 2

deliver on

Like most things, delivering on your promises requires effort.

Question 3

To experience great physical or emotional desire for someone or something

Answer 3

die for

She is dying for my attention.

Question 4

To become less common or rare and then disappear completely.

Answer 4

die out

Traditional British dining etiquette is dying out.

Question 5

To try to solve a certain problem or find a remedy for a bad situation.

Answer 5

do about

We need to do something about this broken vase.

Question 6

To fasten or wrap something.

Answer 6

do up

it´s so windy. Do up your coat or you´ll get cold!

Question 7

To make something or yourself look attractive.

Answer 7

do up

Amanda did up her make-up before going out.

Question 8

To be in some way connected or implicated in something.

Answer 8

do with

I did not have anything to do with these murders.

Question 9

To manage in spite of being without someone or something that you want or need.

Answer 9

do without

We can´t do without you for so long.

Question 10

To fall asleep, especially without intending to.

Answer 10

doze off

I often doze off in front of the television.

Question 11

To make someone stop doing something interesting or absorbing.

Answer 11

drag away

The party at Jimmy´s house was great. I couldn´t drag myself away.

Question 12

To make someone feel weak or unhappy

Answer 12

drag down

The lowered salaries have dragged down morale.

Question 13

To decrease something or to make something get worse

Answer 13

drag down

The current situation in the Middle East dragged down the oil prices.

Question 14

To continue something far too long.

Answer 14

drag on

The meeting should finish before 1 PM, but it dragged on for next two hours.

Question 15

To mention an unpleasant event or story from the past, even though people do not want to be reminded of it.

Answer 15

drag up

The teacher dragged up my bad grades from last year.

Question 16

To move away from something, to decide not to do something, usually because you are frightened or surprised.

Answer 16

draw back

I wasn´t ready for it! I had to draw back and leave them to cope.

Question 17

To make someone become involved in something, especially when he does not want to.

Answer 17

draw in

It is not a good idea to let him draw you into his plans.

Question 18

To use knowledge, money or other resources for a particular purpose.

Answer 18

draw on

The government drew on emergency funds to help victims of the hurricane.

Question 19

To prepare a plan, agreement, or other document in detail.

Answer 19

draw up

Shall I instruct my attorney to draw up a sales agreement?

Question 20

Used to tell someone that his wishes or ideas are not likely to happen.

Answer 20

dream on

Mum and Dad can dream on, I will never dress up like that!

Question 21

To put on formal clothes for special occasion or for work in order to look more appealing.

Answer 21

dress up

In many large corporations there is a requirement to dress up for work.

Question 22

To wear special clothes in order to change your look, usually for a game or to conceal true identity.

Answer 22

dress up

Would you dress up and go with us to a costume party, please?

Question 23

To slowly fall asleep.

Answer 23

drift off

I was so tired and just started to drift off when he came.

Question 24

To drink all of something

Answer 24

drink up

Come on guys, let´s drink up and change the pub!

Question 25

To leave a place by a car or some other vehicle.

Answer 25

drive off

They will not drive off and leave me here!

Question 26

To repel, to force someone who is attacking you to stop and go away.

Answer 26

drive off

Could you do something and drive the bugs off?

Question 27

To cause something to increase rapidly.

Answer 27

drive up

The interest in our new products drove up sales this year.

Question 28

To speak for a long time in a monotonous voice without saying anything interesting.

Answer 28

drone on

Stop droning on and on about how sad your life is, just change it!

Question 29

To move towards the back of a group.

Answer 29

drop back

Economic experts are warning that eurozone is about to drop back into recession.

Question 30

to take someone or something to some place and leave it there.

Answer 30

drop off

I am sorry for being late. I had to drop off a colleague after work.

Question 31

to fall asleep

Answer 31

drop off

Usually after swimming our children drop off early.

Question 32

To leave a course of study or a race without finishing it, or to reject the society and live outside.

Answer 32

drop out

After she got injured she dropped out of the race.

Question 33

To make somebody to understand or remember something by repeating it many times.

Answer 33

drum into

Firemen rely on training that´s drummed into them through repeated exercises.

Question 34

To become completely dry, or lose all the supply of something.

Answer 34

dry up

The streams, rivers and lakes are drying up more often as climate changes.

Question 35

To avoid doing something, to evade responsibility.

Answer 35

duck out

Do not even try to duck out! You have promised to go with me and visit my grandma.

Question 36

To think, talk, or write about something to an excessive degree.

Answer 36

dwell on

Dwelling upon the past and trying to predict the future can spoil your happiness.

Question 37

To gradually reduce something in degree, speed, or intensity.

Answer 37

ease off

Ease off! You don´t need to shout.

Question 38

To gradually destroy something, erode

Answer 38

eat away

Rot is eating away the interior of the tree.

Question 39

To have a meal outside one´s home, usually at a restaurant.

Answer 39

eat out

Let´s eat out tonight, I am tired of cooking.

Question 40

To consume entirely or use a lot of something.

Answer 40

eat up

Come on, eat up your meal, please.

Question 41

To remove, correct, adopt or assemble the parts of material (a film, article, etc) in order to make it more suitable or acceptable.

Answer 41

edit out

I have worked all night to edit this presentation out of the information I found.

Question 42

To finish in a certain (often unsuccessful) way or to get a particular results.

Answer 42

end in

The intervention of the police ended in failure.

Question 43

To find oneself in a particular state, place or situation after a series of happenings, especially when one has not intended or planed to be.

Answer 43

end up

He ended up completely drunk after he met his old friends from school.

Question 44

To adjust, regulate or make something more leveled or straight, to become more equal.

Answer 44

even out

That was a though job to even out this bumpy lawn and make it looking nice.

Question 45

To dismiss or minimize the significance of something by giving and excuse or justification.

Answer 45

explain away

He couldn´t explain away his absence at school.