Prepositional idiom

Question 1

back down

Answer 1

retreat

Question 2

act up

Answer 2

to behave badly

Question 3

angle for

Answer 3

try to gain

Question 4

answer for

Answer 4

be responsible for

Question 5

bear away

Answer 5

carry away

Question 6

blow over

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pass over

(of trouble) fade away without serious consequences.
“if he would simply cool off, the whole matter would soon blow over”

Question 7

carry away

Answer 7

cause to lose self - control

Question 8

come about

Answer 8

happen

Question 9

cry out against

Answer 9

oppose

Question 10

do away with

Answer 10

remove

Question 11

give in

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submit

Question 12

go into

Answer 12

investigate

Question 13

go through

Answer 13

udnergo

Question 14

hand over

Answer 14

to yield control of

Question 15

jump at

Answer 15

accept eagerly

Question 16

jump on ( someone)

Answer 16

rebuke

Question 17

kick up

Answer 17

make a fuss

Question 18

knock down

Answer 18

bring price down

Question 19

lay about

Answer 19

attack

Question 20

lay out

Answer 20

invest / design

Question 21

make up

Answer 21

reconcile

Question 22

mess about

Answer 22

play about

Question 23

pass through

Answer 23

undergo

Question 24

put across

Answer 24

successfully convey

Question 25

play down

Answer 25

make less serious

Question 26

pull together

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cooperate

Question 27

reckon up

Answer 27

form an opinion

Question 28

run down

Answer 28

discredit : To criticize, deprecate, or belittle someone or something

Question 29

sit up

Answer 29

take sudden notice

Question 30

sponge on

Answer 30

live on others

Question 31

stick to

Answer 31

do faithfully

Question 32

take it lying down / take something lying down

Answer 32

be submissive

to accept (something bad, such as an insult or unfair treatment) without trying to fight against it

He vowed that he would not take the court’s decision lying down

I should feel ashamed if I let myself be struck like that, and took it lying down

Question 33

talk into

Answer 33

persuade by talking

Question 34

tide over

Answer 34

help

Question 35

touch off

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start

Question 36

win over

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gain support

Question 37

work off

Answer 37

To get rid of something through effort or work: I started to run two miles a day in order to work off some weight.

OR give vent to

to express (a strong emotion, such as anger) in a forceful and open way He gave vent to his annoyance. She didn’t want to give full vent to her feelings.

Question 38

wrapped up in

Answer 38

be absorbed / be interested in

Question 39

write off

Answer 39

cancel

Question 40

harping on

Answer 40

to talk about (a subject) constantly or repeatedly in an annoying way

Question 41

knocked around

Answer 41

to spend time in (a place) without having a goal or purpose : to wander around (a place) He spent the summer knocking around (in) Europe.

Question 42

PASS SOMEONE/SOMETHING OFF AS SOMETHING

Answer 42

to try to make others believe that someone or something is something other than what the person or thing is: Maurice is trying to pass himself off as a journalist to get admitted to the press conference.

Question 43

stagger out

Answer 43

To walk or shuffle out (of some place) in an swerving, unsteady manner.

The man staggered out of the room clutching his chest, and I knew immediately he was having a heart attack.

We spent about four hours in the pub before staggering out in a drunken haze.