For each of the following sentences, substitute the appropriate phrasal verb given in brackets for the underlined word or phrase.
Ex.:
a. He refused to support what I had said. (back up, hold back)
He refused to back up what I had said.
b. The game was canceled because of the rain. (called off, phased out)
The game was called off because of the rain.
1. He raised a difficult question. (brought up, filled up)
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2. She is good at assessing people. (buttering up, sizing up)
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3. We should de-emphasize the dangers of the situation. (hand down, play down)
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4. I am returning the raincoat I borrowed. (backing up, giving back)
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5. The wine had been diluted. (played down, watered down)
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6. I want to organize my photographs. (sort out, try out)
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7. We discussed the situation. (shouted down, talked over)
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8. May I test your bicycle? (point out, try out)
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9. You can collect the tickets at the box office. (fill up, pick up)
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10. I erased the notes in the margins of the book. (bailed out, rubbed out)
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11. Do you think they invented the whole story? (hung up, made up)
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12. She summarized what we had learned so far. (sounded out, summed up)
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For each of the following sentences, substitute the appropriate phrasal verb given in brackets for the underlined word or phrase.
Ex.:
Don't try to avoid it. (walk away with, wriggle out of)
Don't try to wriggle out of it.
1. What does that amount to? (add up to, lead up to)
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2. He is trying to compensate for the time he lost. (look out for, make up for)
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3. I want to continue my studies. (carry on with, get in on)
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4. We want to focus on new developments. (fall back on, zero in on)
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5. Do you think you can overtake the others? (catch up with, look down on)
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6. We want to abolish the waiting period. (come down to, do away with)
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7. The tenants had to tolerate noisy conditions. (get away with, put up with)
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8. I developed spots after walking through a patch of poison ivy. (brushed up
on, came out in)
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9. He admires his older brother. (looks up to, sticks up for)
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10. You should reduce the number of cigarettes you smoke per day. (cut back on , zero in on)
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11. The problem urgently requires a solution. (adds up to, cries out for)
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12. She always defends her friends. (holds out for, sticks up for)
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