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Expressions about Crime

212. To get into a building or car using force is to ______.

A) break out

B) break down

C) break in

213. To steal money from a bank by using force is a ______.

A) hold in

B) hold down

C) hold up

214. To steal or take something without asking is to ______.

A) run off with

B) do without

C) do over

215. To hurt someone badly by hitting or kicking is to ______.

A) pull them over

B) beat them up

C) put one over

216. To kill someone in informal English is to ______ with them.

A) do away

B) have away

C) stay

217. To destroy something with a bomb is to ______.

A) beat it up

B) blow it up

C) knock it over

218. To take a criminal to the police is to ______.

A) turn them over

B) turn them in

C) turn them down

219. To put someone in prison is to ______.

A) lock them up

B) do them in

C) blow them up

220. To not punish someone for their crime is to ______.

A) give them over

B) let them off

C) put them away

221. To succeed in not being punished for a crime is to ______ it

A) get away with

B) make off with

C) pick through

Expressions about Emotions

222. To make someone unhappy is to ______.

A) get over them

B) get on with them

C)  get them

down

223. To make someone feel upset or angry is to ______.

A) jump them

B) get to them

C) do them in

224. To make someone feel good is to __.

A) perk them up

B) peep them in

C) rack them up

225. To stop feeling upset or angry about something is to ______.

A) clam up

B) wash out

C) calm down

226. To be so excited that you lose control is to get ______.

A) carried away

B) carried off

C) carried over

227. To start behaving in a violent or strange way is to ______.

A) liven up

B) freak out

C) throw out

Expressions about Food and Drink

228. To eat food very quickly is to ______.

A) bolt it down

B) pig out

C) whip it up

229. If you only eat a small amount of a meal, you ______.

A) gnaw it

B) bolt it down

C) pick at it

230. To eat a lot of food is to ______.

A) pig out

B) roll out

C) wear out

231. To eat less of something to improve your health is to _____ on it.

A) strip down

B) cut back

C) run

232. To drink a lot of alcohol is to ______.

A) knock it over

B) knock it in

C) knock it back

233. To heat food again that has already been cooked is to ______.

A) ruffle it up

B) warm it up

C) pick it up

Expressions about Illness

234. To get an illness from someone is to ______.

A) pick it up

B) truck it in

C) take it away

235. To try hard to get rid of an illness is to ______.

A) tide it over

B) cave in

C) fight it off

236. If a part of your body gets bigger and rounder because of injury or

illness it ______.
A) comes out

B) kicks in

C) swells up

237. Another expression for vomiting is to ______.

A) throw up

B) toss out

C) pass out

238. To be able to eat or drink without vomiting is to ______.

A) keep it down

B) get over it

C) dip into

239. To become unconscious is to ______.

A) go out

B) black out

C) knock over

Expressions about Speaking

240. If you speak for a long time, you ______.

A) get on

B) go on

C) edge on

241. If you talk too long on one subject, you ______.

A) run out

B) run over

C) run on

242. If you talk too long on one subject, you ______.

A) tread on

B) unwind

C) ramble on

243. If you say something you have learned quickly and without

stopping, you ______.
A) knock down

B) rattle off

C) rabbit on

244. If you say something you have learned quickly and without

stopping, you ______.
A) reel off

B) rope off

C) tie off

245. To say something while another person is talking is to ______.

A) butt in

B) figure out

C) go over

246. To say something suddenly and without thinking is to ______.

A) ease up

B) rub in

C) blurt out

247. To make someone stop talking is to ______.

A) shut up

B) shut out

C) shut in

248. To speak to someone without letting them answer is to ______.

A) talk over

B) talk at

C) talk to

249. To suddenly stop talking in the middle of a speech because you

have forgotten what to say it to ______.
A) wipe out

B) dry up

C) go over.

Expressions about Thinking

250. To think carefully about an idea before making a decision is to

______.
A) figure out

B) think over

C) chip in

251. To think of a suggestion, a solution or plan is to ______.

A) come up with

B) come out with

C) come over

252. To think about something that has happened is to ______.

A) run over

B) go over

C) go with

253. To create an idea, or plan using your imagination is to ______.

A) work out

B) think over

C) think up

254. To stop yourself from thinking about something is to ______.

A) think it out

B) bring it out

C) shut it out

255. To think of a very imaginative and not really possible plan is

to ______.
A) dream it up

B) go over it

C) come out with

256. To think about an idea, but not seriously is to ______.

A) toy with it

B) dream about it

C) work it out

257. To find the answer to something through deep thinking is ______.

A) think it up

B) figure it out

C) play with it

Expressions about Travel

258. To go on holiday especially because you need a rest is to ______.

A) get over

B) go off

C) get away

259. To show your ticket and get your seat at the airport is to ______.

A) check out

B) check off

C) check in

260. When the aircraft leaves the ground it ______.

A) takes off

B) takes over

C) takes in

261. To start on a journey is to ______.

A) set in

B) set by

C) set off

262. The time a train, bus or plane arrives is when it ______.

A) gets away

B) gets in

C) gets over

263. To visit somewhere for a short time when you are going

somewhere is to ______.
A) stop off

B) stop away

C) stop on

264. To stay somewhere for a length of time when you are on a long

journey is to ______.
A) stop by

B) stop over

C) stop on

Classified Phrasal Verbs

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