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Phrasal verb exercises

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A night out

go out / stay out / stay in / drink up / get back

An Oil Spill

clean up / wash up / end up / look into / pour out

Annoying People

wind up / fob off / talk down to / go on / cheese off

Anxiety

work up / smooth over / wind up / burst out / stress out

Archaeology

date back / derive from /dig up/ look into / send off

Arguing

take back / back down / spout out / come out with

Argument

lash out / bottle up / barge in / flare up / fall out

Assessing

measure up / go over / mark down / get through / look over

At the Beach

lie down / soak up / put on / wash off / eye up

Babies

look after / grow up / bring up / get on

Being Cold

ice up / huddle together / turn up / freeze over / thaw out

Being Involved (in)

count in / dabble in / want in / rope in / keep in with

Bicycles

pump up / go down / get on / lock up / fall off

Body Language

screw up / stick out / shrug off / spit out / look up to

Business 1

take on / lay off / go under / pick up / take over

Business 2

wrap up / thrash out / set up / wind up

Business 3

set up / lay off / open up / dry up / take off

Buying a Flat

see round / put down / do up / put in /move in

Buying Food

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Cars

turn off / pull over / pull up / fill up / pump up

Categorising

pick out / sort out / line up / size up / sift through

Cease (out)

conk out / crash out / peter out / stamp out / drop out

Changing Mood

calm down / chill out / wind up / fire up / warm to

Changing Times

put off / bring forward / put back / slow down / speed up

Children

look after / dress up / tell off / bring up / grow up

Children Playing

run around / colour in / make up / chase after / fall over

Christmas Shopping

shop around / wrap up / think of / snap up / sell out

Cigarettes

light up / stub out / cut down / give up / end up

Cleaning

sweep up / tidy up / throw away / wash up / wipe up

Clothes

wrap up / turn up / hang up / zip up / hang out

Clothes

put on / take off / do up / wear out / dress up

Cold Weather

wrap up / do up / warm up / snow in / fall over

Competition

go in for / fall behind / catch up (with) / keep up (with) / drop out

Computer Viruses

send out / wind up / show off / back up / work out

Computers

boot up / type in / close down / scan in / run out of

Computers (2)

back up / shut down / go down / log on / boot up

Conflict

put down / tell off / pick on / wind up / push

Connections

tie in with / club together / gang up / go along with / grow apart

Construction

put up / knock down / do up / sand down

Continuing

carry on / hurry on / play on / keep on / stay on

Conveying Information

get across / go over / clear up / get through to / put to

Cooking

chop up / dish up / turn up / boil over / stir in

Court

swear in / bail out / break out / grass on / let off

Creating Ideas

think up / come up with / make up / rip off / dream up

Crime

break into / break out of / get away with / let off / hold up

Crime 2

make off with / get away with / stake out / tip off / break in

Criticism

run down / slag off / dish out / turn on / sum up