Challenging phrasal verbs

s.no Phrasal verb Meaning Sentence

Spend too much It is fruitless to dwell upon the past. We should
1 Dwell upon
time on look forward to the future.
Remain up after bad
2 Stay up Let us stay up though our party lost elections
time
3 Sticking by Keep being loyal to He seems not sticking by you any more
4 Strike up Begin a conversation Ali strike up the matter with an anecdote
5 Track down Pursue and capture The captives were tracked down by the police
I own up all blunders which I did while
6 Own up Confess, admit
examination
Called upon/call Muzaffar was called upon to make a speech as
7 Invite
upon a guest of honour
Please don’t gobble up your food all at once.
8 Gobble up Eat greedily
You will get choked
Please don’t mess around me I am
9 Mess around Upset, disturb work
concentrating on tomorrow’s presentation
My mother has been waiting up for me until I
10 Waiting up Stay out of bed for
reach home every night.
Become contended Sikandar soon settled down with the rules of
11 Settle down
in and attached to the university
Ignite, cause The exemption of article 370 sparked off new
12 Spark off
something to start wave of insurgency in Kashmir
Allow someone to You have not to let in any competitor about
13 Let in
know about your weakness
Write information in
14 Fill in Fill in your admission form without errors
the spaces
Ali managed to last out and win the
15 Last out Endure, survive
competition.
Consider, think
16 Chew over I need time to chew over your offer
about carefully
Due to excellent performance of economic
17 Chalk up Achieve a success
team , the govt chalked up GDP growth rate
You have to be responsible for your actions, I
18 Cover up Hide from the truth
won’t help you to cover up your misdeeds
19 Egg on Encourage You should egg on your students to work hard
Don’t get carried away from MPT results, you
20 Carried away Get excited
have to work hard to qualify CSS written part
You ought to summon up your courage and
21 Summon up Gather together
speak your mind
Having deep trust in him, I can vouch for his
22 Vouch for Guarantee
commitment regarding return of loan
 Jennifer always tenses up in interviews despite
Become nervous
23 Tense up having plenty of experience in attending such
and rigid
meetings
He blurted out in a speech and hence lost his
24 Blurt out Tell thoughtlessly
reputation of being an intellectual
Please reach out a helping hand to those in
Extend an offer to
25 Reach out need during these times of adversities caused
help
by devastating floods
Remove what is not All irrelevant sentences have to be weeded out
26 Weeded out
wanted so that the essay can be more concise
Begin and seem I must buy some warm clothes before the
27 Set in
likely to continue winter sets in
Summon someone
28 Call up to work in the General called up the citizenry to join forces
armed forces
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