Preposition 'After' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To after'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Go after' means...

Chase, try to get

Take money or divert funds, usually wrongfully or unfairly

Finish or consume all of something

'Look after' means...

Make a part of a picture darker

To take care of someone or something.

Hold in front of you

'Lust after' means...

Bring someone or something to certain place

Be attracted sexually

To leave home for a social activity.

'Name after' means...

Distribute

Give someone a name to remember another person

Discover things about someone's past

'Take after' means...

Give to the authorities

Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting

Look like, resemble

'Run after' means...

Experience

Change season noticeably

Chase, pursue

'Call after' means...

Name someone after somebody else

Leave

Kill

'Get after' means...

Encourage

Nag or exhort someone

Stay somewhere when other people leave

'Pick up after' means...

Confront

Tidy a mess someone else has made

Arrive or land (for flights)

'Be after' means...

Try to find or get

Make a hand signal to tell someone to keep moving

Be able to see or hear something

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