Preposition 'After' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To after'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Get after' means...

Make something smaller than originally planned

Listen to everything someone has to say

Nag or exhort someone

'Hanker after' means...

Want something a lot, especially if you shouldn't want it or can't have it

Stop being angry with someone

Kill or capture the last few enemy soldiers after a victory.

'Be after' means...

Try to find or get

To hold tightly

Be accepted into a profession or field

'Take after' means...

Touch and move something to occupy your hands

Be left on the shore by the sea

Look like, resemble

'Name after' means...

Wait

Behave stupidly

Give someone a name to remember another person

'Make after' means...

Mix sources of audio, video or other computer sources.

Spill, make something fall on its side

Chase

'Get after' means...

Completely repay a debt

Chase

Start (war, conflict)

'Look after' means...

Encounter problems, often unexpected

To take care of someone or something.

Make something more complete

'Lust after' means...

Return to original position after being bent, forced or when pressure is removed

Grow stronger

Want something very much

'Pick up after' means...

Mark something on a list as done

Tidy a mess someone else has made

Make possible, permit

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