Preposition 'Away' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To away'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Blow away' means...

Impress greatly

Search for something

If you knock someone back, you reject them emotionally or sexually.

'Pull away' means...

Start to be noticeable

When a vehicle moves from a place

Pay for something

'Drive away' means...

Force an animal or someone to leave a place

Understand someone's nature or personality

Be friendly and spend time with someone

'Blow away' means...

Say something publicly and unexpectedly

Get rid of

Kill

'Lock away' means...

Pass or succeed easily

Reduce the size of a group of people or things to have the best

Put someone in prison or a mental hospital for a very long time

'Frighten away' means...

Expect something to happen and base plans on it

Scare someone so much that they go away

Close a business, shop, etc.

'Move away' means...

Listen to everything someone has to say

Leave the area where you have been living

Pass quickly (time)

'Eat away' means...

Manage on a certain amount of money

Destroy slowly

When a train arrives at a station

'Stash away' means...

Leave a place without telling anyone

Store or hide something in a safe place

Rearrange something for a later time

'Ghost away' means...

Exchange something old as part of the price of something new

Remove someone secretly of discreetly

Arrange the sheets, duvet or blankets to make someone, usually a child, comfortable in bed

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