Preposition 'By' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To by'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Sit by' means...

Leave somewhere without letting others know

Fall asleep

Not try to stop something

'Slip by' means...

Lose an opportunity or the chance of winning, succeeding, etc

Look in different places for something

To close a zip fastener, such as on a jacket or a bag.

'Live by' means...

Follow a belief system to guide your behaviour

Be nearly a certain period of time

Find out the size of something

'Come by' means...

Chide; talk angrily to someone about something they've done wrong.

Visit

Succeed after a difficult process

'Stand by' means...

Support someone

Clear a table in a restaurant

Stop being friendly, end relationships

'Pass by' means...

Fail to keep an agreement, arrangement

Make an arrangement

Visit briefly

'Run by' means...

Tighten the spring in a watch or clock to make it work

Tell someone to move from a place

Tell someone your ideas so that they can comment

'Zip by' means...

Gradually become attached, united or close

Pass quickly

Give someone a letter to be away from work

'Drop by' means...

Be successful, achieve much- though used in a negative sense

Pay a brief visit; To visit someone informally.

Reduce the price of something

'Go by' means...

Pursue, be aware of someone's true nature

Stay in a place

Trust or depend on for correct information

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