Preposition 'Off' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To off'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Toss off' means...

Burden with responsibilities, duties, etc

Write something quickly and carelessly

Use something carefully so as not to finish it

'Fight off' means...

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Resist an illness or emotion

Waste time

'Let off' means...

Include in things you like

Not punish

Relinquish position or ascendancy

'See off' means...

Chase somebody or something away

Be very nearly something

Enter an argument or discussion to express a strongly felt idea

'Pop off' means...

Close an educational institution for the holidays

Kill, shoot

Form a pair with someone

'Laugh off' means...

Say something angrily

Do something to check or improve an earlier action

Pretend something (an injury, news, etc.) isn’t important

'Toddle off' means...

Close an educational institution for the holidays

Hold tightly

Leave, go home

'Fend off' means...

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Push an attacker away

Sing or shout unpleasantly loudly

'Taper off' means...

Gradually become smaller or weaker until stopping

Serve food

Muster, acquire, gather

'Keep off' means...

Excite, become excited

End a relationship

Not talk about

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