Why Idioms

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Why phrasal verbs?


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CAT FORMAT

Largely two question types revolve around

phrasal verbs: i)You could be asked a word wherein its four

usages would be given in the table. One or two

words would be in a phrasal usage.

ii) These phrases/ idioms form a part of the fillin the right word sentences.


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Lets look at some examples

Done

i) Ram has done his work

ii) Ram was done for.

iii) Have you done up the room?

iv) Having worked for more than 18 hours, Radha feelsdone up.

v) If you do not finish the work in time you will be donein.

SPOT THE ERROR!!


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Another one for you

The politician worked upon________

villagers, talking about various ruraldevelopmental plans.

i) unsure ii)guileless

iii) Ignorant iv)roughed up


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CONT..

The questions in the CAT are predominantly

concerned with idioms/phrases made out ofverbs, prepositions and occasionally

adjectives.

Here instead of saying eat humble pie I will use

a certain verb in combination with a certainpreposition in a phrase to suggest an idea


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Lets Unravel them

Blow over- pass out

The panic and disturbance following the recent

earthquake in North India will soon blow over.

Fixed upon-chose

The Management fixed upon her to represent the

company in the 7th Annual Auto Fair.


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Bear out- substantiate

The inquiry committee producedevidence to bear out the charge ofbungling against the new recruit.

Closed with- accepted

The manager readily closed with

his colleagues offer.


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CONT..

Gained on-win favour of

The new recruits commitment

to work has gained on his superiors.

Growing upon-gripping strongly His habit of substance abuse

is growing upon him.


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Hit upon-find

While working on the presentation the

team members hit upon the solution

to the prevailing problem.

Lighted upon-discover

During the excavations the teamlighted upon a four feet gold statue.


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CONT.

Prevail on-persuade

Rex could not prevail on hisblind date to go for watching a film.

Shake off-get rid of

The mentor insisted that to succeed,one must shake off ones laziness.


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CONT.

Stave off-prevent

All eyes turned to him because

during the crisis he could stave

off the impending war.

Trumped up-concocted The secretary trumped up a story

for coming late to the office.


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Continued

Bore away-won

The Mohan Bagaan teambore away the trophy.

Bear down-overthrow,crush

The new leader was able

to bear down the opposition.


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Bear up-to keep up in spirit

In the time of crisis GOD

gave him courage to bear up.

Bears up-supports

Inner strength bears up

a man in adversity.

Bear upon-was not relevant.

His evidence did not bear upon the

trial


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Break

Broke off-snapped/stopped suddenly The teacher broke off in the

middle of the story.

Break with-quarrel I gave her no reason to

break with me

Broke out-started The Gulf war II that broke out in 2003

left many families homeless.


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Call

Called for-demanded

Your argument calls forfurther reasoning.

Call out-draw forth

New responsibilities often call

out virtues and abilities unquestioned

earlier.


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Carried off-killed

Many people were carried offby the recent earthquake in Pakistan.

Cast down-depressed

Why do you appear cast down?


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Carry, Cast, Come

Come about-happen How did the mistake come about?

Come by-get How did you come by his bag?

Cry down-depreciate

Many people when found at faultcry down others, to save themselves

from any allegation.


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Cry, Cut

Cry out against-protested The womens liberation organization

cried out against the culprit.

Cried up-extolled

That young author is cried up for his new book. Cut him up-distressed him The loss of his family has cut him up.


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Fall

Fell back-yielded, retreated

At last the rioters fell back.

Fell in with-met accidentally

At my friends tea-party I fell

in with a strange fellow.


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Falls in with-happens to meet parametres

The new preventive measuresfall in with the popular demand.

Fell/will fall/fallen through-failed The new deal fell through


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CONT.

Fall apart-break up

Mr. and Mrs. Mehra have fallenapart after 20 years of marriage.

Fallen out-quarrelled

I discovered that the Khanna

cousins have fallen out.


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Fallen off-deteriorated (qualitative)

The standard in postalservice has recently fallen off

Fell off-diminished (quantitative)

The attendance in the

last semester visibly fell off

due to poor administrative control.


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Get, Give

Get/Got under-subdued

The revolt of the student

union got under last Friday.

Get at-attack, arrive/conclude

What are you trying to get at?


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Given forth-published/propagated

After the matter of Chappeland Ganguly was given forth,

the public new the bitter tale.


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CONT

Given out-published,proclaimed

The bitter secret ofSanjeev- Karisma split was given out

Gave out-exhausted

The horses gave out at the

next mile stone.


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Cont..

Gave way-broke,yield

The cables of the rope

way in Mussourie gave way

due to a technical snag

Give oneself away-betray

Because of the lie detectorthe accused gave himself

away and told the truth.


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Cont

Go upon: to have some foundation for a statement.

Have you any documents to go upon.

Go down- believed

The selectors said that the

public fear that the Indian team

may face defeat in the next match

against Aussies will not go down

as the team has been performing well.


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Exercise- Spot the error

1. He bears up in the time of crisis.

2.To bear up in the time of crisis is calledresilience, say the Think tanks.

3.The patient could not call up the pastincidents.

4. Ron was much cast in by his loss. 5. Men of dissolute lives cry up religion as they

would not be under the restraints of it.


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CONT.

6. In the second term exams the academic

result fell off.

7. Soon after it was given forward and believed

by many, that the King was dead.

8. It was given out that he was bankrupt.

9. Have you anything to go for.

10. The rebels held out for about a month.


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CONT.

11. He has knocked about the world a great deal.

12. The Belgium glass table was knocked up for Rs.

9999/-

13. We were greatly knocked down after our steep

climb.

14. He made over his bungalow to the Islam

Orphanage.

15. He had laid out a large sum in railway shares.


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Back down: to accept your defeat/mistake.

Local residents have forced the local council toback down from/on on its plans to build a

nightclub in their vicinity.

Back onto: to face its back.

The house backs onto a narrow alley


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Balance against: to compare the advantagesand disadvantages.

The ecological effects of the factory need to bebalanced against the employment it generates.

Balance out/up: to be equal in amount or value

or to make things equal in value and amount.We would rather call up a few men to balance upthe numbers.


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Bang on: to talk at a length thats boring.

The professor kept on banging on about hardwork. (usually used in the continuous)

Banged up: to get somebody locked up

Bear down on: to move in a threatening way

I looked up to see the robber bearing down on

me, with a knife


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Bears on: to connect or relate:

I wonder if the information will bear on this case. Have a bearing on: to have an influence

Bed down: to operate well after a long

existence.

It did not take the procedure long to bed down.


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Belt out: loud rendition

Blow the gaffe: to divulge a secret

He is a good bloke. He wouldnt blow the gaffeon us.

Blow somebodys cover.

Blow it: miss an opportunity. Blow off: to treat it unimpotant.

blow out: not meet someone


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Boiled down: to reduce the information

Bounce into: to force sb to do sth against hiswish.

The SC was able to bounce the docs into calling

off the strike.

Bounce sth off sone: Can I bounce a couple of

ideas off you.


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Branch off: A road going in another direction.

We drove down a narrow track that branched offfrom the main route.

Branch off sthg: We branched off the main routeand took the countryside one.

Branch out : To do something different (inprofessional context).

The designer branched out into womens wear.


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Break somebody in: to train in a new job

Break something in: to use new equipmentsMy new shoes will be comfortable once I have

broken them in.

Bump up: Increase

Bunk off (sth): To stay away


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Care for: look after

The children are being cared for; She cant go out

because she has to care for her elderly mother. Carry off: To succeed in doing something

Carry on: To behave in uncontrollable manner.

Carrying-on: dishonest/immoral behaviour: pl-

carryings-on.The company has been involved in a distasteful carrying-

on.


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Cast about/around: looking around forsomething

Fashion editors are always casting around forwords to describe colour.

Cast aside/off: to get rid of

Cast off: ship leaving the shore Catch on: become popular

Will the game ever catch on with the young ones.


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The Test

The inmates of the old-age home are being

cared by the staff very well.


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Judicious speakers always cast about

politically correct expressions


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In time of stress one must meditate to cast off

negative thoughts.


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The vessel was scheduled to cast off post

lunch.


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She has been known to be involved in several

carrying on


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The trainer is planning to break in hypnotism.


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My new outfit will be comfortable once I have

broken them in.


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The price of the mobiles have been bumping

off for the past many months.


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I am going to bunk my office off.


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We drove down a narrow track that branched

off into the main route


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