Complete the following sentences using appropriate phrasal verbs. Choose your answers from the given options. You may have to change the form of some of these verbs.

(blow over, beef up, back out, bail out, bear up to, back down, back up, blow out, black out, be up to)

1. Neither side was willing to …………………..

2. He ………………. of the deal at the last moment.

3. None of the witnesses ………………… the accused.

4. His influential parents …………….. him …………… whenever he is in trouble.

5. I am sure the boys are ……………… something mischievous.

6. Her arguments just don’t ………………. the truth.

7. The bank has ……………….. security at all of its ATMs.

8. He was rushed to hospital after he ………………… in the bathroom.

9. The girl …………….. the candles and cut the cake.

10. The actor was advised to keep a low profile until the controversy …………………

Answers

1. Neither side was willing to back down.

2. He backed out of the deal at the last moment.

3. None of the witnesses backed up the accused.

4. His influential parents bail him out whenever he is in trouble.

5. I am sure the boys are up to something mischievous.

6. Her arguments just don’t bear up to the truth.

7. The bank has beefed up security at all of its ATMs.

8. He was rushed to hospital after he blacked out in the bathroom.

9. The girl blew out the candles and cut the cake.

10. The actor was advised to keep a low profile until the controversy blew over.