Phrasal Verbs Practice – 107

double up
: also double over) to suddenly bend over at the waist because you are laughing so much or are in pain
.Emilio doubled over, grabbing his leg

be doubled up/over with laughter/pain etc
.Both the girls were doubled up with laughter
to share something, especially a bedroom

double up with
.You’ll have to double up with Susie while your aunt is here

double back
: to turn around and go back the way you have come
.The driver doubled back and headed for Howard Bay

double back on yourself
.We kept getting lost and having to double back on ourselves

drift apart
: if people drift apart, their relationship gradually ends
.Over the years my college friends and I have drifted apart

dress up
to wear special clothes for fun, or to put special clothes on someone

dress up as
.He went to the party dressed up as a Chicago gangster

dress up in
.I keep a box of old clothes for the children to dress up in

dress somebody up
.We dressed him up as a gorilla
: to wear clothes that are more formal than the ones you would usually wear
.It’s a small informal party – you don’t have to dress up

dress something up
: to make something more interesting or attractive
.It was the old offer dressed up as something new

dream something up
: to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one
.He was continually dreaming up new schemes to promote and enlarge the business

dream on
: used to tell someone that they are hoping for something that will not happen
!You think I’m going to help you move house? Dream on

dream something away
: to waste time by thinking about what may happen
.She would just sit in her room dreaming away the hours

drag somebody/something up
: to mention an unpleasant or embarrassing story from the past, even though it upsets someone
?Why do you have to drag that up again

( drop back (also drop behind
: to move more slowly than other people so that they get ahead of you
.He started out with the leaders but at the first fence, he dropped back
.Ellen dropped behind to tie her shoelace

drop off
: to begin to sleep
.She kept dropping off at her desk
.I must have dropped off to sleep

drop somebody/something off
: to take someone or something to a place by car and leave them there on your way to another place
.I’ll drop you off on my way home
: to fall to a lower level or amount
.The number of graduates going into teaching has dropped off sharply

drift off
: to gradually fall asleep
.I was just drifting off when the phone rang
.He felt himself drifting off to sleep

: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs

Dream on / dreaming up / dressed up / dress up in / drifted apart / doubled back / doubled up with / drifting off / dropped off / dropped back / drag something up

N1. He felt himself ……………… to sleep
N2. The number of graduates going into teaching has ……………… sharply
. ……………… N3. He started out with the leaders but at the first fence, he
?N4. Why do you have to ……………… that ……………… again
! ……………… ?N5. You think I’m going to help you move house
.N6. He was continually ……………… new schemes to promote and enlarge the business
.N7. It was the old offer ……………… as something new
. ……………… N8. I keep a box of old clothes for the children to
. ……………… N9. Over the years my college friends and I have
.N10. The driver ……………… and headed for Howard Bay
.N11. Both the girls were ……………… laughter

:Answers

drifting off / dropped off / dropped back / drag — up / Dream on / dreaming up / dressed up / dress up in / drifted apart / doubled back / doubled up with