Phrasal Verbs Practice – 108

fall in with somebody/something
: to accept someone’s ideas, decisions etc and not disagree with them
.Once she explained her problem, he was happy to fall in with her plans
to become friendly with a person or group of people after meeting them by chance
get in with
.She fell in with the wrong crowd in her teens

fall for somebody/something
: to be tricked into believing something that is not true
.He is too smart to fall for that trick
: to start to love someone
.That was the summer I worked at the fairground, and met and fell for Lucy
to like a place as soon as you see it

fall back on somebody/something
to use something or depend on someone’s help when dealing with a difficult situation, especially after other methods have failed

have somebody/something to fall back on
.She has no relatives to fall back on
.Where negotiation fails, they must fall back on the law

dry up
: if a supply of something dries up, it comes to an end and no more is available
.Foreign investment may dry up
.The work soon dried up
: if something such as a river dries up, the water in it disappears
.Across central and west Texas, waterholes and wells have dried up
dry something up
.Taking too much water for household use is drying up the river
: if someone dries up, they stop talking
.’It was-‘ She dried up again
.Everyone became embarrassed and conversation dried up
to rub plates, dishes etc dry with a cloth after they have been washed

dry something up
.I’ll just dry up these mugs and we can have a coffee

: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs

(fall back / fall in / fall for something / fall for somebody / dried up (3

. …………… N1. The work soon
.N2. That was the summer I worked at the fairground, and met and …………… Lucy
.N3. He is too smart to …………… that trick
.N4. I’ll just …………… these mugs and we can have a coffee
. …………… N5. Everyone became embarrassed and conversation
.N6. She has no relatives to …………… on
.N7. Once she explained her problem, he was happy to …………… with her plans

:Answers

dried up / fell for / fall for / dry up / dried up / fall back / fall in