Phrasal Verbs Practice – 154

sign something away
: to sign a document that gives your property or legal rights to someone else
.She had signed away all claims to the house
.I felt as if I was signing away my life

sit on something
: to delay dealing with something
.I sent my application about six weeks ago and they’ve just been sitting on it

snap on/off
: to switch something on or off, or to switch on or off
.light snapped on in one of the huts

snap something on/ off
.Kathy snapped off the light

slip up
to make a mistake

slip-up
.The company apologized for slipping up so badly

slip up on
.Someone had slipped up on the order

slip out
: if something slips out, you say it without really intending to
.I didn’t mean to say it. The words slipped out

.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs

Sign away / sit on / snap on / slip up / slip out

. ………… N1. I didn’t mean to say it. The words
.N2. The company apologized for ………… so badly
.N3. light ………… in one of the huts
.N4. I sent my application about six weeks ago and they’ve just been ………… it
.N5. She had ………… all claims to the house

:Answers

slipped out / slipping up / snapped on / sitting on / signed away