Preposition 'After' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To after'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Lust after' means...

Grip a handle farther from the end for better control

Absorb

Be attracted sexually

'Lust after' means...

Want something very much

Add something that wasn't planned

Read quickly

'Name after' means...

Stop doing something annoying

Die or cease to function at an important time

Give someone a name to remember another person

'Get after' means...

End a phone call with someone

Become a candidate, apply for something

Nag or exhort someone

'Look after' means...

Force something to be accepted or legal

Take care

Like something

'Make after' means...

Chase

Reduce the price of an item

Exit a computer system

'Take after' means...

Stop your unfair or unreasonable behaviour

Look like, resemble

Do something slowly, with difficulty, unwillingly or considerable effort

'Get after' means...

Retreat, move backwards

Think about the past

Chase

'Pick up after' means...

Remove branches from a plant or tree to encourage future growth

Become very excited and lose control

Tidy a mess someone else has made

'Ask after' means...

Organise or arrange something for a particular purpose, audience, etc

Enquire about someone's health, how life is going

Find out information, especially when people don't want anyone to know

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