Preposition 'Against' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To against'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Stack up against' means...

Be as good as something

Exit rapidly

Understand something, often after a long time

'Hold against' means...

Have a grudge against someone, or little respect

Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days.

Start a journey

'Go against' means...

Contact, especially by phone

Provide something needed

Lose a decision or a verdict of a court

'Have against' means...

Eat a sauce with bread to finish it

Dislike, disagree or hold a grudge (Usually negative)

Cope with something difficult or stressful

'Run up against' means...

Encounter problems, often unexpected

Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting

Consume all

'Count against' means...

Affect negatively, make less likely to succeed

Exclude a possibility

Summon someone for military service

'Pit against' means...

When the wind moves something from a place

Want something a lot, especially if you shouldn't want it or can't have it

Compete or force to compete

'Gang up against' means...

Harass, bully (in a group)

Spend some time doing little things for pleasure

In cricket, if the second team to bat doesn't score enough runs, it has to bat again

'Hold out against' means...

Affect

Skip, not attend

Try to reject

'Run against' means...

Oppose, make difficulties

Finally get somewhere, usually without planning to go there

Close or fasten clothes, etc.

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