Preposition 'Around' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To around'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Clown around' means...

Finish

Make someone less confident

Behave stupidly or waste time

'Sniff around' means...

Allocate money

Look around to see how good something is or to try to find something better

Include in things you like

'Go around' means...

Visit

End a relationship, usually angrily or after arguing

Leave a place without telling anyone

'Gad around' means...

Succeed in getting, achieve

Write something quickly and carelessly

Visit different places for pleasure

'Hoon around' means...

Chide; talk angrily to someone about something they've done wrong.

Be less serious

Act in a dangerous or reckless way, especially when driving fast

'Jerk around' means...

Criticise angrily

Get rid of an illness

Cause someone trouble, treat someone badly

'Float around' means...

Enter a restricted area of a computer system

Be somewhere near, though not visible

Help someone avoid doing something

'Toss around' means...

Discuss something freely and openly, but not very seriously

Develop or improve a past achievement

Become friendly with, ingratiate with

'Fiddle around' means...

Create a picture or memory in someone's mind

To be careful (imperative)

Waste time doing silly things, or unsuccessful things

'Go around' means...

Pay attention after not doing so

Be or have enough of something

Start a journey

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