Preposition 'By' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To by'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Swear by' means...

Have great confidence in

Approach

Accept responsibility or guilt

'Come by' means...

Visit

Reject an offer, invitation, etc.

Make something smaller than originally planned

'Shave by' means...

Produce or create something quickly

Get someone to accept something that isn't true

Reduce by a certain amount

'Drop by' means...

Pay a brief visit; To visit someone informally.

Explain or demonstrate something carefully to someone

Sing louder

'Go by' means...

Become or get someone pregnant.

Trust or depend on for correct information

Appear somewhere for a short time

'Get by' means...

Not be involved in other people's business

Have a reasonably good relationship

Not be noticed (problems, errors, etc)

'Stand by' means...

Consider something, but not very seriously

Increase

Support someone

'Stand by' means...

Wait for something better or refuse something now for something better in the future

Be ready and waiting for something to happen

Upset or shock

'Go by' means...

Excite, inflame

Pay a short visit, call

Remove something unwanted

'Slip by' means...

Take someone away, usually under arrest or to prison

Pass quickly (time)

Annoy

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