4 Phrasal verbs with out often have meanings
connected to something stopping or
disappearing. Read the sentences and match
the correct phrasal verb to each definition.
1 Firemen have finally put out the fire.
2 It was so hot that I passed out!
3 You can't back out of helping me now!
4 We've run out of eggs so we can't bake a cake.
5 My brother dropped out of his course at
college.
6 Let's not fall out over who is cooking dinner!
7 Just cut out the sugar and it'll be fine.
a not have any left
b faint, lose consciousness
c argue
d not include, remove
e leave a course before the end
f extinguish, stop something burning
g decide not to do something you had agreed
to do
connected to something stopping or
disappearing. Read the sentences and match
the correct phrasal verb to each definition.
1 Firemen have finally put out the fire.
2 It was so hot that I passed out!
3 You can't back out of helping me now!
4 We've run out of eggs so we can't bake a cake.
5 My brother dropped out of his course at
college.
6 Let's not fall out over who is cooking dinner!
7 Just cut out the sugar and it'll be fine.
a not have any left
b faint, lose consciousness
c argue
d not include, remove
e leave a course before the end
f extinguish, stop something burning
g decide not to do something you had agreed
to do
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1. f)
2. b)
3. g)
4. a)
5. e)
6. c)
7. d)