Froggy Jumps
Test your phrasal verb mastery
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In the context "I couldn't make out his words over the loud music," what does make out stand for?
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In the context "Please make out the check to the local charity," what does make out stand for?
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In the context "He tried to make out that he was a millionaire," what does make out stand for?
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In the context "How is your new retail shop making out this month?" what does making out stand for?
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In the context "She decided to make the house over to her son," what does make over to stand for?
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In the context "As it started raining, we began to make towards shelter," what does make towards stand for?
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In the context "He had to make up an excuse for being late," what does make up stand for?
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In the context "Let's make up a list of items we need," what does make up stand for?
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In the context "I need to make up the bed for our guests," what does make up stand for?
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In the context "I must work late to make up lost time," what does make up stand for?
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In the context "The stylists will make the actors up before showtime," what does make up stand for?
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In the context "After the argument, they shook hands and made up," what does made up stand for?
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In the context "Road accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital's patients," what does make up stand for?
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In the context "He bought me dinner to make up for being so late the day before," what does make up for stand for?
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In the context "He pointed a gun and said 'Make with the money bags, baby!'" what does make with stand for?
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In the context "Charles picked at his food in a bored fashion," what does picked at stand for?
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In the context "It is easy for newcomers to pick off the most lucrative business," what does pick off stand for?
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In the context "He gets picked on by the other boys because he's so small," what does picked on stand for?
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In the context "Can you pick out the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph?" what does pick out stand for?
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In the context "The ship's name was picked out in bright gold letters along her stern," what does picked out stand for?
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In the context "All the clothes at the sale had been thoroughly picked over," what does picked over stand for?
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In the context "I picked up the kids' clothes that were lying on the floor," what does picked up stand for?
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In the context "Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school?" what does pick up stand for?
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In the context "Steve picked up some real bargains in the sale," what does picked up stand for?
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In the context "When you live in a country you soon pick up the language," what does pick up stand for?
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In the context "He picked up malaria when he was visiting the country on business," what does picked up stand for?
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In the context "After lunch shall we pick up where we left off yesterday?" what does pick up stand for?
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In the context "The wind always picks up in the evening," what does picks up stand for?
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In the context "His teacher picked him up on his pronunciation," what does picked up stand for?
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In the context "They went for each other with their fists and had to be pulled apart," what does pulled apart stand for?
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In the context "The child pulled at his sleeve to catch his attention," what does pulled at stand for?
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In the context "There was a roar and a cloud of smoke as the car pulled away from the traffic lights," what does pulled away stand for?
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In the context "She pulled away just as he was about to kiss her," what does pulled away stand for?
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In the context "They pulled down the warehouse to build a new supermarket," what does pulled down stand for?
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In the context "That virus she had two months ago really pulled her down," what does pulled down stand for?
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In the context "If a vehicle pulls in or pulls into somewhere, what does it do?"
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In the context "The central bank has pulled off one of the biggest financial rescues of recent years," what does pulled off stand for?
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In the context "The car pulled off and sped up the road," what does pulled off stand for?
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In the context "I pulled on my jeans and ran downstairs," what does pulled on stand for?
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In the context "He pulled out of the deal at the last moment," what does pulled out stand for?
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In the context "They said the operation had been successful and they expected his wife to pull through," what does pull through stand for?
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In the context "It was a crisis year for the company, but we have pulled through," what does pulled through stand for?
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In the context "We don't have much time but if we all pull together we should get the job done," what does pull together stand for?
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In the context "She's always pulling me up for/over my bad spelling," what does pulling up stand for?
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In the context "A car pulled up outside my house," what does pulled up stand for?
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In the context "I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house," what does put aside stand for?
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In the context "In the past, people who suffered from schizophrenia were often put away," what does put away stand for?
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In the context "After what he did, he deserves to be put away for life," what does put away stand for?
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In the context "He decided to give up smoking for his health," what does give up stand for?
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