Match the phrasal verbs given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II.
| List-I (Phrasal verbs) | List-II (Meanings) |
|---|---|
| (A) Buckle down | (I) to separate one place from another by building a wall |
| (B) Lead on | (II) to make someone believe something that is not true, often for a long time |
| (C) Read into | (III) to find a meaning in words or actions that is not really there |
| (D) Wall off | (IV) to start working hard and with full attention |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
A phrasal verb is a verb joined with a small word such as up, out or together. The two words together have a new meaning.
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Buckle down | (IV) to start working hard and with full attention | Buckle down means to start working hard and seriously. | With the boards two months away, Aditi buckled down and stopped going out in the evenings. |
| (B) Lead on | (II) to make someone believe something that is not true, often for a long time | Lead on means to make someone believe something that is not true, for example that you will help them. | The fake agent led on dozens of job seekers with promises of work abroad. |
| (C) Read into | (III) to find a meaning in words or actions that is not really there | Read into means to think that words or actions have a meaning that they do not really have. | Please do not read into his short reply. He was just busy. |
| (D) Wall off | (I) to separate one place from another by building a wall | Wall off means to build a wall around a place or between two places to keep them apart. | The school walled off the old well behind the playground. |