Advanced Vocabulary - Phrasal Verbs (ON/UPON) 1
Match the phrasal verbs on the left with their definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS
- dwell on/upon
- catch on
- egg sb on
- hinge on/upon
- dawn on sb
- have sb on
- capitalize on
- wait on
- pick on sb
- bring on
- begin to be understood or realized by sb for the first time
- use an event or a situation to help you to achieve something
- become popular or fashionable
- be the cause of something bad, especially an illness
- depend on something
- act as a servant to somebody, especially by serving food to them
- think or talk for too long about sth, especially sth unpleasant
- treat somebody unfairly, by blaming, criticizing or punishing them
- try to make sb believe sth that is not true, usually as a joke
- encourage someone to do something that they should not do
