English in Valencia: phrasal verbs H-L matching exercise

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Phrasal verbs H-L matching exercise

Type the letter of the definition on the right that matches the verb on the left. When you've finished, click the correction button to see how many you got right. Incorrect answers will be cleared.

The definitions are very short, I'm afraid, but they're all on the explanation page.

1 hand something out	a give to someone else
2 hand something over	b become known
3 hang on	c consider inferior
4 hit on something	d distribute
5 hold something up	e delay
6 keep someone on	f wait
7 key something in	g think of
8 lay someone off	h investigate
9 leak out	i not dismiss from work
10 look down on someone	j improve
11 look into something	k type into the computer
12 look up	l dismiss from work

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