C2 Phrasal Verbs and Idioms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Management often turn a _______ eye to bullying in the workplace.

blind

She spent the entire evening ________ off unwanted admirers.

fending

They were very unhappily married but ______ _____ appearances for the sake of their children.

kept up

The company was on the _______ of going bankrupt when they received an unexpected windfall.

verge

Women have ______ major inroads _____ this profession over the last 20 years.

made/into

She seems all right but I think she's just putting on a ______ face.

brave

A proposal to require high school students to take at least one AP course was ____ down by concerned parents.

shot

It was a shrewd _____ to buy your house just before property prices started to rise.

move

Like it or _______ it, romantic fiction is read regularly by thousands.

lump

The company employed lawyers to find _______ in environmental protection laws.

loopholes

I don't want to ask the question, but it is the big elephant in the ________.

room

If I know Mark he'll have one or two tricks up his ________.

sleeve

They ______ his doubts and objections aside.

swept

I just think he ought to get a ______ on himself - he's behaving like a child.

grip

He _______ everything out about the baby, though we'd agreed to keep it a secret for a while.

blurted

He made little effort to ________ to terms with his critics.

come

It took me a while to ________ the truth out of him.

tease

The resignation of the chairman came like a ____ from the blue.

bolt

________ back my anger, I tried to speak calmly.

Choking

I'd like to raise people's salaries but my hands are _______.

tied

We've all had to put our plans on the back _________ for a while.

burner

We recognized each other as kindred _______ as soon as we met.

spirits

I have just enough time to ______ up an omelette.

whip

_________ up your feelings will only make it worse.

Bottling

Some of the language in the original play has been ______ down for the television version.

toned

An agreement is looking ________ difficult according to the newspapers. (decisive)

decidedly

The _______ straw was when the company fired most of the managers.

last

She offered to take a pay cut to keep her job, but she was just ________ at straws.

clutching

The _______ of the country's economic problems is its foreign debt.

crux

On the _____ of it, it seems like a bargain, but I bet there are hidden costs.

face

Don't beat around the ______ - get to the point!

bush