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  • The students ____ their papers and left the room. (submit an assignment)
    handed in
  • We asked the boss to ____ the meeting until tomorrow. (postpone)
    put off
  • We ____ (save / store) the cereal boxes. / She ___ money for her retirement.
    put away
  • The crane ____ the entire house. ( lift something off something else)
    picked up
  • I hate to ____ the meeting but I have to go to the bathroom. (delay)
    hold up
  • She knew she was in trouble, so she ____ a story about going to the movies with her friends.
    made up
  • The filling station was ____ free gas.
    giving away
  • It was a disgusting movie. It really ____ me ____. (repulse)
    turned off
  • The firefighters ___ (extinguish) the house fire before it could spread.
    put out
  • The terrorists tried to ____ the railroad station.(explode)
    blow up
  • You've misspelt this word again. You'd better ____ it ____.
    look up
  • The lawyers ____ the papers carefully before questioning the witness. (examine)
    looked over
  • He was so far away that we really couldn't ____ what he was saying (hear, understand)
    make out
  • My mother ____ that little matter of my prison record again. (mention a topic)
    brought up
  • It isn't easy to ____ children nowadays.
    bring up
  • She ____ the grocery cart with free food. (full capacity)
    filled up
  • The gang members ____ all the money and went out to rob some more banks. ( exhaust, use completely)
    used up
  • We have serious problems here. Let's ____ them ____ like adults. (discuss)
    talk over
  • I ____ fifteen dresses before I could find one that pleased me. ( test)
    tried out
  • You ____ the part about the police chase down Asylum Avenue. (omit)
    left out
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