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Phrasal Verbs: Eat
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Question 1 |
Choose the correct usage:
We just didn’t feel like eating at home ,so we decided to eat out. | |
Unable to go out due to the heavy rain, they had to cancel their plan and eat in. |
Question 1 Explanation:
The correct phrase is ‘eat out’, which means to dine out away from home,either at a restaurant or some place else.
Question 2 |
Choose the correct usage:
With no source of income, they had no choice but to eat onto their savings. | |
We've had to eat into our savings since I lost my job. |
Question 2 Explanation:
The correct phrase is ‘eat into’, which means to use something valuable when you don’t want to.
Question 3 |
Choose the correct usage:
The disease eats away the liver slowly. | |
The disease eats over the liver slowly. |
Question 3 Explanation:
The correct phrase is ‘eat away’, which means to destroy something
Question 4 |
Choose the correct usage:
The company people decided to do away with the graphics as they had been eating up the bandwidth. | |
The new machine had been eating through enormous amounts of power, costing the company a fortune. |
Question 4 Explanation:
The correct phrase is ‘eat up’, which means to consume something when you don’t want it to be consumed.
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