Make meaningful sentences with phrases

 Phrases are a group of words that carry an idiomatic meaning in it. It does not have a subject and a verb. The Phrases may form with a noun, verb, gerund or as an infinitive Phrases. 

Make meaningful sentences with phrases:

1) In the middle of the night.
Ans. You can buy Sweets in 
the middle of the night only in Mumbai.

2) to come to terms 
Ans. 
It was difficult for them to come to terms after the sudden earthquake that destroyed their house.

3) again and again 
Ans. 
Father warned us again and again while driving bike.

4) a tight corner 
Ans. 
The customer are in a tight corner after they found that they are cheated.

5) knew no bounds 
Ans. 
Shyam happiness knew no bounds after coming first in school.

6) make up one’s mind 
Ans. 
Anil has made up his mind to come first in class.

7) Come a long way. 
Ans. 
His richness has come a long way since the days of poverty.

8) loped off  
Ans. 
The investment firm has lopped off its interest rates again. 

9) 
to earn a living 
Ans. Poor people are forced to earn a living by doing hard work.

10) to deter 
Ans.  Forts are designed to deter an enemy attack.

11) to voice something 
Ans. My elder brother wanted to voice his fears but could not do so.

12) to outwit 
Ans. Anil cleverly outwitted everybody in chess game.

13) 
catch a breath
Ans. Robber stops to catch his breadth after police went away.

14) In vain
Ans. Parents effort  went in vain when their child failed in exam.

15) To spring out of
Ans. 
My elder sister sprang out of the sofa to scare me.

16) To lay siege
Ans.
Marathas laid siege to the fort to force enemies to surrender.

17) Under the influence of 
Ans. Anil came under the influence of his friends to tell lies.

18) shocked us to the core
Ans. The news of sudden death of grandfather shocked us to the core.

19) 
To set fire to
Ans.
Protestors set fire to the house of supporters.

20) To get used to
Ans. It takes some time to get used to drive a new car.


21) To carry on
Ans. Teacher told me to carry on my writing as time was still left. 

22) Walked up and down
Ans. We have ample time to pleasurably walk up and down the mountain.

23) 
over the whole route
Ans.
They found their stolen bike over the whole route.

24) glimmer of hope
Ans. New medicine serves as a glimmer of hope for those who have suffered from new disease.

25) 
Thinking ahead
Ans. 
 We're thinking ahead to increase our business for next fiscal year.

26) Run hard
Ans. 
 Robber run hard to get away from police.

27) To come forward
Ans. Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

28)  taken up 
Ans. 
The meeting took up the entire morning.

29) 
To draw someone’s attention to
Ans. Sanjay while driving bike makes lot of noise to draw attention of public.

30) get rid of
Ans. Try to get rid of your dirty clothes.


31) 
To pick away at 
Ans. If you keep picking away these small small things, you will never come up in life.

32) looks forward to
Ans. I'm looking forward to meet you.

33) 
To knock down
Ans. He was knocked down by a car.

34) carried on
Ans. They'll carry on with their plan. 

35) 
To be prone to
Ans. Small babies are very prone to disease.

36) To come up with
Ans.  I had to run to come up with him.

37) 
carried on
Ans. They'll carry on with their plan. ·

38)  To point out
Ans. Teacher was quick to point our mistake out.

39) 
To be taken by surprise
Ans. I was taken completely by surprise when my grandparents came home.

40) To lead the way
Ans. You lead the way and we'll follow.


41) 
Stay back
Ans. Kajal didn't know when to go in and when to stay back.

42) To mean no harm
Ans. I didn't mean any harm: it was just a joke.

43) 
driven out of
Ans. drove out of the gates, past the 5 star hotels.

44) To be choked with emotion
Ans.  I was positively choked with emotion by all the gifts that I got at my birthday party.

45) To get out of.
Ans. All the people around the world wanted to get out of this Coronavirus pandemic situation as soon as possible. 

46) 
To go back to 
Ans. My efforts to go back to London proved futile. 

47) To look into
Ans. The police promised to look into the mobile theft as soon as possible.

48) To begin anew
Ans. Every time we face setback, we must gather a courage to begin anew

49) To hang around
Ans. I like to hang around with my friends in the evening. 

50) To run out of time
Ans. 
Sometimes officers run out of time because they are directed to another job. 

51) Took over reins 
Ans. Our cricket team was losing the match, suddenly last player took over reins and we won the match. 

52) gearing up  
Ans. 
The town is gearing up for the carnival this weekend.

53) In search of
Ans. Police went to village in search of robbers.

54) Like a rat in a corner
Ans. When police caught a robber, the robber behaved like a rat in a corner.

55) To pick up speed
Ans. When the bell rang, runners took their position to pick up speed.

56) Up the steps
Ans. Police ran up the steps towards the terrace.

57) Without any support
Ans. An old and sick man was able to walk without any support.

58) Perfect symbol of
Ans. My father is a perfect symbol of discipline and duty.

59) Contributed notably
Ans. Anil contributed notably in bringing up his business.

60) up to date
Ans. We must keep ourselves up to date with the current events.

61) Once a while
Ans. 
Make sure you take a break every once in while.

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