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Replace the underlined verbs in List-I with a phrasal verb with the same meaning in List-II :

List-IList-II
(Sentences with underlined verbs)(Phrasal verbs)
(A) I just can't overcome the feeling that someone is watching me.(i) pick up
(B) All the people I work with seem to have caught the flu.(ii) wear off
(C) Once I'd had the injection, the pain started to gradually disappear.(III) gone down with
(D) As the breeze started to get stronger, we set off for the cottage.(IV) shake off

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

(A) "overcome" = shake off (IV) → Both mean to get rid of a persistent feeling or condition.

(B) "caught" (the flu) = gone down with (III) → Both mean to become ill with a disease.

(C) "gradually disappear" = wear off (II) → Both mean to fade away slowly, especially effects of medication or pain.

(D) "get stronger" (breeze) = pick up (I) → Both mean to increase in intensity, commonly used with wind or speed.


Hence, Option 1: (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I) → Each phrasal verb correctly replaces the underlined verb with the same contextual meaning: shake off a feeling, gone down with an illness, wear off (pain subsiding), and pick up (wind intensifying) → correct

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