Phrasal Verbs: Literal and Idiomatic Meaning

He was looking up at the stars.

• to look in an upward direction

• to find a piece of information

The phrasal verb "look up" in the previous question has a ...

• literal meaning

• idiomatic meaning

My friends and I were looking up words in the Cambridge online dictionary.

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When you say that you are "looking up words" or that you "look up to someone" the meaning of the phrasal verb is...?

• Literal

• Idiomatic

It means using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker.

• Idiomatic

• Literal

It means taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory.

• Literal

• Idiomatic

His cry was cut off as the waters rose over his head.

• severed

• stopped suddenly

After a long swim, he came to a beach

• to regain consciousness

• to arrive at

Clean clothes had been put out for him.

• to place something where it can be seen

• to extinguish

He heard the hounds break out in howls and barks.

• to escape from a prison

• to start suddenly