Question

A sentence with a highlighted phrasal verb is given in each of the following questions. Five phrasal verbs in the options are given for each sentence. You are required to select the phrasal verb that has the opposite meaning to the highlighted one and can also be used in a contextual manner if substituted for the highlighted phrasal verb. Following the latest revision of the tournament calendar, the organisers decided to put off the semifinal match.

Q: Answer-A sentence with a highlighted phrasal verb is given in each of the following questions. Five phrasal...

Put off means to postpone an event to a later time, while bring forward means to move it to an earlier date or time. This is a particularly clean antonym pair. Option analysis a drag out make something continue for unnecessarily long. b hold over postpone or leave something for later c push back move something to a later time d bring forward move to an earlier time. Opposite. e put aside set something apart or temporarily stop dealing with it. Answer D