Question
The doctor slapped his face a couple of times to try to
bring him round. In the question given below, a phrasal verb is given in bold. From the options, pick out the phrasal verb that is a near antonym to the phrasal verb that is emboldened in the question, such that, the use of the phrasal verb from the options makes the sentence a complete opposite of the sentence given.Solution
The phrasal verb ‘bring somebody around/round’ means ‘to make someone become conscious again after being unconscious’. The phrasal verb ‘knock someone out’ means ‘to make somebody unconscious’. The doctor slapped his face a couple of times to try to knock him out.
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