Action Verb Idioms #2

Put each of the following verbs, remembering to conjugate, in the correct gap. Some verbs are used more than once.

crunch, hit, hold, run, feel, keep, bend, give, kill, stand

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1. He -- bent over backwards to help Bob find a new job.
2. Luckily, Jane -- stood up for me when the teacher accused me of cheating.
3. I'm afraid I can't make it today. Can I -- give you a rain check?
4. If we go shopping on our way home from the lecture, we can -- kill two birds with one stone.
5. I -- hit the roof when my son told me he was going to get married at the age of 17!
6. We -- killed time by playing some video games.
7. I tried to -- keep abreast of the situation in my home town.
8. Bye! I've got to -- hit the books because I have a test tomorrow.
9. I was just -- crunching the numbers and I'm afraid we don't have enough money.
10. I have to go to the supermarket. It looks like we are -- running out of food.
11. I was -- going out of my mind thinking about what could have happened to Tom.
12. I went over to Nancy's house to -- keep her company.

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