Idioms, phrasal verbs and fixed expressions. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs to make up idioms, phrasal verbs and fixed expression. Mr. Grasse thinks so highly of his business savvy that he says he intends to run ___ mayor next year. Most companies are just hunkering down, crossing their fingers____the end of the Middle East crisis. Coors Brewing says its content on Facebook and MySpace will adhere ____the advertising and marketing code of the Beer Institute. She claimed that other students had engaged in similar expression, but that she had been singled ____ for punishment because of her ethnic background. Engineers, entrepreneurs, vendors and investors shared ideas and showed ____technologies for reducing electricity, water and oil use. Getting access to capital has become even harder since Sept. 11 as investors clamp ____on new money. That figure already is down significantly from about 46%_____the aftermath of World War II, when European and Japanese factories lay in ruins. Corporate travelers are well-versed in striking a balance between complying ____their company policy and enjoying time on the road. I think there's a generation of leaders that went ____a crisis and are going to manage and lead this way for the next 10 years. There’s no doubt that the global financial meltdown, at a cost of $20 trillion plus millions thrown ____ of work, had much to do with a “progressive deregulation.”