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Separable Phrasal Verbs
The object may come after the following phrasal verbs or it may separate the two parts:  You have to do this paint job over.  You have to do over this paint job. When the object of the following phrasal verbs is a pronoun, the two parts of the phrasal verb must be separated:  You have to do it over. |
Verb | Meaning | Example |
blow up | explode | The terroriststried to blow up the railroad station. |
bring up | mention a topic | My mother brought up that little matter of my prison record again. |
bring up | raise children | It isn't easy to bring up children nowadays. |
call off | cancel | They called off this afternoon's meeting |
do over | repeat a job | Do this homework over. |
fill out | complete a form | Fill out this application formand mail it in. |
fill up | fill to capacity | She filled up the grocery cart with free food. |
find out | discover | My sister found out that her husband had been planning a surprise party for her. |
give away | give something to someone else for free | The filling station was giving away free gas. |
give back | return an object | My brother borrowed my car. I have a feeling he's not aboutto give it back. |
hand in | submit something (assignment) | The students handed in their papers and left the room. |
hang up | put something on hook or receiver | She hung up the phone before she hung up her clothes. |
hold up | delay | I hate to hold up the meeting, but I have to go to the bathroom. |
hold up (2) | rob | Three masked gunmen held up the Security Bank this afternoon. |leave out | omit | You left out the part about the police chase down Asylum Avenue. |
look over | examine, check | The lawyers looked over the papers carefully before questioning the witness. (They looked them over carefully.) |
look up | search in a list | You've misspelled this word again. You'd better look it up. |
make up | invent a story or lie | She knew she was in trouble, so she madeup a story about going to the movies with her friends. |
make out | hear, understand | He was so far away, we really couldn't make out what he was saying. |
pick out | choose | There were three men in the line-up. She picked out the guy she thought had stolen her purse. |
pick up | lift something off something else | The crane picked up the entire house. (Watch them pick it up.) |
pointout | call attention to | As we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed out the major historical sites. |
put away | save or store | We put away money for our retirement. She put away the cereal boxes. |
put off | postpone | We asked the boss to put off the meeting until tomorrow. (Please put it off for another day.) |
put on | put clothing on the body | I put on a sweater and a jacket. (I putthem on quickly.) |
put out | extinguish | The firefighters put out the house fire before it could spread. (They put it out quickly.) |
read over | peruse | I read over the homework, but couldn't make any sense of it. |
set up | to arrange, begin | My wife set up the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set it up. |
take down | make a written note | These are your instructions.Write them down before you forget. |
take off | remove clothing | It was so hot that I had to take off my shirt. |
talk over | discuss | We have serious problems here. Let's talk them over like adults. |
throw away | discard | That's a lot of money! Don't just throw it away. |
try on | put clothing on to see if it fits | She tried on fifteen dresses before she found one she liked. |
tryout | test | I tried out four cars before I could find one that pleased me. |
turn down | lower volume | Your radio is driving me crazy! Please turn it down. |
turn down (2) | reject | He applied for a promotion twice this year, but he was turned down both times. |
turn up | raise the volume | Grandpa couldn't hear, so he turned up his hearing aid. |
turn off | switch off electricity |...