Intransitive (no object)
to stop sleeping
wake up
to stop a habit
to give up a habit
to arrive at a hotel or the airport
to check in (to the hotel)
to collect someone
to pick someone up // to pick up someone
to escape punishment of murder
to get away with murder
to escape or leave
run away
to help children grow and develop
to bring up the children
to enter into a place forcibly
to break into the place
to reduce the amount of something
to cut down his spending // to cut his spending down
to behave as if you were superior
to look down on someone
to mature into an adult
grow up
to cancel the meeting
to call off the meeting
to find something unexpectedly
to come across something
Put "IT" into the sentence.
Please turn on.
Please turn IT on.
NOT / NEVER : Please turn on it.
where do we put "ballet" in this sentence:
I don't really go in for.
I don't really go in for ballet.
to stop working (mechanically)
to break down
to reject or refuse the offer
to turn down the offer
to leave on an adventure
to set off
Where can we put "the questionnaire" in this sentence:
Can you please fill in?
Can you please fill in THE QUESTIONNAIRE? or Can you please fill THE QUESTIONNAIRE in?
Where do we put "it" in this sentence.
I don't think I can go through with.
Can we separate 3 part phrasal verbs.
I don't think I can go through with IT.
No we can't
to die / to stop living
to pass away
to cause a revolution to happen
to bring about a revolution
Is this separable or not.
We set off the fireworks.
It is separable in this context
We set the fireworks off.
Does "put out" have the same meaning in both sentences:
Are they separable or non-separable
I felt put out!
I put out the bins at 8.
1. put out - inconvenienced (no object / non-separable)
2. to lay something out for use (transitive / separable)
Rewrite: The management team shared their plans for expansion with us. (LET IN ON)
The managment team let US in on THEIR PLANS FOR EXPANSION.
NOTE: this 3 part phrasal verb takes two objects - they are a rare breed.
put ... down to
fix ... up with