Phrasal Verbs

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
blow up	explode
bring up	mention a topic
bring up	raise children
call off	cancel
do over	repeat a job
fill out	complete a form
fill up	fill to capacity
find out	discover
give away	give something to someone else for free
give back	return an object
hand in	submit something (assignment)
hang up	put something on hook or receiver
hold up	delay
hold up (2)	rob
leave out	omit
look over	examine, check
look up	search in a list
make up	invent a story or lie
make out	hear, understand
pick out	choose
pick up	lift something off something else
point out	call attention to
put away	save or store
put off	postpone
put on	put clothing on the body
put out	extinguish
read over	peruse
set up	to arrange, begin
take down	make a written note
take off	remove clothing
talk over	discuss
throw away	discard
try on	put clothing on to see if it fits
try out	test
turn down	lower volume
turn down (2)	reject
turn up	raise the volume
turn off	switch off electricity
turn off (2)	repulse
turn on	switch on the electricity
use up	exhaust, use completely