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Transitive Phrasal Verbs (Separable) (Continued)
put (s.t.) off delay, postpone Don’t put your homework off until tomorrow.

put (st. on place clothing or makeup on your body in Emma put her coat on and left.
order to wear it

put (s.t.) out 1. take outside 1. He put the trash out.
2. extinguish 2. Firefighters put out the fire.

set (s.t) up 1. arrange 1. She set the tables up for the party.
2. start something 2. They set up the project.

show (s.1) off make something obvious to a lot of people Tom's mother showed his award off to everyone.
because you are proud of it

shut (s.t.) off 1. stop something from working 1. Can you shut the water off?
2. stop the power 2. | shut the oven off.

slip (s.t) off remove clothing quickly They slip their shoes off when they enter a room.

sort (s.t.) out make sense of something We have fo sort this problem out.

straighten (s.t.) up make neat and orderly | straightened the living room up. If was a mess.

take (s.t.) back own again He took his tools back that he loaned me.

take (s.t.) out remove | fake the trash out on Mondays.

talk (s.t.) over discuss a topic until it is completely Let's talk this plan over before we do anything.
understood

think (s.t.) over reflect, ponder She thought the job offer over carefully.

throw (s.t.) away/ get rid of something, discard He threw the old newspapers away. | threw out
throw (s.t) out the old milk in the fridge.

try (s.b) on put on clothing to see if it fits He tried the shoes on but didn’t buy them.

turn (s.0./s.t.) down refuse His manager turned his proposal down.

turn (s.0.) off disgust or offend People who brag turn me off.

turn (s.t.) off stop something from working Can you turn the TV off, please?

turn (s.t.) on switch on, operate | furned the lights on in the dark room.

turn (s.t.) up increase the volume Turn the radio up so we can hear the news.

wake (s.0.) up stop sleeping The noise woke the baby up.

write (.t.) down write on paper | wrote the information down.

*s.t. = something “s.0. = someone
Transitive Phrasal Verbs (Inseparable)

We'll look info the problem.

Phrasal Verb Meaning Example Sentence

account for (s.t.) explain or give the necessary information What accounts for Ned’s problems in school?
about something

come across (s.t.) find something accidentally | came across a very old family photo.

come from be a native or resident of She comes from London.
(somewhere)

come up with (s.t. invent Let's come up with a new game.

count on (s.0/s.t.) depend on You can always count on good friend's to help you.

drop out of (s.t) quit Jin dropped out of the study group.

fall for (s.0.) be strongly attracted to someone and to Chris fell for her the moment he saw her.
start loving the person

follow through with complete You must follow through with your promises.
(st)

get off (s.t) leave (a bus/a train) ! forgot to get off the bus at my stop.

get on (st) board ( car/a train) | got on the plane last.

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