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TRANSITIVE EXAMPLE

PHRASAL VERB MEANING INTRANSITIVE SEPARABLE INSEPARABLE


SHOW UP attend something or arrive somewhere I'll show up home when I finish work
RUN INTO meet unexpectible yesterday I ran into my best briend of the hight school on the bus
CALL IN send for someone to come It's too late to call in an electrician, let's try it in the morning
MAKE UP forgive each other I still haven't made up with my sister
CLEAR UP solve a problem or a mystery The case was never cleared up, police can't determine if it was a murderd
GIVE UP stop doing something that you do regularly My father needs to give up smoking
BURN DOWN destroy something with fire There are laws against burning down forest
PUT AWAY return to the proper place of storage I told my nephew to put his toys away
MOVE ON leave one place and travel to another They stayed for only a few days before moving on.
COUNT ON trust on someone My sister always count on me to take care her daughther
GO OVER visit I hadn't seen my brother for a while, so I went over on the last sunday
PICK UP take someone into your car What time are you going to pick me up?
CLOSE DOWN close a place permanently The corner market closed down because they didn't have many customers.
DO OVER do again Myniece did bad all his math problem,so he needs do them over
GIVE UP give your sit to another person Older people need you to give up your seat to them
BURST OUT suddenly say something loudly "Don't go!" he burst out
TALK INTO convince My niece was talking me into buying her an ice cream
FACE UP TO recognize the reality He was the only one who faced up to the problem
KEEP UP WITH stay on schedule with a person I have so much reading that I can't keep up with the writing exercises
HOLD UP cause a delay My bus was held up, that'ts why I'm late
BOTTLE UP not express your feelings I couldn't bottle up my emotions and I lose my temper
USE UP finish or consume all of something We used up all the olive oil.
HIT OFF have a good relationship from the first time you meet a person We hit it off immediately and became firm friends
SIMMER DOWN calm down I need to simmer down my bad mood before to tlak with my friend, she made got angry
WEAR DOWN make something weaker The stress of my job is wearing me down
PAY OFF give someone all the money that you have borrowed Only another six months and the house will be paid off
SINK IN slowly come to be understood She had to repeat her words several times before they finally sank in
TEAR OFF remove part of a form or letter using your hands, not scissors She tore the slip off the bottom of the form and sent it with her cheque
BREAK DOWN stop working The car broke down in the middle of the roar
DRESS UP wear elegant clothes I like to dress up when i go to the marriage ceremny
WRITE BACK responding someone who has written to you I'll write back you as soon as possible
GO OUT FOR become a candidate, apply for something She went out for a place on the team
ROLL IN arrive somewhere, especially if late They rolled in too drunk at 4 a.m.
PASS OVER ignore Let's pass over what they said and get on
BREAK UP WITH ending a relationship She broke up with him two months ago
BACK OUT decide not to do something you agreed to do I promised to help and Im not backing out now
LEAVE BEHIND leave a place without taking someone or something with you We left in a hurry and I must have left my keys behind
CUT OFF disconnect The telephone's been cut off because we didn't pay the bill

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