Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
The following phrasal verbs are not followed by an object: "Once you leave home, you can never really go back again."
That old Jeep had a tendency to break down just when I needed it the most.

Popular songs seem to catch on in California first and then spread eastward.

Father promised that we would never come back to this horrible place.

They tried to come in through the back door, but it was locked.

He was hit on the head very hard, but after several minutes, he started to come to again.

The children promised to come over, but they never do.

We used to just drop by, but they were never home, so we stopped doing that.

When we visited Paris, we loved eating out in the sidewalk cafes.

Uncle Heine didn`t have much money, but he always seemed to get by without borrowing money from relatives.

Grandmother tried to get up, but the couch was too low, and she couldn`t make it on her own.

It`s hard to imagine that we will ever go back to Lithuania.

We would finish one Dickens novel and then just go on to the next.

The cops heard all the noise and stopped to see what was going on.

Charles grew up to be a lot like his father.

The judge warned the stalker to keep away from his victim`s home.

He tried to keep on singing long after his voice was ruined.

He had drunk too much; he passed out on the sidewalk outside the bar.

Whenever he sat down at the piano, we knew he was going to show off.

Day after day, Efrain showed up for class twenty minutes late.

I woke up when the rooster crowed.

Separable phrasal verbs
The object may come after the following phrasal verbs or it may separate the two parts: I turned off the light. I turned the light off. You have to do this paint job over.
When the object of the following phrasal verb is a pronoun (it / them / me / you / him / her / us), the two parts of the phrasal verb must be separated: I turned it off.
The terrorists tried to blow up the railroad station.

The matter brought up at the committee.

They called off this afternoon`s meeting.

Do this homework over.

Fill out this application form and mail it in.

She filled up the grocery cart with free food.

My sister found out that her husband had been planning a surprise party for her.

The filling station was giving away free gas.

My brother borrowed my car. I have a feeling he`s not about to give it back.

The students handed in their papers and left the room.

She hung up the phone before she hung up her clothes.

I hate to hold up the meeting, but I have to go to the bathroom.

Three masked gunmen held up the Security Bank this afternoon.

You left out the part about the police chase down Asylum Avenue.

The lawyers looked over the papers carefully before questioning the witness. They looked them over carefully.

You`ve misspelled this word again. You`d better look it up.

She knew she was in trouble, so she made up a story about going to the movies with her friends.

He was so far away, we really couldn`t make out what he was saying.

There were three men in the line-up. She picked out the guy she thought had stolen her purse.

The crane picked up the entire house. Watch them pick it up

As we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed out the major historical sites.

We put away money for our retirement. She put away the cereal boxes.

We asked the boss to put off the meeting until tomorrow. (Please put it off for another day.)

I put on a sweater and a jacket. (I put them on quickly.)

The firefighters put out the house fire before it could spread. (They put it out quickly.)

I read over the homework, but couldn`t make any sense of it .

My wife set up the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set it up.

These are your instructions. Take them down before you forget.

It was so hot that I had to take off my shirt.

We have serious problems here. Let`s talk them over like adults.

That`s a lot of money! Don`t just throw it away.

She tried on fifteen dresses before she found one she liked.

I tried out four cars before I could find one that pleased me.

Your radio is driving me crazy! Please turn itdown.

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