Phrasal prepositional verbs
Phrasal-prepositional verbs are made up of three parts: a verb, an adverb particle, and a preposition. These verbs are always transitive (have a direct object) and are often used in informal contexts. Although they are inseparable (the object always comes immediately after the preposition, and not in any other position) , there are some exceptions to this rule and some of these verbs also take a direct object after the verb as well as an object of the preposition (examples written in red below).
Average out at sth Add up to sth Back out of sth Be on about sth Be up for sth Be up to sth Break out in sth Break out of swh/sth Bring sb out in sth Burst in on sb/sth Call out to sb Call sb out on sth Cash in on sth Catch up on sth Catch up with sb Chalk sth up to sth Check up on sb/sth Clamp down on sth Close in on sb Come down with sth Come down on sb Come forward with sth Come up against sth Come up for sth Come up with sth Cut back on sth Cut down on sth
Do away with sb/sth Do sb out of sth Drop in on sb Drop out of sth Face up to sth Fall back on sth Fall behind with sth Fall out with sb (be) Fed up with sb/sth Feel up to sth Fill in for sb Fix sb up with sb/sth Hold back on sth Gang up against/on sb Get away with sth Get back to sb/sth Get back at sb Get along with sb Get in on sth Get on with sb/sth Get out of sth Get sth over with Get rid of sb/sth
Go ahead with sth Go along with sth Go back on sth Go in for sth Grow out of sth Hold out for sth
Get (a)round to sth
Miss out on sth Move in on sb/sth Move on to sth Open up to sb/sth
Get through to sb Get through with sth
Get back to sb/sth
Keep away from sb/sth
Keep up with sb/sth Let sb in on sth Listen in on sb/sth Listen out for sth Live up to sth Load up on sth Look down on sb Look forward to sth
Look in on sb Look out for sb/sth Look up to sb Make off with sth Make out with sb Make up for sth Make up to sb Measure up to sb/sth
Own up to sth Press on with sth Push on with sth Put sth down to sth Put in for sth Put sb up to sth Put up with sb/sth Reach out to sb Run away from sb/sth Run out of sth Send away for sth Shy away from sth Stand in for sb Stand up for sb/sth Stand up to sb/sth Stick up for sb Take sth out on sb Take sb up on sth Talk sb out of sth Talk back to sb Turn away from sth Wake up to sth Walk away from sb/sth Walk away with sth Walk out on sb/sth Watch out for sb/sth Zero in on sth