Between the words ‘take’ and ‘back’, we have inserted ‘it’ and still retained the original meaning. Other common separable phrasal verbs include; Use up. Turn down. Set up. Put off.

Soon, “hark back,” “hearken back” and “harken back” would become full-fledged phrasal verbs — word combinations that have a different meaning than the root verb they’re based on.

Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...

Look up means ‘to search for’. So, you can’t always guess the meaning of the phrasal verb from the individual meanings of the separate words. Why don’t you have a go? I’ll say two ...

‘Enter into’ is a phrasal verb and it has the following meanings: to become part of something, to participate in a discussion, to take part in an activity, to engage in. For ...

The phrasal verb 'take off' has many meanings. Let's find out more about how to use them. To 'take off' is to begin to fly. The past form is 'took off'. The aeroplane took off on time. Another ...

A phrasal verb consists of a verb with a preposition or adverb (or both at times), with a meaning different from those of its separate elements. Examples of phrasal verbs are break down ...

Go off has a few meanings. It can mean to leave a place. They had to go off for dinner. It can mean to suddenly start making noise. Did you hear the alarm go off this morning? It can be used when ...