Phrasal Verbs with Put, Meanings and Example Sentences in English
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Phrasal Verbs
It is generally used with a verb, an adverb, or a preposition. An adverb or preposition added to the main verb changes the meaning of the actual verb, giving it a different meaning. Since it has a different meaning, it becomes an idiomatic verb. For example, if the preposition “up” is added to the verb “give”, we get the idiomatic verb “Give up” and it gains a new meaning regardless of the meaning of the two words that make it up.
Phrasal Verbs are divided into two as “separable” and “inseparable”.
Separable Phrasal Verbs
If a phrasal verb is separable, we can place the object between the main verb and the preposition or add it to the end of the phrasal verb phrase without separating it at all.
Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verb type that cannot be placed in the middle of the phrasal verb phrase of the object of the sentence, therefore, must be used side by side and cannot be divided, is called “Inseparable phrasal verbs”. As an example, let’s use the phrasal verb “come across”, which is a combination of the words “come” and “across”, in a few sentences.
Put away
Meaning:
to clean up, to tidy
Example Sentence:
Put away any valuable or breakable objects.
Put across
Meaning:
to explain sth clearly
Example Sentence:
He was trying to put across a serious point.
Put by
Meaning:
to save monet
Example Sentence:
Try to put by a little bit each week
Put through
Meaning:
to connect sb by phone
Example Sentence:
He asked to be put through to Charley Lunn.
Put in
Meaning:
to apply for sth
Example Sentence:
I decided to put in for a job as deputy secretary.
Put out
Meaning:
to stop burning
Example Sentence:
It took two hours to put out the fire
