Collins Cobuild

part with pick on set about take after
She looked after her invalid mother.
Peter takes after his father but John is more like me.
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In the third structure, the verb is followed by an object and a particle.
answer back
ask in
call back
catch out
count in
invite out
order about
tell apart
I answered him back and took my chances.
He loved to order people about.
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Some phrasal verbs can be used in both the second structure and the
third  structure:  verb  followed  by  a  particle  and  an  object,  or  verb
followed by an object and a particle.
add on
bring up
call up

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fold up
hand over
knock over
point out
pull down
put away
put up
rub out
sort out
take up
tear up
throw away
try out
It took ages to clean up the mess.
It took ages to clean the mess up.
There was such a mess. It took ages to clean it up.
 WARNING:  If  the  object  is  a  pronoun,  it  must  go  in  front  of  the