Phrasal Verb Fun

grow
(grow, grew, grown)
Growing is the natural process of getting bigger.
grow apart
The image is of two plants. When people grow apart it usually means that
they slowly stop loving each other. They slowly stop being friends and
become indifferent.
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
grow out of
Little girls play with dolls. Their older sisters have grown out of doing that.
They don't play with dolls any more.
Three-word verb
. No problem.
grow up
'What do you want to be when you grow up, Gerry?'
'A gangster.'
As normal,
up
means 'to complete something'. Grow up means to 'finish
growing', to become an adult.
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
hand
(hand, handed, handed)
We don't use hand as a verb on its own. Like
put
it must have a
preposition with it. You hand something somewhere. You pass something
somewhere by hand.
hand down
Hand down, like
pass down
, means to go
down
through the generations.
You like that Victorian clock? It was handed down to me by my
grandmother.
Separable two-word verb
Be careful.

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hand out
Typically a teacher will hand photocopies or exercises
out
to the class.
She will make sure that everyone gets one.
Separable two-word verb
Be careful.
hand over
Handing something
over
from one person to another often implies
something of value, something worth buying, stealing, or fighting over.
At eighty years old, I decided to hand over the factory to my sons.
Separable two-word verb
Be careful.