1. find out
   Intransitive
   Meaning: discover
   Example: I hired a detective to find out if he’s lying to me!

1. look up to someone
   Transitive, Inseparable
   Meaning: have a lot of respect for
   Example: I have always looked up to my parents.

Who do you look up to?

1. let someone in
   Transitive, Inseparable
   Meaning: allow to enter
   Example: You should never let strangers in when you are home alone.

1. grow out of something
   Transitive, Inseparable
   Meaning: get too big for
   Example: Babies grow out of clothing so quickly!
2. grow into something
   Transitive, Inseparable
   Meaning: grow big enough to fit
   Example: These pants are too big for him now, but he’ll grow into them soon.
3. Hand something down
   Transitive, Intransitive, Separable
   Meaning: give something used to someone
   Example:  My mom saved some things to hand down to my sisters and I.

When I was a child I never had new clothes because I was the youngest and my mom would wait for my older sisters to grow out of their clothes so that she could hand down the clothes to me and I could grow into them.

1. fall apart
   Intransitive
   Meaning: break into pieces
   Example: My new soccer cleats fell apart after just a few games!

1. go out
   Intransitive
   Meaning: leave home and go to a social event
   Example: It’s Friday night.  Let’s go out!

   How many nights a week do you go out?

2. go out with someone
   Transitive, Inseparable
   Meaning: date
   Example: She has been going out with him since last year.

In the United States, it is normal for a couple to go out with one another for 2-3 years before getting married.  Is it the same in your native country?

1. count on someone/something
   Transitive, Inseparable
   Meaning: rely on
   Example: I know that I can count on my best friend to cheer me up.

Did you know that the average Facebook user has 262 confirmed friends?  I wonder how many of those friends he/she can count on?

1. grow apart
   Intransitive
   Meaning: to stop being friends over time
   Example: My best friend and I grew apart after she moved away.

   Studies have shown that couples’ personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.  So, it’s easier to grow together than to grow apart!

1. give something away
   Transitive, Separable
   Meaning: ruin a secret
   Example: I accidentally gave the surprise party away by leaving my car parked outside my friend’s house.

   Meaning 2: give something to someone for free (Transitive or Intransitive)
   Example: I’m moving, so there are some things that I want to give away.

1. get back
   Intransitive
   Meaning: return
   Example: She got back from France yesterday.  I hope she brought me some cheese!

   get something back
   Transitive, Separable
   Meaning: receive something you had before
   Example: She finally got her jacket back from her friend who borrowed it last month.

   get back at someone
   Transitive, Inseparable
   Meaning: retaliate, take revenge
   Example: My sister got back at me for borrowing her shoes without asking.  She stole my favorite shirt.