sentences:  In terms of intonation the preposition is fused to the verb, but in writing it is written as a separate word.Examples of phrasal verbs are "to get up", "to ask out", "to back up", "to give up", "to get together", "to hang out", "to put up with", etc.The phrasal verb frequently has a highly idiomatic meaning that is more specialised and restricted than what can be simply extrapolated from the combination of verb and preposition complement (e.g.