Matching Pairs PHRASAL VERBS rulesOnline version Match the rule with the example by Charlie Vel 1 Other phrasal verbs can be separate, and we can put an object between the two parts. 2 When we use a pronoun (him, it, them, etc.) with phrasal verbs that can be separated, we must put it between the two parts of the verbs. 3 Two phrasal verbs can't be separate. They have to be together. I bump into an old friend. We sort it out. We sorted the problem out.