Matching Pairs PHRASAL VERBS rulesOnline version Match the rule with the example by Charlie Vel 1 Two phrasal verbs can't be separate. They have to be together. 2 Other phrasal verbs can be separate, and we can put an object between the two parts. 3 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. We sorted the problem out. We sort it out. I bump into an old friend.