3.112 intransitive three-word phrasal verbs

Most phrasal verbs consist of two words: a verb and an adverb, or a verb and a preposition. However, there are a number of phrasal verbs which consist of three words: a verb, an adverb, and a preposition.

Most three-word phrasal verbs contain an intransitive verb. The preposition at the end is followed by its own object.

• His girlfriend walked out on him.
• By the 1990's, society will have faced up to the inevitable.
• He suddenly burst in on me one morning.
• The local people have to put up with a lot of tourists.
• Terry Holbrook caught up with me.

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Here is a list of intransitive three-word phrasal verbs:

• be in for, be on to, bear down on, boil down to, break out of, brush up on, bump up against, burst in on, call out for, catch up with, chime in with, clamp down on, clean up after, come across as, come down on, come down to, come down with, come in for, come on to, come out in, come out of, come out with, come up against, come up to, come up with, crack down on, creep up on, crowd in on, cry out against, cry out for, cut back on, date back to, do away with, double back on, face up to, fall back on, fall in with, get away with, get down to, get in on, get off with, get on to, get on with, get round to, get up to, give up on, go along with, go back on, go down with, go in for, go off with, go over to, go through with, grow out of, keep in with, keep on at, keep up with, kick out against, lead up to, live up to, look down on, look forward to, look out for, look up to, make away with, make off with, make up to, match up to, measure up to, miss out on, monkey about with, play along with, play around with, put up with, read up on, run away with, run off with, run up against, shy away from, sit in on, snap out of, stick out for, stick up for, suck up to, take up with, talk down to, tie in with, walk away from, walk away with, walk off with, walk out on, wriggle out of, zero in on