10.19 verbs rarely used in the passive

A few transitive verbs are rarely used in the passive because the thing affected by the action they describe is rarely the thing you are interested in.

The following transitive verbs are rarely used in the passive:

The following phrasal verbs containing a transitive verb are rarely used in the passive:

band together, bite back, boom out, brush up, call down on, cast back, chuck in, cry out, ease off, eke out, flick over, get back, get down, give over, have on, have out, heave up, hunt up, jab at, jack in, jerk out, let through, pace out, phone back, ring back, ring out, sit out, sob out, stand off, tide over, wait out, walk off, while away