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PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY: 'TO TURN SOMEONE OUT'

13 / 11 / 2015

PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY: 'TO TURN SOMEONE OUT': meaning and examples

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope that you had a wonderful week. 

Today's Phrasal Verb Friday lesson is about the verb TO TURN (SOMEONE) OUT

Definition: to make a person leave; to send someone away. 

Example 1: The owner turned them out after they didn't pay their rent. 

Example 2: His parents turned him out when he was young, so he lived with his aunt.

Notice that this phrasal verb is TRANSITIVE and it can be SEPARATED. When the object is a pronoun, it must go between TURN and OUT.  

That's all for today. Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend and we'll see you next Monday for another Missing Monday lesson.