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FIND OUT ABOUT

#Meaning: if you find out about something, you discover a fact or information that you did not know before, often
because someone was keeping it secret.

#Grammar: This phrasal verb needs an object. You can not separate the verb from its particles.
He found out about the theft - RIGHT
He found out about it - RIGHT
He found the theft out about - WRONG
He found it out about - WRONG
He found out the theft about - WRONG
He found out it about - WRONG
#Example sentence: Jonathan didn't find out about the missing money until the police wrote to him.
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#Synonyms: discover, catch on to, detect, unearth
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CHEAT ON

#Meaning: if you cheat on somebody, (your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend) you secretly have a sexual or romantic relationship with someone else.

#Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle.
He cheated on his wife - RIGHT
He cheated on her - RIGHT
He cheated her on - WRONG
He cheated his wife on - WRONG
#Example sentence: Juliet finally decided to divorce her husband when she caught him cheating on her with their next-door neighbour.
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#Synonyms: betray, be unfaithful to, do the dirty on, mess around, two-time
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TELL ON
#Meaning: if you tell on somebody, you give information about someone, usually about something bad that they have said or done, to a person in authority (like a teacher, boss or parent), knowing that this will probably result in punishment.

#Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle.

He told on his sister - RIGHT
He told on her - RIGHT

He told her on - WRONG
He told his sister on - WRONG

#Example sentence: When I was a child I used to steal apples from the tree in the neighbour's garden but my brother told on me and my father grounded me for a month.
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#Synonyms: inform (on), grass (on), sneak (on)
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MAKE UP
#Meaning: if you make something up, you invent an untrue story or explanation, often in order to
hide the truth.
#Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. The object can go between the verb and particle, or after the particle. If you want to use a pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle.
She made up an excuse - RIGHT
She made an excuse up - RIGHT
She made it up - RIGHT
She made up it - WRONG
#Example sentence: Charlie didn't want to admit that he hadn't done his homework, so he made up a
story about leaving it on the bus.
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#Synonyms: invent, devise, concoct, fabricate, cook up, manufacture, come up with
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