A phrasal verb is a verb combined with a preposition or adverb that creates a meaning different from the original verb. Some examples of phrasal verbs provided are "ran into", "ran away", "showed up", "made up", and "looked up". Phrasal verbs can be either intransitive, taking no object, or transitive, taking an object that can come before or after the preposition depending on whether the phrasal verb is separable or inseparable.