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cross out

Separable

Draw a line through writing to show it is wrong

Cross out the wrong answer and write the right one.

Separable

The object can go between the verb and the particle: turn the light off, or turn off the light. When the object is a pronoun it must go in the middle: turn it off, never turn off it.

The particle: out

This verb belongs to the group ‘leaving or removing’.

Others in the group: move out, throw out.