Bob and Jackie’s Chemistry Project
Episode 1: Let’s Get Started
Jackie: Ok, chemistry project. Let’s get this experiment set up. Are you ok, Bob?
Set up – set up – set up
Meaning: If you set something up, you make it ready for use, often by putting different parts of it together.
Grammar: This phrasal verb needs an object. It is possible to put the object between the verb and particle. If the object is a pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle.
They set up the equipment
They set the equipment up
They set it up
They set up it
Example sentence: We took so much equipment to the exhibition that it took almost a full morning to set it all up.
Synonyms: assemble, put up, build
