... placed between the object and the particle: / put the engine back together. I put back together the engine. Do not confuse the adverb back, which modifies phrasal verbs, with the particle back that ... ________ ________ there for seven years. 26. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and the adverb back The adverb back is sometimes used with phrasal verbs to mean again. The following sentences have the same meaning: ... together again. We got back together. Back is always placed directly before the particle. When back is used with separable phrasal verbs, the object must separate the verb and particle, and back...