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I don’t know in which cases up/down/out/off/away/etc. [I’m very sorry, I don’t know how they are called, please tell me] belonging to the verb goes after the direct object, and when it remains before it. Just see: Write it down. Write all these things down. Write the things Peter said to us yesterday down. Is it correct? Or rather: Write down the things Peter… -- is this latter one the used version? I think it is. And I think “put your hands up” and “giving up the plan” are said, though both “the plan” and “your hands” are two words. So I think it also depends on the given verb, but are there some rule that when the …(this thing) should generally be put after the direct object?

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