In modern English, the number of combinations of postpositions with verbs is especially large. Their number is steadily growing. This is evidenced by books and dictionaries devoted to phrasal verbs and their use. Along with the increase in number, the frequency of their use also increases. This indicates that they perform the necessary function, due to greater conciseness and, at the same time, greater expressiveness. The purpose of the article is to determine how often phrasal verbs are found in our daily life, and their diversity both in their compatibility and in the additional meanings that they contain or that they acquire in the text