take somebody/something apart phrasal verb
1 to separate something into all its different parts OPP put together
Tom was always taking things apart in the garage.
put something ↔ together phrasal verb
3 to make a machine, model etc by joining all the different parts SYN assemble
I can’t work out how to put this table together.
The example in the dictionary says "put this table together." but why don't we say "put the table's parts together"?
Look at the picture, a pen is made of many different separate parts
So, do you say "don't take it apart" (suppose the speaker and the listener know "it" refers to the pen) or
"don't take them apart" (suppose the speaker and the listener know "them" refers to the separate parts of the pen)?
And, do you say "please put it together" (suppose "it" refers to the pen) or
"please put them together" (suppose "them" refers to the separate parts of the pen)?