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Phrasal Verb

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Noun

1. phrasal verb

an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit

Example Sentences:
'turn out' is a phrasal verb in the question how many turned out to vote?''

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Phrasal Verb

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noun
(in English grammar) a phrase that consists of a verb plus an adverbial or prepositional particle, esp one the meaning of which cannot be deduced by analysis of the meaning of the constituents
"take in" meaning "deceive" is a phrasal verb

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Phrasal Verb

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n.
An English verb complex consisting of a verb and one or more following particles and acting as a complete syntactic and semantic unit, as look up in She looked up the word in the dictionary or She looked the word up in the dictionary.

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