Phrasal Verb

A Phrasal Verb is a multi-word Verb that is composed by a single-word Verb and a particle.

• Context:
  • It can be a Compound Verb or an Idiom.
• Example(s):
  • Blow Up,
  • Get Out,
  • Get Up,
  • Run Away
  • KICKTHEBUCKET.
  • BLOWOFSTEAM
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a single-word verb,
  • Phrasal Noun.
• See: English Language, Parts-Of-Speech.

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References

2019a

• (Wiktionary, 2019) ⇒ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_phrasal_verbs
  • QUOTE: English verbs accompanied by particles, such as prepositions and adverbs

2019b

• (Wiktionary, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_phrasal_verbs
  • QUOTE: Phrasal verbs are multi-word verbs constructed from a normal, single-word verb (e.g. run, drink, or play) and one or more additional words (usually words from the categories preposition and adverb) called particles.

    Phrasal verbs can be transitive (e.g., walk into someone) or intransitive (e.g., sing along). In the case of transitive phrasal verbs, the position of the particle may be fixed before the direct object (e.g. come across [some money]), after the direct object (chat someone up — the verb being chat up), or either (bring a movie over or bring over a movie).

    Sometimes the particle is optional (e.g. bring over a movie vs. bring a movie), though in most cases it is necessary (bring up the accident vs. bring the accident).

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