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phrasal verb
The term phrasal verb is commonly applied to ii or three distinct but related constructions in English: a verb and a part and/or a preposition co-occur forming a single semantic whole. This semantic unit cannot be understood based upon the meanings of the individual parts in isolation, but rather it must be taken as a whole. In other words, the meaning is non-compositional and thus unpredictable.[1] Phrasal verbs that include a preposition are known as prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs that include a particle are likewise known as particle verbs. Additional alternative cost for phrasal verb are compound verb, verb-adverb combination, verb-particle construction, two-part word/verb, and three-part word/verb (depending on the number of particles), and multi-word verb.[2]
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Examples
One can discern at to the lowest degree three main types of phrasal verb constructions depending upon whether the verb combines with a preposition, a particle, or both.[3] The words constituting the phrasal verb constructions in the following examples are in b older:
Verb + preposition (prepositional phrasal verbs)[citation needed]
a. Who is looking afterwards the kids? - after is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase after the kids.
b. They pick on Billy. - on is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase on Billy.




c. I ran into an old friend. - into is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase into an old friend.[4]
d. She takes after her mother. - after is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase after her mother.
e. Sam passes for a linguist. - for is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase for a linguist.
f. You should stand by your friend. - by is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase by your friend.
Verb + particle (particle phrasal verbs)
a. They brought that up twice. - up is a particle, not a preposition.
b. You should think it over. - over is a particle, not a preposition.
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