phrasal prepositional verbs

A form of phrasal prepositional verb — A multi-word verb, consisting of a verb followed by an adverbial particle and a preposition, that has idiomatic meaning.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of phrasal prepositional verb
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