phrasal verb

/ˌfreɪzəl vərb/
/ˈfreɪzəl vəb/
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Definitions of phrasal verb
  1. noun
    an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit
    “`turn out' is a phrasal verb in the question `how many turned out to vote?'”
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    verb
    the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
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