phrasal verb

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   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?'”

   Broaderverb

Questions about phrasal verb

What does phrasal verb mean?

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

Is phrasal verb a common word?

phrasal verb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.