phrasal verb

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

construction expression phrase clause locution group of words group verb word group

Hypernyms

verb

Examples

`turn out' is a phrasal verb in the question `how many turned out to vote?' Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

phrasal preposition phrasal prepositional verb phrasal typology phrasally phrase phrase book