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Meaning of phrasal prepositional verb | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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

Examples

“In every section of this invaluable work new light is thrown on ancient problems - phrasal verbs (bring up, put off), phrasal-prepositional verbs (catch up on, come up with) [...] duratives, sentence adverbs, and so on.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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