phrasal : Idioms & Phrases

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phrasal idiom

  • noun an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
    phrase; idiom; set phrase; idiomatic expression.
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phrasal verb

  • 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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