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ALL meanings of phrasal verb

phras·al verb
P p
  • noun phrasal verb a combination of verb and one or more adverbial or prepositional particles, as catch on, take off, bring up, or put up with, functioning as a single semantic unit and often having an idiomatic meaning that could not be predicted from the meanings of the individual parts. 1
  • noun phrasal verb verb followed by a particle 1
  • countable noun phrasal verb A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and an adverb or preposition, for example 'shut up' or 'look after', which together have a particular meaning. 0
  • noun phrasal verb (in English grammar) a phrase that consists of a verb plus an adverbial or prepositional particle, esp one the meaning of which cannot be deduced by analysis of the meaning of the constituents 0
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