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Verbs which consist of a verb and one or two particles or prepositions

Multi words verbs

Phrasal verbs

Phrasal-prepositional verbs

Prepositional verbs

a main verb

an adverb particle

have meanings which we cannot easily guess from their individual parts.

The plane took off an hour late. (flew into the air)

I brought my children up to be polite. (servant)

a verb

a preposition which cannot be separated from each other

Always have an object, which comes immediately after the preposition

Somebody broke into his car and stole his radio. (enter by force)

Getting to the final depends on winning the semi-final! ( be determined by )

a verb

a particle

a preposition

cannot be separated

Many of these verbs are often used in informal contexts

Ken’s just chatting to a friend. He’ll catch up with us in a minute. (reach, join)

We just put the accident down to bad luck; there’s no other reason. (put down to = think the cause or reason is)