A group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.
Phrasal Verb:
crank something up
Meaning / Example:
1. to get a machine or a process started. (Alludes to turning the starting crank of an early automobile.) > Please crank the machinery so the workers can start working.
2. to increase the volume of an electronic device. > He cranked it up a little more and CRACK, there went both speakers!
A phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or adverb or both and that functions as a verb whose meaning is different from the combined meanings of the individual words