Phrasal Verb


A verb combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning.


Phrasal Verb:
iron something out

Meaning / Example:

1. to use a flatiron to make cloth flat or smooth.
> I will iron the drapes out, so they will hang together.

2. to ease a problem; to smooth out a problem. (Here problem is synonymous with wrinkle.)
> It's only a little problem. I can iron it out very quickly.


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Phrasal verbs are two or more words that come together to give us a new verb with a different meaning from the original words.

A compilation of 50 phrasal verbs.
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