Phrasal Verb


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:
raise someone or something up

Meaning:
to lift someone or something up.

Example:
The aides raised the patient up while the nurse spread clean linen beneath him.


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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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