Phrasal verbs represent a practically limitless group of verbs that can be combined with short adverbs or prepositions to produce new meanings. Here are some examples: Phrasal verbs are ubiquitous in ...

Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...

The preposition, ‘on’, features in a good number of phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb consists of a verb with a preposition or adverb (or both at times), with a meaning different from those of its ...

"Turn off the TV" is an example of a phrasal verb, which is a verb that has a base verb and one or two particles. Credit: MikeSleigh/Getty Images A ‘phrasal verb’ is a verb that has a base verb and ...

A good number of phrasal verbs include the preposition, ‘with’. Such are done with, get away with and bear with. Apart from the fact that they have fixed, meanings they should not be indiscriminately ...

From time to time, I get called on to referee grammar disputes. For example, I was recently asked to settle an argument about whether you should write “I’m not into sports” or “I’m not in to sports.” ...

In these examples, down and back are not prepositions but function as adverbs to extend or change the meaning of the verb. This combination of verb and adverb is always known as a phrasal verb. Note ...