* Phrasal verb refers to a distinct construction in English where a verb and a particle or a verb and a preposition or a verb with a particle and preposition form a single semantic unit.
- "brought up", "give in", "put up with"
* Their meaning cannot be taken as the meanings of the parts in isolation.
*For example, "fall back on" means "to rely on" and is not related to "fall" or "back".
* Some of them are transitive and some are intransitive.
* Their non - compositionality makes them interesting for the linguists and difficult for the non-native users of the language.
Examples:
1. The chairman came to give away the certificates to the most deserving students
2. The machine makes use of the principle of digital sorting.
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