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preposi'tional verb'

Gram.
a combination of verb and preposition, often with idiomatic meaning, differing from other phrasal verbs in that an object must always follow the preposition, as take after in The children take after their mother. Cf. phrasal verb.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

prepositional phrase

prepositive

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