English-Finnish translations for phrasal verb

• fraasiverbi
  look (katsoa) → fraasiverbit: look out (varoa), look out for oneself (ajaa omaa etuaan, pitää puolensa), look up (etsiä luettelosta, hakuteoksesta), look for (etsiä), look forward to (odottaa innokkaasti) ym.
• partikkeliverbi

Definition of phrasal verb

• A two-word verb, consisting of a verb and a "small" adverb, that has an idiomatic meaning not easily predictable from the individual parts
• A phrase, consisting of a verb and either or both of a preposition or adverb, that has idiomatic meaning

Examples

• In The police told the driver to pull over, pull over is a phrasal verb.

Related words

• phrasal
• phrasal preposition
• phrasal adjective
• phrasal adverb