phrasal prepositional verb

English

Noun

phrasal prepositional verb (plural phrasal prepositional verbs)

1. (grammar) A multi-word verb, consisting of a verb followed by an adverbial particle and a preposition, that has idiomatic meaning.
   • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 156:

     In every section of this invaluable work new light is thrown on ancient problems - phrasal verbs (bring up, put off), phrasal-prepositional verbs (catch up on, come up with) [...] duratives, sentence adverbs, and so on.