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Meantolearn Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Cut up
"We're cutting up and having fun."
we're cutting up = we're having a good time --- the explanations by a hostess of a learning English program.
But, I've looked up all the dictionaries, the verbal phrase "to be cut up" has a very opposite meaning. It means very upset. e.g. He was all cut up over his mother's death.
How come the same verbal phrase has quite different definitions?
Thanks
we're cutting up = we're having a good time --- the explanations by a hostess of a learning English program.
But, I've looked up all the dictionaries, the verbal phrase "to be cut up" has a very opposite meaning. It means very upset. e.g. He was all cut up over his mother's death.
How come the same verbal phrase has quite different definitions?
Thanks
Top answer
It's not the same phrasal verb. I would call 'be cut up' a combination of verb + adjective. However, many phrasal verbs have multiple meanings: to break down, to pick up, to make up, etc, etc.
- It's not the same phrasal verb.
- I would call 'be cut up' a combination of verb + adjective.
- However, many phrasal verbs have multiple meanings: to break down, to pick up, to make up, etc, etc.
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It's not the same phrasal verb. I would call 'be cut up' a combination of verb + adjective. However, many phrasal verbs have multiple meanings: to break down, to pick up, to make up, etc, etc.
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It's not the same phrasal verb. I would call 'be cut up' a combination of verb + adjective. However, many phrasal verbs have multiple meanings: to break down, to pick up, to make up, etc, etc.
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