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User_english Posted 19 years ago
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difference beteen idioms and phrasal verbs

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0Some phrasal verbs are idioms (01i 00She 01b 00makes up02b 00 every morning02i 00), and some are not (01i 00He01b 00 brought back02b 00 my book02i 00). 0-

  • 0Some phrasal verbs are idioms (01i 00She 01b 00makes up02b 00 every morning02i 00), and some are not (01i 00He01b 00 brought back02b 00 my book02i 00).
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0Some phrasal verbs are idioms (01i00She 01b00makes up02b00 every morning02i00), and some are not (01i00He01b00 brought back02b00 my book02i00). Some idioms are phrasal verbs (01i00My dad 01b00chewed me02b00 out02i00), but most are not (01i00Tell m
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As I understand it,

Phrasal verbs are a type of idioms that consist of a verb and a preposition (particle) and cannot be understood from the individual words and must be understood as a whole.

e.g. to get high on drugs (phrasal verb: to get high)
to run up a bill ( pv: to run up)
to mark down prices (pv: to mark down)
to run down someones singing ability (pv: run do
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so it means that phrasal verb is a part of idiom???
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yeah i kinda think so
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Write out the difference between idioms and phrasal verb

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