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Zoltán Király Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is jump off a phrasal verb?

The boy is climbing the ladder.
The boy is jumping off the ladder.

Is "jump off" a phrasal verb in English?
  

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Zoltán Király Is "jump off" a phrasal verb in English? No. He is jumping off the ladder.

— Mister Micawber

  • Zoltán Király Is "jump off" a phrasal verb in English?
  • No.
  • He is jumping off the ladder.
  • He is jumping onto the roof.
  • He is jumping into the hole.
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Zoltán KirályIs "jump off" a phrasal verb in English?
No.

He is jumping off the ladder.
He is jumping onto the roof.
He is jumping into the hole.
etc
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It is apparently not phrasal in your example, but this can be a phrasal verb in certain situations:

Jump off! Jump off!

Jump off the train!

Jump off before it's too late!

When we reach the bridge, jump off.
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Anonymousbut this can be a phrasal verb in certain situations
Those are not phrasal verbs, either, just because the particle has no object!

Jump in! Jump in the car!
Jump over! Jump over the candlestick!

Phrasal verbs (from Wikipedia):

The term phrasal verb is commonly applied to two or three distinct but relat
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