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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

The meaning of verb + endings

It's difficult to learn all idioms that have same endings, so i would like to know the meaning of the endings with any verbs

Please explains the meaning of the verbs that join with the word “



verb + by

verb + in

verb + with

verb + from

verb + to

verb + of

verb + upon

verb + at

verb + about

verb + for

verb + up

verb + against

verb + across

verb + out of

verb + over

verb + on

verb + into

verb + under

verb + after

verb + upto

verb + back

  

Top answer

That is not possible, Anon. Sorry. The meanings of the prepositions and adverbs attached to verbs varies broadly from verb to verb.

— Mister Micawber

  • That is not possible, Anon.
  • Sorry.
  • The meanings of the prepositions and adverbs attached to verbs varies broadly from verb to verb.
  • Their meanings can be literal, metaphorical or idiomatic.
  • There is no way to simplify beyond that.
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That is not possible, Anon. Sorry. The meanings of the prepositions and adverbs attached to verbs varies broadly from verb to verb. Their meanings can be literal, metaphorical or idiomatic. There is no way to simplify beyond that.
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Those are not verb endings. They are prepositions and/or adverbs, and you can look them up in a dictionary if you want to know the various meanings they have.

Apparently you are concerned with the use of these as the completing particles of phrasal verbs. In that case, you really don't need to learn all those. Even if you get just a very vague feel for a few meanings of each of these,
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