Phrasal Verb


A verb combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning.


Phrasal Verb:
drag someone or something down

Meaning / Example:

1. to pull someone or something to the ground or to a lower level.
> The lions dragged the antelope down and made dinner out of it.

2. to debase someone or something; to corrupt someone or something.
> The bad acting dragged the level of the performance down.


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A group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.

A compilation of 50 phrasal verbs.
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