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The long-neglected phrasal verb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Tom McArthur
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Abstract

In the description of such usages as argue away, measure up and zonk out, a venerable orphan comes in from the linguistic cold

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 38 - 44
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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