alleryWhich is a verb plus particle plus preposition combination?
- Put up with
- Grow up
- Give in
- Hand in
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Correct answer: A. Put up with
Put up with has the particle up and the preposition with.
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Turning the phrasal verb set out into a noun gives which word?
- Onset
- Outset
- Output
- Offset
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Correct answer: B. Outset
Nominalizing set out gives outset, as in doomed from the outset.
The noun standby comes from which phrasal verb?
- Stand up
- Stand for
- Stand by
- Stand off
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Correct answer: C. Stand by
The verb plus particle stand by is nominalized as standby.
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