alleryThe phrasal verb 'hang out' illustrates that its idiomatic meaning is:
APredictable
BNon-compositional
CCompositional
DMorphophonemic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Non-compositional
The meaning of hang out is non-compositional because it cannot be deduced from its parts.
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