phrasal preposition

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phrasal preposition (plural phrasal prepositions)

  1. (grammar) A preposition composed of several words rather than just one.
    Hypernyms: preposition; adposition
    In English, most phrasal prepositions consist of an adverbial followed by a one-word preposition.

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