Usually means: Verb combined with specific preposition.
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  1. prepositional verb: Wiktionary
  2. prepositional verb: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. prepositional verb: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (prepositional verb)

noun:  (linguistics) A two-word phrase, consisting of a verb and a preposition, that has idiomatic meaning.

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