Usually means: Verb combined with preposition/adverb.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word phrasal verb:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. phrasal verb: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. phrasal verb: Merriam-Webster
  3. phrasal verb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. phrasal verb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. phrasal verb: Collins English Dictionary
  6. phrasal verb: Vocabulary.com
  7. phrasal verb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. phrasal verb: Wiktionary
  9. phrasal verb: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. phrasal verb: Dictionary.com
  11. Phrasal verb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. phrasal verb: Rhymezone
  13. phrasal verb: FreeDictionary.org
  14. phrasal verb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. phrasal verb: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See phrasal_verbs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (phrasal verb)

noun:  (linguistics) A two-word verb, consisting of a verb and a "small" adverb or particle, that has an idiomatic meaning not easily predictable from the individual parts.
noun:  (linguistics, more loosely) A phrase, consisting of a verb and either or both of a preposition or adverb, that has idiomatic meaning.

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