Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 2002. Vol. 3. Eger Journal of English Studies.(Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 29)

Éva Kovács: Properties of Verbs Which Constitute Phrasal Verbs

112 ÉVA KOVÁCS We can observe that not all verbs occur with a particle and while some verbs may occur with only one particle and no others, others form a verb-particle combination with almost every particle. In the COBUILD Dictionary I have found the following verb-particle combinations which occur only with one particle: balls up, beaver away, belly out, bliss out, bottom out, brazen out, cave in, cheese off, chicken out, clam up, club together, cobble together, cone off, conk out, cook up, coop up, cork up, cotton up, crate up, cream off, curtain off, dam up, damp down, divvy up, dob in, dole out, doll up, duff up, dummy up, earth up, egg on, fag out, flesh out, fob off, fritter away, fur up, ham up, hare off, hash over, hive off, hoke off, hot up, hunker down, ink in, jazz up, jolly away, keel over, limber up, liven up, lop off, louse up, luck out, lump together, magic away, mete out, moulder away, muss up, naff off, palm off, pension off, pep up, perk up, peter out, portion out, pretty up, ruck up, shack up, shore up, sick up, silt up, size up, slag off, sober up, soldier on, sop up, soup up, space out, spruce up, squirrel away, staff up, sum up, tart up, team up, tide over, tool up, turf out, vamp up, ward off, weed out, while away, wimp out, wise up The examples mentioned above plus the following ones occur only with one particular particle and no other: bail up, bandage up, bandy about, batter down, bowl out, beef up, beg off, bitch up, blurt out, bolster up, bolt down, boom out, boot out, botch up, brave out, brew up, brighten up, brim over, broaden out, brown off, buck up, bucket down, budge up, bung up, buoy up, butter up, cart off, cash in, chain up, chalk up, chat up, clamp down, clap out, clog up, cloud over, clutter up, cock up, coil up, collect up, comb out, cone off, conjure up, cop out, cough up, crank up, crease up, crop up, crouch down, crumple up, cuddle up, cure up, dampen down, dash off, deck out, dope up, dose up, doss down, doze off, dredge up, drone on, duck out, ebb away, edit out, eke out, empty out, end up, erode away, explain away, eye up, fan out, farm out, fathom out, fatten up, ferret out, fetch up, file away, film over, filter out, firm up, fizzle out, flag down, flash back, flatten out, float around,