Get Down On;What does this phrasal verb mean?

For get down is already a phrasal verb in itself, but as we have already commented here, sometimes you can put up to two prepositions after a verb and still extract some sense from this linguistic contraption. And this is how we get get down on someone . Note the use of two prepositions: down and on . What is the meaning of this new phrasal? Easy: get down on … Read more

Pick Out;What does this phrasal verb mean?

Have you had an encounter with the verb pick out ? Although he is not one of the most fearsome monsters in the phrasal zoo , he can be quite a frightening and unpredictable specimen – when you think you have understood all his meanings, there is a new meaning that almost no dictionary included! To resolve doubts about this linguistic … Read more