With OUT and UP. These are the most commonly used prepositions in phrasal verbs. For proof, look at the following chart: The 150 most common phrasal verbs from the PHaVE Dictionary are here...represented by their prepositions, all 13 of them. Admittedly, there are more phrasal verbs and more prepositions....but OUT and UP are clearly the most adapted for use with phrasal verbs. For kicks, let's start with OUT. Let's look at the extended metaphors of OUT: Of course it's wa

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