Theo@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago10 words in the English language with the most definitionswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoMy dad’s sworn for decades that it must be “jack,” but he excludes meanings which require an additional preposition, like make out or stand up.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·7 days agoJust FIY those are called phrasal verbs and they’re probably the second worst thing Europeans invented after capitalism.
My dad’s sworn for decades that it must be “jack,” but he excludes meanings which require an additional preposition, like make out or stand up.
Just FIY those are called phrasal verbs and they’re probably the second worst thing Europeans invented after capitalism.