This combination of verb and adverb is always known as a phrasal verb. Note that it is not always possible to guess the meaning of phrasal verbs (or prepositional verbs for that matter) from the ...

In this category is, yet, the phrasal verb, ‘plan on’, which should not be confused with ‘plan to’. Well, in terms of meaning, they both indicate an intention to do something.

Phrasal verbs are verbs that contain more than one word. The 'Bad English Made Better' minipods are short and simple English grammar lessons.