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Originally Posted by BobK  I prefer Mike's definition too, but students should note that in different contexts some of the first 12 can be phrasal:
Barbara walked away with first prize. [won it easily]
The police don't know the culprit, but they're looking into it.
She looked it up in the dictionary
Fancy running into you here!
After 20 years of marriage, she just walked out.
He asked for volunteers, but no one came forward
Everything he touched turned to gold
How can I think if you keep on at me like that?
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Thanks. That was an excellent point I failed to make. Because of the "idiom" requirement in the definition, the same word combination can be a phrasal verb (in some contects) and nothing more than a verb + preposition/adverb (in another context). This fact, while true, is tough on students.
stand up: whe used to describe rising from a chair, this is a regular verb plus adverb.
stand up: when used to describe being a member of a wedding party or breaking a date, it is a phrasal verb.