What is the phrasal verb for "enjoy" ?

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Dear teachers,

What is the phrasal verb for "enjoy" ?

Is there phrasal verbs for "enjoy" ?

Is "lap for" similar to "enjoy" ?

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Dear teachers,

What is the phrasal verb for "enjoy" ?

Is there phrasal verbs for "enjoy" ?

Is "lap for" similar to "enjoy" ?

Thanks

I can't think of a specific phrasal verb which I associate with "to enjoy". "Lap for" is not an English phrasal verb and it doesn't make sense. Where have you seen it?
 

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Dear teachers,

What is the phrasal verb for "enjoy" ?

Is there phrasal verbs for "enjoy" ?

Is "lap for" similar to "enjoy" ?

Thanks

No, there is no phrasal verb with "enjoy". No, "lap for" is not similar to "enjoy" and "lap for" is not a phrasal verb.
 

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But if you have a really good time you can have yourself a ball. Not a phrasal verb by most definitions, but it's a multi-word idiom.

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You can "boogie on down" at a nightclub/disco. It means to dance but I guess you would probably be enjoying yourself. People are sometimes said to "get down" in the same way. Both those phrases are a little old-fashioned and are associated with the 1970s.
 

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There is a phrase "lap something up" but it is usually a slightly negative connotation to mean people were hearing/believing something with eagerness.

"Can you believe the nonsense this guy is saying? Yet his audience is lapping it up. What a bunch of mindless drones."
That doesn't mean "enjoy."
 
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