Hello. Could you help me, please? I'd like to understand the arrows (↔) symbol in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. What does it mean or guide us to?
blow somebody ↔ out
There is an attachment of a page from the dictionary.
Thank you.
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Hi, Ahmed Imam,
@Ahmed Imam Attia posted:blow somebody ↔ out
That means that, being a separable phrasal verb, both "blow somebody out" and "blow out somebody" are correct.
Hello again. Are there any transitive phrasal verbs where the noun object must come between the verb and the particle? If so, please guide me to them.
I appreciate your help. Thank you.
@Ahmed Imam Attia posted:Are there any transitive phrasal verbs where the noun object must come between the verb and the particle? If so, please guide me to them.
As a general rule, when the object is pronominal it must be placed between the verb and the particle:
- I was ready to blow him out but I let him have his day. (from The New York Times) NOT to blow out him
