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What is a verbal preposition?

There is no grammatical term called "verbal preposition". It seems you might be confusing it with a related term: prepositional verb.

A prepositional verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition that functions as a single unit, taking on a meaning that's different from the individual words alone.

Here are some examples:

* Look up (meaning to search for information)

* Get along (meaning to have a good relationship)

* Run into (meaning to encounter someone unexpectedly)

* Break down (meaning to stop functioning)

These are phrasal verbs, and while some phrasal verbs contain prepositions, not all prepositions are used to create phrasal verbs.

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