Multi-word verbs are verbs that consist of two, or sometimes three, words. The first word is a verb and it is followed by an adverb or a preposition or both. These adverbs or prepositions are sometimes called "particles" . Quirk et al (1985: 1150) state that the main category of multi word verbs consists of such combinations as drink up, dispose of, and get away with, under the headings of phrasal verb, prepositional verb, and phrasal prepositional verb.