Multi-word verb

Multi-word verbs are verbs that consist of more than one word.^[1] This term may cover both periphrasis as in combinations involving modal or semi-modal auxiliaries with an additional verbal or other lexeme, e.g. had better, used to, be going to, ought to, phrasal verbs, as in combinations of verbs and particles,^[2] and compound verbs as in light-verb constructions, e.g. take a shower, have a meal.