Timeline for Just 'carry' for 'carry weapons' and just 'lift' instead of 'lift weights'. What linguistic phenomenon is it?
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| Oct 30, 2021 at 18:06 | history | edited | Lambie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 30, 2021 at 18:02 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | No. OP is asking about those verbs that may drop objects, not those that regularly associate with a restricted subset of logically available objects. Thus 'make/take' in 'make/take a decision', but never just 'make/take'. | |
| Oct 30, 2021 at 17:44 | history | answered | Lambie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |