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Phrasal verb: whip up



 
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Phrasal verb: whip up #1 (permalink) Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:12 am   Phrasal verb: whip up
 

hi,
What is wrong with 'whipped over'??

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Phrasal verb: whip up #2 (permalink) Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:29 am   Phrasal verb: whip up
 

Hi Sangeetha,

As the planet gets nearer to the Sun, enormous dust storms can be whipped ..........

The only possible preposition here is up and the phrasal verb whip up means create in a violent way. The use of over, I'm afraid doesn't make sense.

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