Phrasal verb
bundle out
Definition
phrasal verb. to push or move someone out of a place quickly and roughly.
phrasal verb. to expel or remove a person from a location or vehicle in a hurried, disorganized, or forceful manner.
Examples
“The guards bundle him out of the building.”
“After the protest started, security quickly bundled the intruders out through the back exit.”
“The disgraced minister was bundled out of the side door to avoid the swarm of reporters waiting at the main entrance.”
Examples
simple
“The guards bundle him out of the building.”
contextual
“After the protest started, security quickly bundled the intruders out through the back exit.”
complex
“The disgraced minister was bundled out of the side door to avoid the swarm of reporters waiting at the main entrance.”
Usage
usually used with a person as the object and often followed by 'of' and a location.
Teaching tip
the verb 'bundle' suggests treating a person like a messy pile of clothes; it emphasizes a lack of dignity or care during the removal.
Pitfall
They bundled out him.
They bundled him out.
when the object is a pronoun, it must come between the verb and the particle.
Phrasal verb
Particles
out
Separability
optional
Pattern
bundle + object + out
Synonyms
Antonyms
Grammar
Scan code
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