3.124 transitive compound verbs
Another group of compound verbs are typically used in transitive clauses:
- You can spin-dry it and it will still retain its shape.
- Send it to the laundry. Don't dry clean it.
- At first we cold-shouldered him.
- They ill-treated our ancestors.
Here is a list of transitive compound verbs:
- back-comb, blow-dry, cold-shoulder, court-martial, cross-check, cross-examine, cross-question, cross-reference, double-cross, double-glaze, dry-clean, field-test, force-feed, frog-march, ghost-write, ill-treat, pooh-pooh, proof-read, rubber-stamp, short-change, short-weight, soft-soap, spin-dry, spoon-feed, stage-manage, tape-record, toilet-train, wrong-foot