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[hela]

Dear teachers,

Would you please tell me if there are phrasal verbs that are copular?

Thanks a lot,
Hela

[bud]

There are none that I can think of, and I'd doubt that there are any that would serve as a linking verb. It's a simple function (the linking), so intuition tells me that the greater complexity of phrasal verbs would not suit the purpose. That's just a guess, though.