Qualques verbos preposicionals u con particla son d'orichen estato-unitense: spell out, figure out, hold up, brace up, size up, rope in, back up/off/down/out, step down, miss out, kick around, cash in, rain out, check in y check out (en totz los sentius), fill in (inform en atros rechistros de l'anglés, "informar"), kick in u throw in (contribute en atros rechistros de l'anglés, "contribuir"), square off, sock in, sock away, factor in/out, come down with, give up on, lay off (de lo treballo), run into y across (meet en atro rechistro de l'anglés), stop by, pass up, put up (diners), set up (frame en atro rechistro de l'anglés), trade in, pick up on, pick up after, lose out.