But there exists a special type of idiom formation which we may call “determination”; in a sense it is the converse of depletion. In this pattern a sign which alone has a highly unspecific or profoundly ambiguous designatum acquires a more determinate designatum in context. [...] ( Given A (c1); B (c2) 'Determination' ( ( Then (A+B) (c1 • c2 • c3 • c4) The existence of determination is likewise a universal, but again languages differ strikingly in their degree of utilizing the device. In English we find it especially in verb + adverb constructions: 'make up', 'make over', 'get up', 'get over', etc.
- Weinreich (1963), Pag. 146-147