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Build Up Phrasal Verbs Correct Hypens Continue Pension Put

Front is this correct for hypens?

You should continue to build-up your pension
Back no

You should NOT put a hyphen within phrasal verbs - verbs made up of a main verb and an adverb or preposition. For example:

(e.g. stop off, break in)

# however, if phrasal verb is in a noun function then you should hyphenated - There was a build-up of traffic on the ring road.

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