to eat = an infinitive (a verb form)
After the game - yes, it's adverbial.
After the game, we got something to eat. Are the phrases after the game and to eat? And if yes, are they both adverb phrases?
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so to eat is not an adjective or an adverb phrase right?
right
Infinitives can be parts of phrases, but they themselves are not phrases.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrases.htm#infinitive
Infinitives can be parts of phrases, but they themselves are not phrases.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrases.htm#infinitive