Is 'Close to' a phrasal verb?

Is 'close to' a verbal phrase?

Solution 1:

The verb in your sentence is is—a linking verb. That makes close a subject complement and a predicate adjective.

To is a preposition. The object of that preposition is being a superpower—a gerund phrase that functions as noun.*

To test this, you can add an adverb and swap in a noun:

India is close to being a superpower.

India is very close to China.

_{*Warning: Grammar terms vary.}