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Back sth up

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Reverse

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Back so up

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Support

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Blow up

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Explode

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Blow sth up

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Add air

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Break up

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End a relationship
Start laughing (informal)
Break something into pieces
Make a fight end

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Bring sth up

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Start talking about a subject /

Vomit

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Call so up

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Phone

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Catch up

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Get to the same point as someone else

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Cheer up

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Become happier

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Cheer so up

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Make happier

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Clean/clear sth up

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Make tidy

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Do sth up

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Fasten, close/

To beautify

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Dress up

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Wear nice clothing

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End up

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Eventually do/reach/ decide

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Fill sth up

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Fill to the top

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Get up

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Go out of the bed
Stand
To organize something by asking different people to take part in it or provide help

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Give up

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Stop trying
To allow someone to have something that was yours
To use your time for one activity instead of another

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Give sth up

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Quit a habit

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Grow up

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Become a adult

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Hang up

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End a phone call

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Keep up

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Continue at the same rate/speed
Continue to do something
To continue to pretend that something is true

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Look sth up

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Search and find information in a reference book or database

If a situation is looking up, it is getting better

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Make sth up

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Invent, lie about sth/

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Look up to

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Have a lot of respect for

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Make up
Forgive each other
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Make so up
Apply cosmetics to
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Mix sth up
Confuse two or more things, not know the difference
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Pass sth up
Decline (usually sth good)
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Put up with sth/ so
Tolerate
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Set sth up
Arrange, organize
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Set so up
Trick, trap
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Tear sth up
Rip into pieces
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Turn sth up
Increase the volume or streghth (heat, light etc)
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Turn up
Appear suddenly or arrive
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Use sth up
Finish the supply
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Wake up
Stop sleeping
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Warm sth/ so up
Increase the temperature
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Warm up
Prepare body for exercise
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Make up your mind
Decide
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Knock up
Get pregnant
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Live up
Get your expectations
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Mark up
Raise the price
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Pick up
``` Learn by chance / without much effort Take someone in vehicle To pay for something Win a prize To get an illness To buy something Start talking to someone because you want to have sex with them ```
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Play up
Make sth seem more important
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Pull up
if a vehicle pulls up, it arrives at a place and stops
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Put up
``` Erect / assemble Let someone stay in your house To make a particular effort in order to achieve or prevent something Increase the value of something Suggest someone for a position Give money ```
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Bring s/o up
Raise a child
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Wind up
Finish in a confused way / end up
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Settle up
Pay the bill
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Shoot up
``` Inject drugs Rise dramatically (prices) ```
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Stand up
Arise / get up
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Take up
Start a hobby | Use space/time
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Work up
Excite
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Add up
Make sense | Add numbers
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Draw up
Come to a stop, a vehicle arrives at a place and stops To prepare and write something such as a document or plan To move your chair so that you are sitting closer to someone or something
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Draw up
Come to a stop, a vehicle arrives at a place and stops | To prepare and write something such as a document or plan
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Get up to
Do something, especially something that you should not do (usually children)
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Come up
Occur - usually a problem- colloquial
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Come up against
Meet a difficulty
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Come up to
Equal- especially expectatioms, standar
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Come up with
Think of - especially an answer a plan a solution
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Face up to
Have courage to deal with - especially responsabilities
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Feel up to
Feel capable of doing
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Follow up
Act upon a suggestion | Take more accion
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Hold up
Delay | Rob at gunpoint
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Take sg. up
Make something shorter
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Set up
To start something such as a business, organization, or institution To organize or plan something such as an event or system
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Brighten up
if the weather brightens up, it becomes | sunnier
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Light up
Light a cigarette | If someone's face or eyes light up, they express a strong emotion, usually happiness or excitement
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Own up
Acknowledge wrong doing
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Pile up
If something piles up, or if someone piles it up, the amount of it increases a lot
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Bundle up
To put things into groups and wrap or tie them together
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Eat up
To eat all of something
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Brush up
Improve your knowledge and skill
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Go up
Increase | Start burning
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Beat up
Hit or kick someone and hurt them badly
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Call up
Phone sb.
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Come up
Approach sb., go to speak to someone | Appear in sky
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Stay up
Not go to bed
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Speak up
Talk in a loud, clear voice
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Sum up
List the main points
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Bottle up
To stop yourself from showing negative emotions like anger and disappointment
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Freshen up
To wash your hands and face and make yourself cleaner and tidier To improve your skill or knowledge of sg.
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Screw up
To make a serious mistake, or to spoil something, especially a situation If you screw up your face, you show that you dislike something
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Tighten up
To be stricter or more serious about something such as a policy or a rule
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Dig up
To find information by searching carefully | To dig holes in an area of land
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Step up
To increase something
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Build up
To increase, or to make something increase | To develop something
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Crack up
To suddenly laugh a lot at something

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