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Up for movement

Back up  
Bob up  
Break up  
Bubble up  
Budge up  
Buoy up  
Climb up Lola climbed up a tree to get a better view of the action.
Come up We left early, just as the sun was coming up.
Dig up I don't like that plant. I think I'll dig it up.
Double up  
Draw up  
Fling up She flung up her hands to protect her face.
Get up It is unusual for her to get up before noon when she's on holiday.
Go up  
Grub up  
Help up  
Hike up  
Hitch up  
Hold up He held up the World Cup and everybody cheered.
Jack up  
Jump up  
Kick up  
Lick up  
Lift up  
Look up He looked up and saw a plane.
Mark up  
Move up  
Pick up I'll pick you up at your house at seven.
Poke up  
Pop up -Have you seen her? -I think she's upstairs. I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you popped up.
Pull up Pull-ups are a great exercise for the back.
Pump up  
Push up  
Put up Do you understand what you have to do? If not put up your hand.
Reach up  
Rear up  
Ride up  
Rise up  
Roll up  
Ruck up  
Run up  
Scoop up  
Scrape up  
Screw up  
Shin up  
Shove up  
Show up  
Sit up  
Snatch up  
Spoon up  
Spring up The town sprang up in the shadow of a massive power plant.
Stand up  
Start up  
Stick up  
Stir up  

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Up for increasing or improving

Back up  
Bank up  
Beef up He said the company has beefed up security at the facility since the robbery.
Blaze up  
Blow up  
Boil up  
Bolster up  
Bone up on  
Brighten up Dreadful weather - but it might brighten up.
Brush up I'm looking for a short course to brush up my English before I go on holiday.
Brush up on  
Buck up  
Build up A little practice will soon build up your confidence.
Bump up They have bumped up the commission from 30% to a whopping 40%.
Buoy up  
Camp up  
Charge up  
Cheer up  
Churn up  
Colour up  
Do up I spent a month doing up the flat and I think it's quite nice now.
Doll up  
Dose up  
Dress up He didn't dress up for the occasion at all, wearing an orange baseball cap, baggy khakis, and an oversized black sweater.
Fatten up  
Feed up  
Firm up Surprisingly, the skating rink on the river looks awesome! One cool evening is all we need to firm it up and make it perfect.
Fix up  
Flare up Crews worked until the next morning to secure the home and ensure the fire didn't flare up again.
Fluff up  
Freshen up  
Gen up  
Get up  
Ginger up China is interested in foreign investment to ginger up the economical development.
Go up We know as a matter of fact that fuel prices will go up in the next two to three weeks.
Jazz up One good way to jazz up your salads is by adding toasted nuts.
Look up  
Mount up Clear your debts. Letting your debts mount up means that interest will spiral, making the situation worse.
Sex up The BBC admitted Dr David Kelly was the source for its claims that Downing Street sexed up an Iraqui weapons dossier.
Speed up How much does the computer speed up your work?
Step up The government has stepped up the pressure on tobacco companies.
Tart up Tart up your phone with a new mobile phone cover.
Tighten up Bosses want to tighten up the rules to protect staff from passive smoking.
Trade up  

 

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Up for completing; ending

Use up We used up all the eggs when we made the cake.
Give up My doctor tried to persuade me to give smoking up.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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Up for approaching It shows that sth is coming closer, staying close to sth or to some quality.

Draw up A taxi drew up just as we were thinking of calling one
Bump up against  
Catch up  
Catch up on I've got a lot of work to catch up on.
Catch up with She tried to catch up with the other competitors, but they were just too fast.

Chat sb up

You'd think by the time you got to Len's age you'd know how to chat up a woman.
Close up  
Come up  
Come up against  
Come up to  
Creep up on  
Cuddle up  
Draw up A convoy of buses drew up at the airport and they all c She tried to catch up with the other competitors, but they were just too fast. limbed on board.
Even up  
Face up to Sooner or later we have to face up to the fact that society cannot continue down the line of endless consumerism.
Form up  

Go up

 
Keep up  
Keep up with You're walking too fast. I can't keep up with you.
Lead up to  
Level up  

 

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Up for not in bed

Be up  
Get up She gets up at seven every morning.
Keep up  
Stay up I'm preparing for my exams and I've been staying up late at night studying.
Wait up I used to hate it when my parents waited up for me.Now, I'm the same way. I don't make it obvious, but I just can't get to sleep until my kids are home.

 

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Up with no extra meaning I n some combinations, the preposition UP adds no extra meaning to the verb but the resulting phrasal verb may sometimes be quite different from the verb on its own.

Open up DVD has opened up possibilities for pirating that didn't exist before.
Pass up She passed up what seemed to be a golden opportunity.
Queue up If you happen to be a Hollywood celebrity, chances are there'll be a host of magazines queuing up to pay for your wedding.
   
   
   
   
   

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Up for preparing, starting, creating

Bring up  
Book up  
Brew up  
Butter up Even if he was just buttering her up, the compliment thrilled her.
Call up  
Come up You'd better make sure you know these verbs because they always come up in the exam.
Come up with I knew that it was impossible for me to come up with the money that was needed by Friday.
Conjure up Old castles with their links to the past often conjure up pictures of ghosts and paranormal events.
Cook up The high ranking officials of our district have been cooking up this plan for years without paying much regard to what teachers or even some administrators have been saying against the plan.
Crank up  
Crop up Jodi has found herself cropping up in the gossip columns lately thanks to a budding romance with Westlifes Kian Egan.
Dish up A new £14 million ITV channel - billed as having an up-to-date feel - was criticised by a broadcasting wachtdog yesterday for dishing up hours of repeats.
Drag up Why do you keep dragging up the past?
Draw up The Metropolitan Police force is drawing up plans to recruit more ethnic minority officers from overseas.
Dream up  
Feel up to  
Firm up  
Fit up  
Fix up  
Fry up  
Gear up  
Get up  
Go up The Christmas lights go up in November and stay up until January 20th.
Heat up  
Kit up  
Knock up  
Light up  
Limber up  
Line up  
Make up The story she told you wasn't true. She just made it up.
Move up  
Open up  
Patch up  
Perk up  
Pick up  
Pipe up  
Plan up  
Psych up  
Put up  
Rig up  
Rise up  
Run up  
Rustle up  
Saddle up  
Set up  
Shape up  
Soften up  
Start up  
Strike up  
Suck up to  
Sweeten up  
Take up  
Tee up  
Tense up  
Think up  
Throw up  
Tidy up  
Tog up  
Tool up  
Train up  
Tune up  
Warm up  
Whip up  
Wind up  
Work up  

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