UP Flashcards
Back sth up
Reverse
Back so up
Support
Blow up
Explode
Blow sth up
Add air
Break up
End a relationship
Start laughing (informal)
Break something into pieces
Make a fight end
Bring sth up
Start talking about a subject /
Vomit
Call so up
Phone
Catch up
Get to the same point as someone else
Cheer up
Become happier
Cheer so up
Make happier
Clean/clear sth up
Make tidy
Do sth up
Fasten, close/
To beautify
Dress up
Wear nice clothing
End up
Eventually do/reach/ decide
Fill sth up
Fill to the top
Get up
Go out of the bed
Stand
To organize something by asking different people to take part in it or provide help
Give up
Stop trying
To allow someone to have something that was yours
To use your time for one activity instead of another
Give sth up
Quit a habit
Grow up
Become a adult
Hang up
End a phone call
Keep up
Continue at the same rate/speed
Continue to do something
To continue to pretend that something is true
Look sth up
Search and find information in a reference book or database
If a situation is looking up, it is getting better
Make sth up
Invent, lie about sth/
Look up to
Have a lot of respect for
Make up
Forgive each other
Make so up
Apply cosmetics to
Mix sth up
Confuse two or more things, not know the difference
Pass sth up
Decline (usually sth good)
Put up with sth/ so
Tolerate
Set sth up
Arrange, organize
Set so up
Trick, trap
Tear sth up
Rip into pieces
Turn sth up
Increase the volume or streghth (heat, light etc)
Turn up
Appear suddenly or arrive
Use sth up
Finish the supply
Wake up
Stop sleeping
Warm sth/ so up
Increase the temperature
Warm up
Prepare body for exercise
Make up your mind
Decide
Knock up
Get pregnant
Live up
Get your expectations
Mark up
Raise the price
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
Play up
Make sth seem more important
Pull up
if a vehicle pulls up, it arrives at a place and stops
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
Bring s/o up
Raise a child
Wind up
Finish in a confused way / end up
Settle up
Pay the bill
Shoot up
Inject drugs Rise dramatically (prices)
Stand up
Arise / get up
Take up
Start a hobby
Use space/time
Work up
Excite
Add up
Make sense
Add numbers
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
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
Get up to
Do something, especially something that you should not do (usually children)
Come up
Occur - usually a problem- colloquial
Come up against
Meet a difficulty
Come up to
Equal- especially expectatioms, standar
Come up with
Think of - especially an answer a plan a solution
Face up to
Have courage to deal with - especially responsabilities
Feel up to
Feel capable of doing
Follow up
Act upon a suggestion
Take more accion
Hold up
Delay
Rob at gunpoint
Take sg. up
Make something shorter
Set up
To start something such as a business, organization, or institution
To organize or plan something such as an event or system
Brighten up
if the weather brightens up, it becomes
sunnier
Light up
Light a cigarette
If someone’s face or eyes light up, they express a strong emotion, usually happiness or excitement
Own up
Acknowledge wrong doing
Pile up
If something piles up, or if someone piles it up, the amount of it increases a lot
Bundle up
To put things into groups and wrap or tie them together
Eat up
To eat all of something
Brush up
Improve your knowledge and skill
Go up
Increase
Start burning
Beat up
Hit or kick someone and hurt them badly
Call up
Phone sb.
Come up
Approach sb., go to speak to someone
Appear in sky
Stay up
Not go to bed
Speak up
Talk in a loud, clear voice
Sum up
List the main points
Bottle up
To stop yourself from showing negative emotions like anger and disappointment
Freshen up
To wash your hands and face and make yourself cleaner and tidier
To improve your skill or knowledge of sg.
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
Tighten up
To be stricter or more serious about something such as a policy or a rule
Dig up
To find information by searching carefully
To dig holes in an area of land
Step up
To increase something
Build up
To increase, or to make something increase
To develop something
Crack up
To suddenly laugh a lot at something
