ACT UP: behave badly, not to work properly. the juicer-mixer has again
started acting up.
ADD UP: to calculate the total. you should add up all the purchases.
BACK UP: to support. the majority of people backed him up in the election.
BEAR UP: have courage in trouble. I hope she can bear up the present crisis.
BEAT UP: hurt a person badly. The villagers beat up the thief of death.
*BEEF UP: to make somethig more effective , important.the security in
the city has been beefed up.
BIND UP: to the wounds, or something. the thief's legs and hands were bound up.
BLOCK UP: to prevent the movement. the truck blocked up the street.
BLOT UP: to remove water etc. by wiping. she was blotting up the
kitchen slab with a sponge.
BLOW UP: to make a photograph larger. i need to blow up of this
photograph of my mother.
BOIL UP: emotionally very tense. her mother began to boil up in anger.
BONE UP: study hard for a test or examination. The boys boned up for
the final test.
BOOK UP: fully booked os that no seats are available. the theatre was
booked up for a weak.
BOOT UP: to make a computer ready for use. he was booting up the computer.
BOTCH UP: something done carelessly and badly. the carpenter botched
up the furniture.
BOTTLE UP: not to show your emotions. she was unable to bottle up her
feelings of anger.
BOX UP: to put things in a box. he boxed up all his belongings in a hurry.
BREAK UP: to separate into several parts. she broke up the cake for
distribution.
BREAK UP: separation in marriage or working groups. the marriage may
soon break up.
BREW UP: development of some trouble or unpleasant situation. nobody
knows what is brewing up in the party.
BRIGHTEN UP: feel much more comfortable and happy. Sushila has
brightened up since her marriage.
BRIGHTEN UP: make a place more interesting and attractive. The
building was brightened up to receive and the Chief Minister.
BRING UP: raise a child. the girl was brought up by her step-mother.
BRUSH UP: revise a lesson, subject etc. i know the subject well but i
need to brush it up.
BUBBLE UP: rise in bubbles. the soft drink bubbled up in the glass.
BUCK UP: cheer up someone. my friend bucked me up in the match.
BUILD UP: increase in size, strength etc. the enemyis reported to be
building up new trenches on the border.
BUNDLE UP: to collect things into a bundle. the old woman bundeld up
the dry twigs.
BUNG UP: to cover a whole with something. the big hole in the
playground needs to be bunged up.
BUOY UP: cheer up some one in his or her plight. the arrival of the
mother buoyed up the boy.
BURN UP: completely consumed by fire. the hay-stack did not burn up
because of the sudden rain.
BURN UP: make you very angry. his poor makrs in the test burnt his father up.
BUST UP: stop an event etc by disturbance.the meeting was busted up.
BUTTER UP: praise and please someone in order to get some favour.
rohan buttred his mother up to have some extra money.
BUTTON UP: to fasten shrit etc with butten. i put on my shirt and
buttoned it up.
BUTTERS UP: support, strengthen. he buttersed up his arguments well.
BUY UP: buy something in large amount or quantity. the land developer
bought up the entire land.
CALL UP: ring up, make a telephone call. i called my mother up as soon
as as i reached the office.
CALL UP: order to join army. the soldiers on leave were called up.
CALL UP: bring to mind. the love stories called up memories of my youth.
CARVE UP: to divide into smaller portions. the state was carved up
into five provinces.
CAST UP: left on the shore by waves. the dead whale was cost up on the shore.
CATCH UP: reacha person who is ahead, emulate. he will soon cathc up
his superiors.
CHAIN UP: fasten with a chain. the dog was chained up to a lamp-post.
CHALK UP: be successful in achieving. our club has chalked up many winds.
CHASE UP: contact a person to remind him to do something for you. i
had to chase up the labourers.
*CHECK UP: obtain information about someone, a thorough examination,
as for verification, investigate, a physical examination. the
selection board checked up on her before giving the appointment
letter.the doctor advised him for a medical check up.
CHEER UP: make someone more cheerful, give encouragement. the winners
were cheered up.
CHEW UP: eat something till it has turned soft. the child enjoyed
chewing up the choclate.
CHOP UP: give up, stop doing. i donot advise you to check the job up.
CHUCK UP: give up, stop doing. i donot advise you to check the job up.
CHUM UP: become friendly. everybody wanted to chum up with her.
CHURN UP: to move a liquid violently. she was churning up curds.
CHURN UP: feel agitated and frightened. i donot know what churned up
inside him.
CLAM UP: refuse to say anything. at that point juhi clammed up.
CLEAN UP: clean something very well. they did not clean up the place
after party.
CLEAR UP: tidy up things. she wants to clear up her kitchen just
now.(many meanings)
CLOG UP: become blocked. the drain has clogged up.
* CLOSE UP:come nearest to each other. the children closed up to form a circle.
CLUE UP: to know and understand. you should clue up more about your
constituency.
CLUTTER UP: fill up a room etc, untidily. the room was cluttered up
with several things.
COCK UP: do badly and spoil something. the unskilled worker cocked the
whole thing up.
COIL UP: wind into loops. he coiled up the thick rope.
COLLECT UP: gather together. they collected up for a fair.
COLOUR UP: blush, becoming aface red because of embarrassment. she
coloured up at the mention of her marriage.
COME UP: arise, come to higher position. the sun came up and shone
brilliantly.(many meanings)
CONJURE UP: to bring a thought, iamge etc to mind, evoke. the word
heaven conjures up a whole new and divine set of things.
COOP UP: confine to a very narrow place. they were cooped up in a cell.
CORK UP: close a bottled with a cork/. the bottle remained corked up.
COUGH UP: to give money, pay up;. she had to cough up ten thousand rupees.
COUNT UP: add up. i began to count up the length of my service.
COVER UP: to hide something unpleasant. he knew about the scandel but
covered it up.
CRACK UP: lose mental balance and become ill. he cracked up under
pressure from the above.
CRATE UP: put into a crate. she was crating up the breads and butter.
*CROP UP: appear or happen suddenly. a new problem cropped up before
the old one was solved.
CRUMPLE UP: crush a paper into a ball. she angrily crumpled up the
letter and threw it out of the window.
CUDDLE UP: sit or lie as close as possible to others. the child
cuddled up in his mother's lap.
CURL UP: become like a ball. the cat curled up in the basket.
DAM UP: to hold back water of a river by putting something across. the
river was dammed up for irrigation.
DELIVER UP: to give up, surrender something. he was ordered to deliver up the h
DIG UP: uproot,remove a plant. dig up the weeds and then plant the trees.
DISH UP: serve food in eating plates. my mother often dishes me up
delicious food.
DIVIDE UP: make separate groups out of a big unit. the building has
been divided up into flats.
DO UP: to fasten. he was doing up his shoes.
DO UP: repair and decorate a building, renovate. they were busy in
doing their house up.
DONE UP: wrapped and tied well in paper etc. I gave her a present
nicely done up in paper.
DOLL UP: put on fashionable clothes, dress up. she was dolled up in
her best clothes.
DRAW UP: make a list. she drew up alist of articles to be bought.
DRAW UP: to stand up. she drew herself up when her boss entered into her room.
DRAG UP: bring up some unpleasant old story or facts. why are you
dragging that old story up?
DREAM UP: create in mind. the scheme was dreamed up by mother.
DREADGE UP: remember something from the past. she does not like to
dredge up the past old stories.
DRESS UP: put on smart clothes. she came out well dressed up.
DRINK UP: drink completely. "drink your milk up," said the mother.
DRY UP: become with water. the river may soon dry up.
EASE UP: stop using much effort and energy in what one is doing. She
has been working hard and needed to ease up.
EAT UP: wat and finish alll the food offered. The cat ate up alll the meat.
EATEN UP: assailed by a negative feeling. she is often eaten up with jealousy.
EAT UP: exhaust resources. Gambling and speculation had eaten up all
his fortune.
END UP: reach a position or place or situation after a series of
events. nitin ended up with no money, no employement and no family.
END UP: do something after a period of time which you do not intend to
do. they ended up quarreling.
EYE UP: look at a person carefully because he or she is sexually attractive.
FASTEN UP: close something by using button, strap etc. fasten your shirt up.
FATTEN UP: to feed well an animal to make it quite fat. they fattend
up the ram to be sacrificed on Id.
FEED UP: feel bored and unhappy. she was fed up with the noise-pollution.
FILL UP: put something in a big quantity so as to make the container
full. she filled up the cup with coffee.
FINISH UP: to be at a particular place at the end of the event.
FIRM UP: improve and become steady. the prices of petrol have firmed up.
FIX UP: provide something that one needs. I fixed the children up with
tickets.(many meanings)
FIX UP: arrange. I have fixed up a meeting between them.
FLARE UP: start burning fiercely. The fire flared up in no time.
FLARE UP: becoming very intense and serious. The fight between them flared up.
FOLD UP: make a thing compact by folding. the flowers folded up at the sunset.
FOLLOW UP: find out complete details, investigate. we need to folllow
iup the matter further.
FORM UP: move into a formation. The birds formed up in an arrow head.
FOUL UP: spoil. I donot expect any foul up.
FREEZE UP: get completely covered with ice and snow. the passes in the
mountain were frozen up.
FRESHEN UP: become neat and smart looking. she freshend up quickly for
the party.
FRY UP: make a casual meal quickly. She fried up the eggs.
FUCK UP: make a mess. I hope you will not fuck it up.
GANG UP: unite against. They ganged up against me.
GATHER UP: collect thins in a group. He gathered dry sticks up in a pile.
GEAR UP: become ready to do something in particular. I geared myself
up for the the final examination.
GEN UP: find out as much information as possible about somebody or
something. She genned up about his past life.
GET UP: rise to a standing position. He got up from his stool as i
approached him.(many meaning)
GET UP: get out of bed. He is in the habit of getting up late.
GINGER UP: make a thing more exciting. many a formula was adopted to
ginger up the film.
GIVE UP: stop doing something. She gave up tobacco-chewing.(many meaning)
GIVE UP: surrender,resign . The criminal gave himself up.
GO UP: be destroyed, be ruined, be blown up. The effigy went up in
flames.(many meaning)
GO UP: become higher. The prices are gradually going up.
GOBBLE UP: take or use more than what is reasonable. The income tax
department gobbles up more than what it gets in taxes.
GRIND UP: crush into a powder. She was grinding up the coffee-beans.
GROW UP: develop into a adult person. They grew up together in a far
off village.(many meaning)
GROW UP: come into existence. Many new colonies grew up in the vicinity.
GUM UP: to prevent from working by clogging it with a sticky
substance. My typewriter was gummed up.
*HANG UP: to put the hand-set donw. After a short conversation on the
phone she hung it up.(many meaning)
*HANG UP: hang clothes on a ped or hook. Go and hand up your coat.
HASH UP: spoil something, do badly. He hashed up in the examination as
he became nervous.
HAUL UP: bring somebody before a judge. The motorist was hauled up
before the judge.
HEAD UP: be incharge. He headed up a group of representatives.
HEAL UP: to cure. he had a deep cut on his left leg. The same took a
mouth to heal up.
HEAP UP: make a pile. The stones were heaped up in a pile.
HEAT UP: become hot, become dangerous. The stove got heated in a minute.
HELP UP: help in standing up again. mini slipped and fell down. Then
her mother helped mini up.
HIDE UP: go to some secret place without telling people where you are
headed to. He was hiding up in far off hills.
HIKE UP: increase taxes, prices etc. Gas and petrol prices have been
again hiked up.
HIKE UP: pull up your clothing. Mallika hiked up her sair and jumped
over a puddle of water.
HITCH UP: to pull up a clothing upwards. He hitched his payjama up
and began to work.
HOARD UP: to collect and save a large amount of things. She hoarded up
money for the future.
*HOLD UP: to support so as not to allow something to fall. He held up
the flag high.(many meaning)
HOLE UP: hide somewhere. He holed himself up in the bushes.
HOOK UP: to connect an electronic equipment to electric supply or
another such equipment. She hooked up the video of the supply.
HOT UP: become more exciting and dangerous. The discussion hoted up.
HUDDLE UP: stand, sit or lie very close to one another. The children
huddled up against the wind.
HUNT UP: manage to find out something. chase up. Namrita managed to
hunt up the required information.
HURRY UP: to ask a person to do something more fast. Hurry up boys, we
are getting late.
HURRY UP: continue speaking fast. Blackwill hurried on to state that
he would be back after an hour.
HUSH UP: not to allow the public to know something undesirable or
wrong. The scandal was very cleverly hushed up.
HUSH UP: persuade someone to keep quiet. They hushed him up.
HYPE UP: try to get as much public attention asis possible for
something by making him seem better and more important. She was hyped
up so much on TV and radio.
JACK UP: to lift something heavy off the ground. He helped me in
jacking my car up.
JAMP UP: not to work properly, be blocked. The nuts got jammed up.
JAZZ UP: to make something more inviting and exciting. The place has
been jazzed up a bit.
JOIN UP: to become a member of army etc. He joined up airforce ten yers back.
JOLLY UP: to make a place more bright and cheerful. Let us jolly the room up.
JUMBLE UP: mix things in a confused way.Many things were jumbled up the table.
*KEEP UP: prevent from falling, to maintain. They kept up the standard
of their production.(many meaning)
KEEP UP: move at the same speed as do others. I found it difficult to
keep up with them.
KEEP UP: continue to practice, study etc. keep up your studies.
KEYED UP: worried, excited. She was keyed up about her examination.
KICK UP: be annoyed and upset. He kicked up a fuss about tastless food.
KICK UP: raise a cloud. The cows kicked up a cloud of dust.
KNIT UP: make a clothing out of wool. She knitted up a sweater for me.
KNOCK UP: make something very quickly. The tailor knocked up a suit for me.
KNOCK UP: make a woman pregnant. She was knocked up by her boyfriend.
LACE UP: pull together, fasten by typing. He forgot to lace up his shoes.
LAP UP: drink water etc. The tiger lapped up the water.
LAY UP: save for fortune use. They began to lay up a lot of money.(many meaning)
LAY UP: hide somewhere. The lion laid up in a deep cave.
LICK UP: remove by using your tongue. The boy licked yp the sauce from
the plate.
LIFT UP: move something upwards by holding it in your arms. He lifted
up the box and put it on the shelf.
LIFT UP: raise high. She lifted up her head and looked at me.
LIFT UP: speak more loudly. He lifted his voice up in anger.
LIGHT UP: make a place full of light. The fireworks lit up the sky.
LIGHT UP: show pleasure, excitement or happiness. The child's face lit
up with glee.
LIGHT UP: show happiness. A soft smile lit up his face.
LIGHTEN UP: ask somebody not to be serious. lighten up my friend, itis a joke.
LINE UP: arrang things in a row, make people stand in a line. The
soldiers were lined up.
LINE UP: a row of people waiting to be inspected. All the suspects
were lined up at the police station.
LINE UP: a group of people assembled for a particular purpose. A
couple of famous speakers have been lined up in today's programme.
LINE UP: support or oppose somebody. They all lined up behind me.
LINK UP: meet people somewhere. I forget where did we link up with
them in Europe.
LINK UP: connect two things. The linking up between the two
spacecrafts was smooth and perfect.
LISTEN UP: said to draw people's attention. Please, listen up.
LIVEN UP: make more interesting and exciting. Festivals liven up out life.
LOAD UP: put things on the animal or in a vehicle. They helped me load
up the horse.
LOCK UP: to put somebody in jail. He was locked up as a lunatic.
LOCK UP: close the door and lock it.I locked up the house while leaving it.
LOCK UP: be confined to a particular place. Most of her money was
locked up in term deposits.
LOOK UP: to show improvement. Now the markets are looking up.
LOOK UP: try to find a particular information in abook, newspaper etc.
Look up the arrival time of the train.
LOOK UP: raise your eyes to seee above. She looked up and saw a
monkey on the roof.
LOOK UP: to pay a visit to someone you know. We went to the park
street to look up one of my friends.
LOOSEN UP: make muscles relaxed and flexible by doing an exercise,
warm up. You must exercise daily to loosen up your muscles and joints.
LOOSEN UP: to become more easy and comfortable with other people.
Gradually she loosend up and talked freely. try to loosen up.
LOUSE UP: to spoil something. The lawyer loused up the case.
MADE UP: a false story. She told a made up stroy.
MADE UP: wear a make up. Nimmo was heavily made up.
*MAKE UP: to invent a story. She seems oto have made up the whole thing.
MAKE UP: to create a poem, story, music etc. They instantly made up a
song.(many meaning)
MARK UP: to increase the price. The butter has been marked up by 20%.
MARK UP: to give higher grades. In the recent term test she was marked up.
MARK UP: write a score on a board etc. A man marked up the score on a
black board.
MASH UP: to crush food until it is soft and smooth. Mash up the potatoes.
MATCH UP: be as good as you expected. The house matched up to out expectations.
MATCH UP: be similar or compatible to each other. The evidence match up well.
MEASURE UP: measure something for some specific purpose. The rooms
were measured up for new carpets.
MEET UP: to meet a person. I met her up in New Jersy.
MEET UP: come together at a particular place. They want to meet up
again in Delhi.
MESS UP: to spoil something. He messed it up so badly.
MESS UP: a situation in which something has been dopne too badly.
There was some mess up inthe arrnagement of the tournament.
MESS UP: make a place etc dirty. The villagers messed up the compartment.
MIST UP: said of a glass or mirror when it is covered with tiny
droplets of moisture.
MIX UP: confuse one thing for the other. She would often mix up the
two brothers.(many meaning)
MIX UP: put a number of things together without any particular
arrangement or order. Lily mixed up all the cerels.
MOP UP: to remove liquid with a mop, cloth etc. She mopped up the tea
from the table with a tissue paper.
MOP UP: to deal with the remaining soldiers of the defeated enemy
army. More than a thousand pakistani soldiers were taken prison during
mopping up.
MOUNT UP: to increase. gradually the debt burden mounted up. His
accumulation of wealth gradually mounted up.
MOVE UP: be prompted to a better position, move to a senior class ina
school. He began his career as an assistant and now has moved up tothe
post of the manager.
MUCK UP: do badly, spoil something. Gulab mucked up again in the test.
MUCK UP: soil your clothes, make clothes dirty. The boy mucked up his
dress by playing in the dirt.
MUDDLE UP: cause things to mix up and lose proper order, be confused.
She was a bit muddled up about the dates.
MUFFLE UP: to cover with something warm and thick.he muffled himself
up in a scarf and a leather coat before going out in falling snow.
MUG UP: to study hard for an examinations, to learn something by
heart. They mugged up formulas.
MUSTER UP: make a great effort. She mustered up enough courage to
rebel against her greedy in-laws.
NAIL UP: fix something to wall or vertical surface. A warning sign was
nailed up a tree.
NAILED UP: confined toa room etc, because the door has beeen sealed by
nails. The sheep were nailed up in a hut.
NESTLE UP: move very close to someone and press against them because
you are feeling cold or frightened. The kids nestled up to their
mother.
NOTCH UP: to achieve a victory. It was another convincing notch up for Anand.
NUZZLE UP: to gently rub or press your nose or head against somebody
to express your your interest and liking. She nuzzled up the child's
cheek.
OFFER UP: pray or make sacrifice to god. She daily offers up prayer to god.
OPEN UP: be easier to access, have more chances of development. The
areas has now been opened up to foreigners.
OPEN UP: to provide opportunity. Globolization of economy opens up
many possibilites.(many meaning)
OWN UP: to admit a wrong doing. Nobody owned up the theft.
PACK UP: put belongings in a bag etc. finish a work . At least we had
to pack up.
PAINT UP: decorate with a paint. He painted his shop up.
PAIR UP: to agree to do something together, team up. I paired up with
a stranger for a dance.
PAL UP: become friend. She palled up with a boy next door.
PARCEL UP: wrap something as a parcel. I parcelled up the gift nicely.
PASS UP: pass something to somebody positioned above yourself. I
passed him the hammer up.
PASS UP: fail to grasp, let something to slip down. I cannot allow
this opportunity to pass up.
PASTE UP: attach to a surface. They pasted up the posters alll over the place.
PATCH UP: settle or resolve a dispute. Finally they patched up the matter.
PAY UP: pay money under pressure or obligation. The insurance company
will have to pay up for the losses suffered by me.
PENT UP: repressed emotions or feelings. She wept bitterly, letting
her pent up sorrow come out.
PEP UP: make lively or interesting. Pep up the dish with a pinch of spices.
PERK UP: to become more cheerful and interested in something. The
happy news perked her up.
PICK UP: take hold and lift something.The boy picked up the fruit from
the ground.
PICK UP: collect, take on board. I asked them to pick up a consignment
of goods from my shop.(many meaning)
PILE UP: become larger in quantity or amount. there was much pending
work which has now piled up further. gradually his debts began to pile
up.
PIN UP: attach with pinds. did you pin up all the documents?
PIPE UP: start speaking. suddenly she piped up/out saying she was thirsty.
PITCH UP: to arrive at aplace. they pitched up suddenly last night.
PLAY UP: to make something appear more important that it really is.
the newspapers have played up the incident.
PLAY UP: behave badly. the kids really played up with the guests.
PLOUGH UP: uncover with the help of a plough, to break up the surface.
he ploughed up stone in the field.
PLUG UP: fill with. plug in the hole with plaster.
PLUMP UP: pat with hands to make something sound and fat.she plumped
up the dough into balls.
POINT UP: underline, lay stress on. the increasing inflation point up
the failure on economic front.
POKE UP: sitr a fire with a poker to make it burn more brightly. he
poked up the fire into a blaze.
POLISH UP: make clean and bright by polishing and rubbing. these
silver ornaments need tobe polished up.
POLISH UP: work at something to improve it. you should further polisd
up your language.
POP UP: apper unexpectedly. problems keep on popping up in life.
POP UP: stand up from the pages on opening. funny pictures popped up
from the book.
POST UP: put up a public notice. the warning was posted up on a board.
PROP UP: provide support. many public sector companies would collapse
if they wer not propped up.
PROP UP: keep raised by proving supports. the plants need to be propped up.
PUFF UP: breathe quickly and with difficulty after running, carrying a
load. she befan to puff up while carrying the box upstair.s
PUFF UP: become inflated or bigger. the pigeon puffed up to keep its
feathers warm.
PUFF UP: feel very pleased or proud. the brilliant success puffed him up.
PULL UP: reprimand, rebuke. he was pulled up for his indifferent attitude.
PUMP UP: fill it with air, force out a liquid. the kids pumped the ballon up.
PUNCH UP: exchange of punches, fight. they were engaged in punchig up
each other.
PUSH UP: increase in prices. the gult war pushed up oil prices.
PUT UP: place at a higher position. he put the book up on the table.
PUT UP: erect, build, construct. a fence was put up around the area.
QUEUE UP: joint a line of people or vehicles, line up. They queued up
at a counter to have their cheques encashed.
QUICKEN UP: speed up, become faster. She quicken up her speed
RACE UP: shoot up, rise quickly. flood waters raced up in the river.
the temperature raced up to 45'c.
RACK UP: get points in a competition. out team racked up enough points
to clinch the match.
RAISE UP: to lift a part of your body.she raised herself up.
RAKE UP: collect people together, collect money etc. he raked up a
team to play football match.
RAKE UP: raise up some unpleasant issue. she raked up his misdeeds.
RAVE UP: enjoy in a noisy and uncontrolled way. they raved up on the
occasion of Holi festival.
READ UP: read a lot about a particular subject. he has read up on the subject.
REAR UP: raise fron legs and stand on hind legs. the tiger reared up and roared.
RECKON UP: find the total of. First reckon up the cost of construction.
RENDER UP: surrender. The enemy troops has to render up.
REV UP: increase the speed. we reved up our car.
RIDE UP: move upward so that the skirt does not cover you. A gust of
wind made her skirt ride up.
RIP UP: to tear in several pieces. the dog ripped up the soft toy into
many bits.
ROLL UP: turn something flat into a cylinder. He rolled up the map carefully.
ROLL UP: turn up, arrives. they rolled up at the gate to receive us.
ROOT UP: dig or pull a giant up with its roots. All the weeds have
been rooted up.
ROPE UP: tie a rope around. She roped up fule sticks.
ROUGH UP: attack by hitting and beating. they roughed up the women.
ROUND UP: gather together people or animals. the police rounded up the
mischief makers.
ROUND UP: change a figure or total by increasing it to its whole
number. the figures have been rounded up where required.
RUB UP: polish something clean and shining. he was busy rubbing up his shoes.
RUB UP: refresh knowledge. rub up your knowledge before the interview.
RUFFLE UP: annoy, disturb, irritate. The gust of wind ruffled her hair up.
RUN UP: period of time before an actual event.The run up to elections
is not much now.
RUN UP: move to higher place position quickly. the stocks prices had a
good run up..
RUSTLE UP: cook a meal quickly using whatever is available for it. she
rustled up some pudding.
SADDLE UP: put up a saddle on a horse. he saddled up and rode back to his house.
SAVE UP: save money. i have been saving up for a trip of hongkong.
SAW UP: cut into pieces. she was sawing up a log.
SCALE UP: increase. her income has scaled up.
SCARE UP: manage to make something with whatever is available.she
scared up a meal.
SCREW UP: make into a ball in the hands. he took the letter and screwed up.
SCRUB UP: wash hands and arms before doing an operation etc. the
surgeon scrubbed up for the operation.
SCRUNCH UP: crush and shape into a ball. he scrunched up the letter
and threw it into the fire..
SEAL UP: fasten tightly.seal up the letters.she was sealing the cracks up.
SEIZE UP: stop functioning suddenly. the machine seized up for want of
lubrication.
SELL UP: sell a business, house etc.they will have to sell up their factory.
SEND UP: increase the value. the rumours of was has sent the prices up.
SEND UP: blow up, destroy. an explosion sent the whole building up.
SERVE UP: serve food in plates. the meal has beeen served up.
SET UP: build something somewhere. they set up a stall in the
exhibition.(many meaning)
SET UP: make preparation for somethig to begin. an enquiry commision
was set up to look into the scam.
SETTLE UP: pay whatis due. i settled u and checked out of the hotel.
SEW UP: sew into or more parts together, repair. the cut on his back
was sewn up by the surgeon.
SEW UP: finish a business arrangerment. the deal was sewn up in my presence.
SHAKE UP: move content well. shake up the bottle well before using the syrup.
SHAKE UP: make changes in an organisation. the company needs a shake up.
SHAKE UP: to give somebody a shock. she was shaken up by the tragedy.
SHAKEN UP: upset, shocked,frightened. he was pretty shaken up after
the accident.
SHAPE UP: improve, make progress. she shaped up nicely in the class.
SHOOT UP: to increase. prices are constantly shooting up.
SHORE UP: support,prevent from falling. nothing could shore up the
falling economy.
SHOT UP: injured, damaged and wounded. the plane was shot up over our
terrritory.
SHOW UP: to arrive at a place. she showed up at the eleventh hour.
SHOW UP: caue to see to take notive of. the rising graph of crime
shows up the police in efficiency.
SHUT UP: close the window, door etc. he shut his shop up for the night.
SHUT UP: stop talking or making anoise, be quiet. oh,shut up! will you?
SHUT UP: to close a room, shop etc. they have shut up their shop for ever.
SHUT UP: confine , be under lock and key.i had been shut up in my
house because my car was out of order.
SICK UP: vomit.she sicked up what little milk she had.
SIDLE UP: approach somebody in a nervous way.the girl sidled up to the
man and beggard for money.
SIGN UP: sign a contract agreeing to work for an organisation. she was
signed up for a new film.
SILT UP: be blocked with mud etc. in rains drains get silted up with
mud and garbage.
SING UP: sing loudly. sing up you boys and girls.
SIT UP: to get into a sitting position.i found her sitting up in her
bed and listening to the music.
SIT UP: help somebody to sit after they have been lying down.she
helped me to sit up.
SIT UP: have upright sitting position.i tried to sit up in the chair.
SIT UP: to stay up long at night.i sat up all night watching films.
SIT UP: cause you to take notice of something. the sudden loud noise
made me sit up.
SIZE UP: consider and take judgement, weigh up. she was trying to size
up the situation.
SLICE UP: cut into smaller pieces.she sliced the onions up.
SLIP UP: commit a mistake.i slipped up in my guess.
SLOW UP: work less vigorously.there was a signs of his slowing up
because of his advanced age.
SMARTEN UP: make something or somebody look more neat and clean. the
market was smartened up for the festival.
SMASH UP: hit hard and destroy something. they smashed up the
unauthorised stalls.
SNAP UP: buy quickly before anyone else can.he snapped up the prime
land in the city as soon as it was auctioned.
SNAP UP: avail yourself to the opportunity. he took no time in
snapping up the opportunity.
SNARL UP: traffic snarls up when is bllocked and it can not move
freely.the traffic snarled up because of an accident.
SNATCH UP: pick up something quickly. john snatched up the glass
before it could tumble down the desk.
SNEAK UP: come very close quietly. the girl sneaked up on her mother
and gave her a shock.
SNOW UP: prevented from leaving a place because of so much snow.she
was snowed up at providence for a day.
SNUGGLE UP: settle into a warm and comfortbale position.the kids
snuggled up in the bed.
SOAK UP: absord the liquid completely. the flour soaked up the water.
SOAK UP: to use money etc more than whatis reasonable.much of out
resources are soaked up by out population explosion.
SOBER UP: make or become less drunk. some lemon juice mixed in water
sobered up him a little.
SOFTEN UP: try to please somebody,praise someone. at last i succeeded
to softening him up.
SOFTEN UP: to make an enemy's defences weaker. they softened up the
enemy positions with a heavy shelling.
SOP UP: to remove liquid from a surface by using a piece of sponge or
cloth.vasu stopped up the split milk with a mop.
SOUP UP: make a car engine more powerful by adjusting it, improve
something. i took the car to the mechanic to soup up the engine.i want
to upgrade and soup up mu computer.
SPEAK UP: request somebody to speak loudly. would you please speak
up,you are not audible.
SPEED UP: happen faster,quicken the space. we must speed up to finish
it in stipulated time.
*SPEW UP: vomit, throw up. the patient spewed up as soon as he
swallowed the medicine.
SPICE UP: add interest , make exciting. the presence of miss india
spiced up the function.
SPLIT UP: to end a marriage or relationship. the couple finally split up
SPOON UP: ear to pick food up using a spoon. she spooned up the breakfast.
SPRING UP: appear suddenoly. a wolf suddenly sprang on him out of a bush.
SPRING UP: stand up quickly with a jump.he spraing up to pluck the
fruit from the tree.
SPRUCE UP: make something or somebody look smart.he came out spruced
up.they spruced up the house for marriage.
SQUARE UP: to be ready to fight,confront.he had squared up to his a rival.
SQUASH UP: forced into a small place or space. they all were squashed
up in maruti 800.
STACK UP: arrange a number of things in a pile. the waiter stacked
plates and cups.
STAFF UP: increase the number of employees.they are considering staffing up.
STAND UP: change your position from sitting to standing.they stood up
when the minister entered the room.
STAND UP: said of an evidence or claim when it is found true and
acceptable.his claims hardly stands up.
*START UP: a small business that has just been started. Start-ups are
very vulnerable in the business world.
START UP: to start a new business etc.she started up a school for the blind.
START UP: begin to operate machine.he came and started up the car.
START UP: begin to be heard, begin to take place. the snow fall
started up again.
STAY UP: go to bed much later than usual.she stayed up studying most
of the night.
STEAL UP: move quietly very close to somebody. i did not know when had
ralph stolen up silently by my side.
STEAM UP: be covered with steam or mist. the mirror in my bathroom
gets steamed up as soon i take bath in warm water.
STEAMED UP: be very angry or annoyed. his misbehaviour steamed father up.
STEP UP: increase amount,speed etc. their scholarship were stepped up.
STICK UP: fix on a wall etc. take this notice and tick it up on the wall.
STICK UP: be an upright position. a nai was sticking up a wooden box
STICK UP: push something inside something else.the child stuck the
drain pipr up with a ball.
STIR UP: cause to rise. cows stirred up the dust.
STIR UP: to cause a problem or trouble. my visit tothe hospital
stirred up unpleasant memories.
STITCH UP: join the edges or parts together, sew up.the cut was so
deep and wide on the forehead that it had to be stitched up.
STOKE UP: buy a lot of things for storing. they has stocked up tea,
sugar and oil.
STOKE UP: make a fire, burn more brightly. she stoked up the fire.
STOKE UP: stimulate emotions and feeling. they stocked up their
factional frenzy.
STOP UP: fill in a gap or hole. the gaps in the floor were stopped up.
STOP UP: go to bed much later than usual.i stopped up to watch a cricket match.
STORE UP: keep something for use in future. he stored up rice for future use.
STRAIGHTEN UP: make yourself completely straight. he alighted from a
vehicle and straightened up.
STRIKE UP: begin a conversation or friendship.he tried to strike up
friendship with malti.
STRIKE UP: begin to play music. the band struck up fine tunes.
STRING UP: hang up high in the air between two thingss. he strung up
clothes between the bamboos.
STRING UP: to kill by hanging. the rebels strung up the baron.
SUM UP: describe something briefly. let me sum up his whole philosophy.
SUM UP: state main points of a speech at the conclusion.
SUM UP: make a judgement . he summoned up the new comer correctly.
SUMMON UP: make a great effort. she summoned up the courage to escate
from her kidnappers.
SUMMON UP: persuade people to support you. he summoned up support from
the party.
SUMMON UP: make you remember. the visit to the school summoned up his boyhood.
SURGE UP: feel an emotion with intensity. a feeling of patriotism
surged up in them.
SURGE UP: hear something suddenly and loudly. ahuge roar of slogan
shouting surged up.
SWALLOW UP: absorb, make a part of your own body.
SWALLOW UP: cover or hide. a huge cloud swallowed up the moon.
SWEEP UP: collect things with a broom in order to get rid of them.she
was sweeping up pieces of a broken glass.
SWEETEN UP: do something good for others. she sweetened up her
mother-in-law by giving a valuable gift.
SWELL UP: become larger. a mosquito bite swelled up his arm.
SWELL UP: become more intense and strong. anti-pakistani feelings
swelled up during the war with it.
TAKE UP: consider. the matter was taken up by the panel.
TAKE UP: accept. he took up the responsibility.
TART UP: try to improve appearance. they tarted up the biulding.
TEAM UP: join others to work together. i teamed up with them for the contest.
TEAR UP: pull a paer etc. into pieces with your hands. they tore the
posters up from the wall.
TENSE UP: become tight and stiff. donot tense up but relax.
THINK UP: create something. she though up a new plan.
THROW UP: abandon,resign. there was no sense in throwing up the job.
THROW UP: produce. it was the 20 the century that throw up many great leaders.
*THROW UP: vomit, spew up. the patient spewed up as soon as he
swallowed the medicine.
TIDY UP: make oneself look smarter. she tidies up herself for the occasion.
TIDY UP: make a place or container tidy.i tidied up all my drawers.
TIDY UP: deal with small unfinished details of a work. i had enough
time to tidy up all last minute details before christmas.
TIE UP: put a thread etc. round.she tied a rakhi up his brother's
wrist. she tied the papers up neatly.
TIE UP: fasten. tie up your shoe-laces.
TIE UP: fasten ropes etc. around . they tied thier cattle up.
TIE UP: attach with a rope. he tied the boat up along the river bank.
TIE UP: to use it in such a way that it is not available to others.
our company has tied up supplies with a few wholesale suppliers.
TIE UP: to be very busy. i am tied up these days.
TIGHTEN UP: make stiff and tense. his muscle was tightened up.
TIGHTEN UP: fasten more firmly.he tighten the noose up.
TIGHTEN UP: make more efficient and strict. they intend to tighten up
discipline.
TIP UP: fall and turn on its side or upside down. the vehicle tipped
over on the road.
TONE UP: make muscles strong and firm.exercise tones up muscles.
TORN UP: damaged and desstroyed. the storm left many trees torn up.
TOSS UP: take a decision about something be throwing a coin in the air
and guessing which side would be on the top.
TOUCH UP: make something appear smart. he touched up his car.
TOUGHEN UP: become more tough and hard. his attitude toughened up.
TOWER UP: be very tall and majestic. the minakshee temple towered up
in the back ground.
TRAIN UP: teach a person how to do something. he has been trained up
in driving a tractor.
TRIP UP: cause you fall over or nearly fall over.he tripped up because
of a whole in the road.
TRUSS UP: tie with ropes tightly. they managed to truss up the elephant.
TUNE UP: adjust musical instruments so as to be in harmony. they
turned up their instrumets for a long time.
TURN UP: appear, arrive. spectators turned up in a large number.
TURN UP: find, discover. many important and new facts have been turned
up recently about our solar system.
TYPE UP: produce typed version of your text etc.she would type up the
poems recently created by me.
USE UP: exhaust, use until no more of it is left. All the water in the
reservoir was used up.
VAMP UP: cause to appear new and exciting. the house was vamped up for
the festive occasion.
WAD UP: press into a small tigh ball. he waded the letter up.
WAIT UP: stay awake and wait. my wife often waits up for me.
WAKE UP: come out a sleep. a noise woke her up.
WALL UP: to fill in with bricks, stones etc. the doorway has been pulled up.
WARM UP: become or mark warm. she warmed up the food. it would warm you up.
WARM UP: take exercise to loosen muscles etc. the athelets began to warm up.
WARM UP: make people excited.he warmed up the audience the jokes.
WASH UP: wash plates, dishes etc. she was busy washing up at the
sink. the waves washed up a dead tortoise.
WEAVE UP: make thread into cloths by weaving. i have woven up the cloth.
WEIGH UP: to consider a choice. they began to weigh up its cost and usefulness.
WEIGH UP: to form an opinion about someone by watching. could you weigh him up?
WELL UP: rise like water in a well. her eyes welled up.
WHIP UP: strike an animal witha whip. he whipped the horse up.
WHIP UP: beat ingredients till they are thoroughly mixed. she whipped
up milk and rose-syrup together.
WHIP UP: arouse, excite people. the speaker whipped up their sentiments.
WHISK UP: mix ingredients by eating them with a whisk. whisk up the
eggs and sugar together.
WIND UP: tighten the springs of a watch. she forgot to wind up her
watch.(many meaning)
WIND UP: raise people to a pitch of frenzy. the orator wound the
audience up to a frenzy.
WIPE UP: remove,pick up. wipe up the crumbs from the table.
WORKED UP: be excited or upset. he was worked up aboutt increasing
unemployment in his constituency.
WRAP UP: fold a piece of paer etc. round something. narang wrapped his
books up.
WRAP UP: put woollens on. she wrapped his books up.
WRITE UP: write an article, report etc. he submitted his right up
tothe chief editor of the newspaper.
WRITE UP: to write a review of a book,play etc. she was busy writing
up a review.
WROUGHT UP: tense, nervours. she was looking wrought up.
WORK UP: get upset and angry. she was so worked up because of that
silly remark.
WORK UP: get ready to do something. she worked herself up to start her
own and independent business.
WORK UP: improve gradually what you are doing regularly.
WORK UP: spend effort and time to achieve something. he worked his
short story up into a film.
YIELD UP: reveal a secret. the fertile land yielded up rich harvest.
ZIP UP: fasten a clothing with a zip. he put his money in the wallet
and then ziped it up.
*MAKE UP FOR:compensate
*MAKE UP:poora karna,compose. the train is late by three hours. so it
cannot make up the time.
*RUN UP:badna. the demand of honest workers is running up every where
in the country.
*SET UP:shuru karna.Mr sen has set up his own business this year.
DRAW UP/ASIDE/ACROSSS:make a persons move by pulling gently. rita drew
me aside to whisper something.
GRUB OUT/UP:dig and pull out something. The gardener was grubbing up weeds.
LAND UP IN/ON:get into a particular place etc. They landed up in a
hotel at night.
LEAD DOWN/UP:to take a person to a place etc. The terrorist was led
down to a vehicle.
READ UP/ON: improve knowledge about something by reading. you must
read up on grammer.
SCOOP OFF/OUT/UP:pick up with a scoop or spoon. the boy scooped up
some ice cream.he scooped out a handful of sand.
SHELVE DOWN/UP/TOWARDS:slope gently towards. the steps shelve down to
the lake,the garden shelves towards the sea.
SPRINT ALONG/ACROSS/UP:run fast for a short distance.he sprinted
across the meadow.
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