Verb
1. raise;
Adjective
1. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level;
2. getting higher or more vigorous;
3. extending or moving toward a higher place;
4. (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness;
5. open;
6. (used of computers) operating properly;
7. used up;
8. out of bed;
Adverb
1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position;
2. to a higher intensity;
3. nearer to the speaker;
4. to a more central or a more northerly place;
5. to a later time;
The stew must be boiled up before serving.
I shall have to read up on this subject if I am to give a talk about it.
That face called up in his mind the image of his end wife.
We'll never get there if he doesn't speed up.
They have fastened up all the parcels.
We can't get unwary just because nothing unusual has cropped up.
She seems to have camped up at the third act of the play.
Why do you leave all the hard work up to your mother?
He piled up fallen leaves in a corner of the yard.
A wagon trundled up the road.
If you speed up your work, we can finish before it is dark.
Cranes take from four to seven years to mature before they pair up.
Have you finished loading up yet?
Sylvia does not get on with the supervisor and the danger is that he will trump up some charge to discredit her.
When he was with her, his nerve never let up.
The sparrow whizzed up into a tree.
Brighten up your bedroom with a few posters.
He made up a bottle of cough medicine.
The waterway is silted up.
Everywhere you look, you can see glass and concrete monstrosities going up.
The fee his lawyer charged for drawing up the deed was enough in all conscience.
They tried to smother up the murder by pretending that her death was accidental.
The chairman stepped up and declared the meeting open.
He is getting up his maths for the exam.
We can sum up the main point of the lesson in three sentences.
He was rigged up to a machine so that the nurses could check his heartbeat.
Tazief was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently.
The kids have muddled up all the photos.
it is all up with
(informal)it is the end or there is no hope for (someone or something)
on the up and up informal 非正式
(Brit.)steadily improving or becoming more successful
(chiefly N. Amer.)honest or sincere
something is up
(informal)something unusual or undesirable is happening or afoot
up against it
(informal)facing some serious but unspecified difficulty
they play better when they're up against it.
up and about
no longer in bed (after sleep or an illness)
up and doing
active; busy
a normal young chap wants to be up and doing.
up and down
moving upwards and downwards
bouncing up and down.
to and fro
pacing up and down in front of her desk.
in various places throughout
in clubs up and down the country.
(informal)in varying states or moods; changeable
my relationship with her was up and down.
up and running
(especially of a computer system) in operation; functioning
the new computer is up and running.
up the ante
the new computer is up and running.
up before
appearing for a hearing in the presence of
we'll have to come up before a magistrate.
up for
available for
the house next door is up for sale.
being considered for
he had been up for promotion.
due for
his contract is up for renewal in June.
up for it
(informal)ready to take part in (a particular activity)
Nigel was really &B{up for it}, as always.
up hill and down dale
all over the place
he led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off.
up top
(Brit. informal)in the brain (with reference to intelligence)
a man with nothing much up top.
eat up
The rent ate up half my pay.
Extravagant spending ate up his saving.
He really ate that show up.
London society simply ate him up.
shoot’em up
Most films are more sophisticated nowadays than the old shoot'em ups.
I like the good old shoot'em up movies.
hush something up
We wanted to hush up the whole story, but there was no way to do it.
Giddy up!
Let's get guing,chum.Giddy up!
jump up
The whole jump-up must be done in 90 minutes with little time to think and prepare.
He decides to jump up the tune.
goof up
He goofed up the whole deal by talking too soon.
These things are my ideas, and they've all got the same goof-ups.
The sergeant was a confirmed goof-up.
poop somebody up
Poop me up so I know what's up here.
up to the knocker
He didn't feel up to the knocker.
He was prepared up to the knocker.
dope up
She slipped into the back room to dope up.
I'm hurting，man，I gotta dope up，now.
Where's my old friend Max? I gotta dope up.
kick up a fuss
I don't want his lawyer to kick up a fuss about this.
snazz (something) up
We snazzed up the room before they came.
hop up
He hopped himself up on heroin.
Max hopped up his Chevrolet engine.
The news of the victory hopped immensely up everybody at once.
up thine with turpentine
Up thine with turpentine, will you?
Take that token raise and up thine with turpentine.
up to scratch
I'm afraid this story isn't quite up to scratch.
listen up
Now, listen up!This is important.
He can make you listen up with that violin of his.
fire up
She fires up at least thing.
In one word, you shouldn't fire up your opponent.
fire up the imagination
Fire up and split,dudes!
pack up
Can you pack him up?
up and up
It' s an up-and-up place.
Everything I do is on the up-and-up. I am totally honest.
goose up
If w tried to goose it up too much, it wouldn't help anybody.
zazz something up
We zazzed up the room before they came.
do up
The thief was caught and done up.
We'll do up some hash.
screwed up
Our plans got all screwed up.
Hamlet was a sad,screwed up type guy.
shook up
Why should you be shook up for such trifles?
So Woody kept his voice down, but he was all shook up.
hang somebody up
The four would not be able to hang the entire juiy up.
up in the air
The question of who will attend is still up in the air.
My father went straight up in the air when he heard I damaged the car.
sick up
Ralph went out to sick.
That stuff will make you sick up.
scrooge up
I find him scrooging up his eyebrows.
push up daisies
h is better to push up the daisies than to suffer.
He pushed up daisies about a year ago.
cough up
Cough up what you owe me!
We know the stolen watch is in your possession. so you may as well as cough it up.
I suppose I shouldn't be coughing up these details.
slob up
What time do you people slob up around here?
rod up
They do not rod up, or arm themselves.
pickem up and layem down
Pick'em up and lay'em down for the doctor.
He picked'em up and laid'em down his feel tired.
perk up
Colla perk up this class.
He perked up at once when I promised to help him.
Perk up! We're almost done.
He's perking up after a two-week illness.
Somebody perked up here!
choke up
He choked up, lost his concentration, and got clob-bered in the third.
She choked up and couldn't finish her speech.
Your new book doesn't exactly choke me up.
The boy was terribly choked up over the loss of his dog.
get up
He got up after his sentence was reduced.
I always wash get-ups on Mondays.
Why the fancy get-up today?
wake up pill
If it's not the real wake-up pill, I don't want it.
stand up
And he's very, very stand-up.
bollix up
He bollixed up the whole thing.
stick up for
If his own family won't,who will stick up for him?
Stick up for your rights!
cut up the touches
All the gangsters will gather at their lair for cutting up the touches today.
The widow cuts up the pipes about her dead husband.
I don't intend to cut up the jackpots.
up the wall
At least,I don't know anybody who is up the wall about it.
He' s really up the wall about Mary's illness.
fed up
She was fed up at his light-hearted attitude.
We are fed up with listening to his story.
washed up
I' m all washed-up!" said Ben Heckt.
As far as he's concerned, you're a washed up nobody.
smell it up
One of those guys shoots it；the others smell it up.
You must be smelling the stuff.
fit up
He says he was fitted up by police who used false evidence to get a conviction.
There are some 40 off-Broadway houses. You might add another 40 off-off-Broad way clubs and fit-ups.
We were fitted, you ratbag!Nothing but a lousy fit-up.
posh up
I poshed up my old car.
come up to the wire
The project is coming up to the wire and we're a bit nervous.
pump up
His job wasn't much, but he pumped it up into a key assignment.
Experts like Dr Edward Teller steadily pumped up Reagan about the potential of such defensive-weapons systems.
There is relatively little information about up, maybe you can watch a bilingual story to relax your mood, I wish you a happy day!
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