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Phrasal Verbs with ‘Up’
By Paola
ManuelFelipe P
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Back up
Back up:
Give support
Back up: Move backwards,
reverse
Ex:
You need examples to back up your opinion.
Could you back up a little so I can open this drawer
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Bear up
Bear up: Withstand
Ex:
I didn’t think he would bear up so well in that situation
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Blow Up
Blow up: Explode
Blow up: Suddenly become
very angry
Ex:
The bomb blew up before the could defuse it
When Joan heard the news, she blew up and rushed out of the room
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Break up
Break up: Disperse (a crowd),
stop (a fight)
Break up: End a relationship
Ex:
The police broke the demonstration up before it got out of controlSam and Diana broke up again. What a rocky relationship
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Burn up
Burn up: Be hot
Burn up: Consume by fire
Burn up: Destroy by fire
Ex:I’m burning up in here! open the window
The papers were burned up in the fire
He burnt up the files
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Cheer up
Cheer up: Make someone feel
cheerful
Cheer up: Become cheerful
Chew up: Chew into small
pieces
ExThe party really cheered me up
Cheer up, everything will be all right
The dog chewed up my shoe
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Close up
Close up: Close temporarily
Ex:They are closing the ski resort up for the summer
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Catch usp
Catch up: Make up for lost time
Catch up with: Speed up to be at the
same place as a person or thing in front of you
Catch up on: Become up to date
Ex:I will never catch up. I am too behind in my work
I had to run to catch up with the others
I need to catch up on world events. I haven't seen the news in ages.
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Check up
Check up on: Investigate someone
or something
Ex:The police are checking up on the bomb threats
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Come up
Come up to: Approach, to equal
Come up with: Produce or create
(an idea a plan)
Ex:Terry really came through for us in the endThe Job offer didn't come up to her expectation
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Count up
Count up: Add
Ex:Count the change up and see how much we have
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Dress up
Dress up: Decorate
Dress up Wear elegant clothes
Ex:You could dress this house up with some bright colors
She always dresses up at work
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Fill up
Fill up: Fil to the top
Ex:Fill the car up with unleaded gas, please.
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Get up
Get up: Couse someone to
rise (from a sitting position or a lying position)
Get up: Rise (from sitting
position r a bed)
Ex:Ahmed got Abdul up at 5:30 in the morning by turning the music up really loud
What time did you get up this morning
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Give up
Give up: Surrender something
Give up: surrender
Ex:The police told the thief to give his gun up
Never give up learning English
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Grow up
Grow up: Mature
Ex:Your brother needs to grow up and start thinking about his future
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Hang up
Hang up: Suspend (clothes on
a hanger)
Hang up: Put down the
telephone receiver
Ex:You can hang your jacket up in the front closet
Don't you hang up. I'm going to change phones
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Hold up
Hold up: Delay (a flight,
traffic)
Hold up: Rob (a bank, a
person) with a weapon
Ex:The accident held traffic up for a hour
Five men held the bank up yesterday
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Keep up
Keep up: Stay on the required
schedule
Keep up. Continue
Ex:You have to keep up if you want to work here
You are doing a great job! Keep it up
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Let up
Let up:Weaken in intensity
Ex:I told her No a thousand times, but she wont let up
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Light up
Light up: Illuminate
Light up: To smoke
Ex:Let’s get some candles to light this room up
Do you have to light up another cigarette? I thought you were trying to cut down
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Look up
Look up: Search for (in a
dictionary)
Look up: Locate and visit
Look up to: Respect, admire
someone
Ex:I takes time look up new vocabulary words
If you ever travel to California, you should look me up
He looks up to his father
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Make up
Make up: Invent (a story)
Make up:Complete what was missed
Make up: Put on cosmetics
Make up: reconcile
Ex:Don't believe anything she always makes things to do
Fortunately, my professor let me make up the exam i missed yesterday
It takes me 10 minutes to make my face up
You two have been friends for so long that i think you should make up
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Pass up
Pass up: Not take advantage
(of an opportunity)
Ex:I can’t believe she passed up the opportunity to study in Rome
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Pick up
Pick up: Learn something
without effort
Pick up: Come and get
someone in a car
Ex:Its possible to pick up enough English in two weeks to get by on your trip to L.A
What time are you going to pick me up
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Put up
Put up: Have a guess stay in
your house for a short time
Ex:Can you put me up while I'm in town
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Ring up
Ring up: telephone
Ex:Jack rung me up last night al 3:00 in the morning
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Set up
Set up: Arrange a
relationship
Set up: Falsely incriminate a
person
Ex:My mom set me up with her friend’s son
I don't think he killed those men. Somebody set him up
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Settle up
Settle up: Pay one’s debts
Ex:We need to settle up before you move
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Shut up
Shut up: Make quiet
Ex:Would someone shut him up! He’s talking so loudly that we’re going to get in trouble
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