Hello my beloved readers.

Phrasal verb do- one of the most popular in the English language. It is, of course, not as actively used in oral speech as, for example, get or take. But still, no English-speaking person can afford not to know him. And today I want to analyze it with you in as much detail as possible. We are waiting for the most used phrases, their translation, as well as sentences with examples.

Many of you are so accustomed to the fact that the verb do means “to do” that it becomes incredibly difficult to imagine it in other forms. But it's okay, we'll fix it. Let's look at the options for using the verb with examples.

• Do up - repair, fasten (clothes)

Mary, can you help your sister to do up? I cannot do it by myself. Mary, can you help your sister zip up? I can't do it myself.

We asked the manager to send a worker to do the balcony door up. - We asked the manager to send a worker to fix the balcony door.

• Do for - interfere, destroy

If this happens one more time, it will do for his sister's future. “If this happens again, it will ruin his sister's future.

Mom, let Tommy play with you. He does for my study. - Mom, let Tommy play with you. He interferes with my work.

• Do with - to have a good relationship with someone, to have something to do with something

You may not believe me but he is the most difficult person to do with. - You may not believe me, but he is the most difficult person to get along with.

• Do away with - do away with something, get rid of something, destroy.

He was angry and did away with everything he had written for his book. He was angry and destroyed everything he had written for his book.

But be careful: do away with oneself means "commit suicide."

• Do without - does without something

I can do without chocolate for as long as necessary. But I cannot do without coffee at all. I can do without chocolate for as long as it takes. But I can't do without coffee at all.

• Do in - tire, exhaust, destroy

This trip was extremely difficult. I am completely done in. - This trip was extremely difficult. I am absolutely frazzled.

Honey, you did me in with you questions. - Honey, you completely tired me with your questions.

• Do over - redo

This isn't what I've asked you to do. You need to do this statement over by tomorrow morning. - That's not what I asked for. You'll have to redo that report by tomorrow morning.

• Do out - decorate, clean, clean out

This house is done out with black and white brick. - This house is decorated with black and white bricks.

We do out this room every day. We clean this room every day.

• Do down - outwit, humiliate, take up

Why do you always do people down? It insults them. - Why do you constantly humiliate people? It's insulting.

You have to be very careful with the phrase do about. Many consider it a phrasal verb, but in fact it is just a phrase. It means "to do something with something".

I asked the manager to do something about this noise and he promised to help as soon as possible. - I asked the manager to do something about this noise and he promised to help as soon as possible.

And now the most important part - the exercises. I never tire of repeating that without practice you will not achieve anything in learning a language. I have a wonderful quiz ready for you where you can test everything you learned today. Share your results and questions in the comments.

Until we meet again, my dears.

Verbs are made up of a verb and particles:
verb + adverb or verb + preposition or verb + adverb + preposition.
The meaning of phrasal verbs is usually very different from the meaning of the original verbs and prepositions/adverbs.

Phrasal verbs are used mainly in oral and informal speech. The study of phrasal verbs always causes a lot of difficulties, because there are no certain rules in the formation of phrasal verbs, besides, many phrasal verbs, in addition to the direct one, also have a metaphorical meaning.

Part of phrasal verbs is transitive. This means that they are only used together with the speech object, others can be used separately from the speech object. This is intransitive phrasal verbs (intransitive verbs).

Phrasal verbs are also divided into separable, if an object can be inserted between the verb and the particle, and inseparable.
separable verb:
Correct: Put on your coat.
Correct: Put your coat on.
inseparable verb:
Correct: Get on a bus
Wrong: Get a bus on

English phrasal verbs with UP, their meanings and examples

Pretext U.P. in English, it is opposite in meaning to the preposition.

The easiest way to use the preposition UP is to indicate the direction of movement (moving up, moving from bottom to top).

Come up - Rise. Come up and enjoy the view from the tallest rooftop in the county.
Get up - Get up. She got up from the chair and walked to the door.
Go up - Rise / Climb. It is best to go up the mountain in the early morning.
Jack up - Raise the car on a lift. Now I have to jack the car up, so I can change th e tire.
Move up - Free up space/Move up. Interest rates are beginning to move up.
Pin up - Pin up. She had his photograph pinned up above her bed.
Put up - Build a house, a fence, a wall. John was in the garden putting up a fence.
Sit up - Sit down. She couldn't sleep, so she sat up and read a book.
Stand up - Get up. A man at the back stood up to ask a question.

Preposition use UP in a figurative sense is close in meaning to a direct one - the direction of movement is up:

Talk up - Praise.
Stand up for - Protect. We should all stand up for our rights.

ENLARGE OR IMPROVE
This meaning is also closely related to the direct meaning of the preposition Up - the direction of movement upwards:
Big up - Exaggerate the value / pump muscles. It was an article bigging up some new writers.
Boil up - "Boil" / Boil. Anger was boiling up inside me.
Buck up - Get wiser, improve. A week at the beach will buck her up.
Build up - Develop/Increase.
Bump up - Increase. She's doing some teaching in the evenings to bump up her income.
Cheer up - Cheer up. I tried to cheer him up, but he just kept staring out of the window
Clean up - Clean up. I'm going to clean up in here this afternoon.
Drive up - Raise the price. The government's policies are driving up interest rates.
Dry up - Dry / dry. The land had dried up and no crops would grow.
Ease up - Calm down / relax. They waited nearly four hours for the storm to ease up.
Dress up - N dress up / put on a fancy dress. Let's dress up as ghosts!
Fold up - Fold up. His clothes were neatly folded up on a chair.
Follow up - P next event, continued. The doctor followed up the surgery with other treatment
Ginger up - Revive. They"ve gingered up the book cover with a new design.
Grow up - grow up. I grew up in Scotland.
Heat up - Warm up. I was just heating up some soup.
Jazz up - Make it more attractive. He jazzed up the food with a spicy sauce.
Liven up - Liven up / Make more attractive. I "m going to liven myself up a little by going for a run
Loosen up - Relax. I do a few stretches to loosen up before I run
Make up - Invent, invent / apply cosmetics. He made up some excuse about the dog eating his homework
Man up - Act boldly and convincingly. You need to man up and go get what you want.
Mount up - Grow up over time. The costs are beginning to mount up.
Mop up - Solve a problem / wipe up spilled liquid. He mopped up the milk with a tissue.
Patch up - Fix. Did you manage to patch things up with Kate after your row?
Pep up - Revive. A good night's sleep will pep you up.
Pick up - Improve / collect / quickly learn. Can you pick up some friends of mine on your way to the party?
Polish up - Improve. I really must polish up my Japanese before we visit Japan next year
Price up - Calculate the price. I'll price up the work you asked for and give you a quote.
Run up - Do something fast / live on credit. He ran up a large credit card bill buying Christmas presents.
Rustle up - To do something hastily. Give me a minute and I "ll rustle something up for supper.
Save up - Save up money for something/Store something for future use. She's saving up for a new bike.
Shoot up - Quickly zoom in. Petrol prices have shot up in the last six months.
Speed ​​up - Move quickly. You see drivers speeding up when they should be slowing down.
Step up - Increase. The president has stepped up the pressure on the groups to come to an agreement.
Trade up - Buy something more expensive. Saving is a ​strategy to ​trade up from a ​smaller ​home to a larger one.
Turn up - Increase volume, temperature. Don't turn the TV up - I'm trying to read.
Wash up - Wash the dishes. I can help cook and wash up
Warm up - Warm up the muscles. Drink this and you'll soon warm up
Whip up - Whip up, wind someone up. Let's whip up a light lunch.

FINISH/FINISH/TERMINATE
Burn up - "Burn" from high temperature. "You"re burning up!" she said, touching his forehead.
Buy up - Redeem. Developers bought up old theaters and converted them into cinemas.
Close up - Close/connect. The owners decided to move and to close up the factory
Drink up - Drink everything. I gave the cat some milk and she drank it all up.
Eat up - Eat everything. Be a good boy and eat up your vegetables.
End up - End up with something unplanned. He ended up living in New Zealand.
Give up - Give up the habit / give up / end the relationship. His wife finally persuaded him to give up smoking.
Fill up - Fill to the top. He filled up the tank with petrol.
Hang up - hang up, end the call. Greg hung up and sat back in his chair.
Live up - Meet expectations. Did the trip live up to your expectations?
Pack up - Finish work / stop doing something / pack things. My camera has packed up.
Pull up - Stop the car. T heir taxi pulled up outside the church.
Split up - End a relationship. Her parents split up a few months ago.
Sell ​​up - Sell property. They sold up and retired to Spain.
Shut up - Close / shut up. Just shut up and get on with your work!
Sober up - Sober up. I had sobered up by then.
use up- Finish/use everything. I've used up all my holiday entitlement, and it's only August.
Wind up - Oh to seem to end / wind up / wind up. I'd like to wind up the meeting soon.
Wipe up - Wipe up liquid. Do you have something I could wipe up this mess with?
Wrap up - Finish / wrap with paper / dress warmly. We ought to wrap up this meeting and get back to work.

APPEAR/CREATE/START/PRODUCE

Come up - Appear unexpectedly. She's hoping a vacancy will come up at the local college.
Come up with - Suggest a plan/idea. We need to come up with a great idea to make money.
Crop up - Appear unexpectedly. Ben had to go back to work - a problem's cropped up.
Bring up - Mention / Raise a child. She was brought up by her grandmother.
Build up - Increase / Strengthen. These exercises are good for building up leg strength.
Dig up - Dig up the truth / dig up. T hey dug up a body in his garden.
Dream up - Invent / have an idea. This is the latest gimmick dreamed up by advertising companies to sell their new products.
Fire up - Turn on the device. Fire up the radio!
Grow up - Grow / appear. The city grew up originally as a crossing point on the river
Knock up - Make it fast. It doesn't take long to knock up some pasta
Pop up - Appear. New weeds pop up in the garden every day
Set up - Start a business. The group plans to set up an import business.
Show up - Become visible or obvious / visit / arrive. The writing didn't show up very well on yellow paper.
Spring up - Suddenly appear. New Internet companies were springing up every day.
Spew up - Throw up. I was singing up all night after those mussels.
Start up - Start a business / start / start the engine. She left the company last year to start up her own business.
Strike up- Start (conversation, relationship). Anna had struck up a conversation with a girl at the pool.
Think up - Invent, invent, lie. She'd have to think up a good reason for being late.
Throw up - Throw up / produce problems, results, ideas. The new model is throwing up a lot of technical faults
Turn up - Appear. She failed to turn up for work on Monday.

TO BE WAKE OR NOT TO SLEEP
Be up - Do not sleep / grow, increase. Although it was two o "clock in the morning, I was still up because I had drunk so much coffee.
Get up - Get out of bed. He never gets up before nine.
Keep up - Do not let fall asleep. The noise kept us up until after midnight.
Stay up - Do not go to bed. I can't stay up that late.
Wait up - Do not go to bed due to waiting. Don't wait up for me, I'll be very late tonight.
Wake up - Wake up. Another cup of coffee will wake me up.

TO BE DIVIDED or BROKEN INTO PARTS
Bash up - Break. She bashed the car up quite badly.
Break up - Break/end a relationship. Break the chocolate up into squares.
Chew up - Chew / bite off. My new trousers got chewed up in my bike chain.
Cut up - Cut. The electrician cut up the wires that he took out.
Divide up - Divide. Divide the children up into groups of four.(same as divide +emphasis)
Grind up - Grind up. The seeds are ground up and later digested.(same as grind + emphasis)
Hack up - Chop. The killer had hacked up the body.
Mash up - Break / damage / crush. Mash the potatoes up and put them in a bowl.
Slice up - Cut into pieces, chunks. Could you slice the tomatoes up?(same as slice + emphasis)
Saw up - Saw. They were busy sawing up the logs into two-foot lengths.
Split up - Split/end a relationship. The children split up into three groups.
Take up - Start doing sports, hobbies. I've taken up knitting.
Tear up - Break into pieces, destroy. He tore up her photograph.

BUCKET / ATTACH / CLOSE(S)
Belt up - Fasten your seat belt / be silent. Just belt up. I'm trying to concentrate
Box up - Pack in boxes. I've boxed up all my stuff.
Bottle up - Do not express emotions. Don't bottle up all your feelings.
Clam up - Be silent. He just clams up if you ask him about his childhood.
Do up - Button up clothes. You don't need to do up the top button.
Fasten up - Close, fasten, fasten. It's getting cold out, so fasten up your coat.
Freeze up - Freeze. All the locks had frozen up.
Lock up - Close / hide. I locked up and went to bed.
Tie up - Fasten / tie. Tie up your shoelaces before you trip over them.
Tighten up - Tighten / twist. My first priority is to tighten up on discipline.
Zip up - Keep silent / fasten the zipper. Zip up your jacket, it's cold out there.

APPROACH
Come up - Come up. A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
Drive up - Drive up. A huge Land Rover drove up.
Go up - Approach/Be built. Office buildings went up all over town.
Run up - Run up. He ran up next to me and started shouting.
Walk up - Approach. I walked up to the manager and told him my problem.

ADD/COLLECT/JOIN
Add up - Add up. We added up the bill to check it was correct.
Count up - Add. Please count up all these books and tell me how many there are.
Draw up - Prepare a contract. Who will draw a contract up?
Gang up - Team up against someone. All right, you guys, don "t gang up on me. Play fair!
Link up - Connect. The space shuttle will link up with the space station this afternoon.
Line up - Build (sya) in a line. The books are lined up on a shelf above the desk.
- Match/Connect. We need to marry up the names on your list with those on my list and see what the over lap is.
Meet up - Meet. Let's meet up after the meeting and discuss this further.
Pile up - Accumulate. Please pile up the leaves.
Power up - Turn on the electronic device. Well, let's power up so we will be ready to leave with the others.
Scrape up - Collect / scrape together. I finally scraped up enough money for a flight home.
Sign up - Subscribe. Has anyone signed you up for the office picnic?
Squeeze up - Make room. Let's squeeze up so Kate can sit down.
Top up - Add / replenish. Can I top up your glass?
Wire up - Connect an electrical appliance. We wired up the antenna to the TV set.

OTHER important “UP” phrasal verbs
Act up - "Stand out", misbehave. My computer "s acting up; I think I might have a virus.
Back up - Maintain, make a copy of computer data. Don "t worry. I will back you up when you need me.
Beat up - Beat. The robber beat him up and took his money.
Block up - Block. The leaves blocked up the drain.
Call up - Call for military service / call by phone. Please call up the supplier.
Catch up with - Start acting. The lack of sleep caught up with her, and she began to dose off.
Chat up - Z play with someone. When I left, Sally was getting chatted up by the barman.
Head up - To be at the head. Judy was chosen to head up the department.
Light up - smoke / to light up, to light up. The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up.
Lighten up - Don't take it seriously. Oh, lighten up! It's not a matter of life or death.
Listen up - Oh pay attention, listen. Okay everyone - listen up! I have an announcement to make.
Look up - Look up in a dictionary/reference book. I"ll look up this person in a reference book.
Mess up - To make something untidy or dirty/cause physical or emotional problems/spoil or destroy. They had managed to mess up the whole house.
Mix up - Mix up / revive. Don't mix up the papers on my desk.
Mock up - Make a layout / test. The produced a mock-up of the new houses in cardboard.
Open up - Talk openly / open a store. I "ve never opened up to anyone like I do to you.
Pair up - Form pairs. Two students from each class pair up to produce a short play.
Pick up on - React/fix the bug. Only one newspaper picked up on the minister's statement.
Pick yourself up - Get yourself together / come to your senses. It took him a long time to pick himself up after his wife left him.
Put up with - Endure / endure. We can put up with John living here until he finds a place of his own.
Ring up - Call. She rang up yesterday to make an appointment.
Saddle up - Saddle up. Let's saddle up and go for a ride.
Settle up - Pay off a debt. You buy the tickets and I"ll settle up with you later.
Shake up - Shake/upset and shock. A new managing director was brought in to shake up the company.
Slow up - Slow down / slow down. Slow up a little! I can't keep up with you!
Soak up - Absorb / enjoy. Visit the market to soak up the local atmosphere.
Soften up - Weaken / suck up. You "re trying to soften me up so I" ll drive you to Kate "s house, aren" t you?
Suck up - Position yourself. He offered to take all that work home because he's just sucking up to the boss.
Take up - Shorten clothing/fill time or space. Homework took up most of the kids" afternoons.
Toss up - Toss a coin/throw furniture. Let's toss up to see who goes first.

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Make sure you understand the meaning of the phrasal verb do:

Do away with sb/sth- end someone/something
Do sb out of sth- deceive someone
Do without sth- do without something
Do sth up- 1) fasten (sya), 2) preen (sya)
Do up sth- repair, fix
Do out- clean up, clean up
Do with sth- 1) want, need 2) have an attitude
Do sth over- redo, redo

Ex.1 Match the phrasal verbs on the left to the correct definitions on the right.

1. do away with

A. manage without having sth, manage to live despite not having something B. close or fasten clothes, etc; to renovate an old building or house C. get rid of something or to stop using something D. to clean and tidy a place thoroughly E. need or want sth; F. to do something again.

Ex. 2 Fill in the gaps with the correct particle.

1. The United Kingdom did *** with the death penalty in 1965.
2. I'm sorry about the accident, but it's nothing to do *** me (=I am not involved in any way).
3. You must do *** your safety belt in the back of cars and taxis now.
4. There's no sugar, so you'll have to do ***.
5. Can you help me to do *** my dress?
6. These trousers must have shrunk - I can't do the zip ***.
7. Why won't this zip do ***?
8. How many more nights were we to do *** sleep?
9. The skirt does *** at the back.
10. Keep your scarf on, do your coat ***.
11. There's no mayonnaise left, so I'm afraid you'll just have to do ***.
12. Thank you Kate, we can do *** language like that (= we don't want to hear your rude language).
13. Do *** your coat or you'll get cold.
14. We can't do *** the help of your organization…
15. I don't have any sugar so you'll have to do ***.
16. Mari did *** the buttons…
17. We didn't bring enough money to the store so we are going to have to do *** the snacks.
18. The school is going to do *** with uniforms. Nobody likes them.
19. The whole apartment had been done *** in an Art Deco style.
20. And I've managed to do *** two of the buttons at the back, but I can't reach the top two.
21. We did away *** all the old equipment and invested in some new.
22. Let's do *** with formality and use first names.
23. You can do *** a carpet but you've got to have somewhere to sit.
24. I've done my wardrobes out and given *** all my old clothes.
25. I can't get the car in the garage anymore. I'm going to have to do it *** and make some space.
26. I don't like it, so I have decided to do it *** and paint it another color.
27. I had to do it *** because my computer crashed and I hadn't saved it.
28. Can you do the zip *** for me, please? I can't do it myself.
29. They bought an old house in France and spent a few years doing it ***.
30. Old warehouses along the river have been done *** and made into beautiful flats.
31. It's got nothing to do *** me. I'm not responsible for that.
32. He's something to do *** health but I don't think he is a doctor.
33. Do *** your laces before you trip over them
34. I could do *** something to eat. I haven't eaten since breakfast.
35. I forgot to buy milk so we'll just have to do ***.

Ex. 3 Fill in the gaps with the correct particle.

1. I don't need your help. I can do *** it.
2. I could do *** a good night's sleep. I haven't had one for weeks.
3. If she had the chance to do it ***, she would have hired a press secretary.
4. If you make too many mistakes, you'll have to do it ***.
5. Their conversation had been largely to do *** work.
6. This question doesn't have anything to do *** the main topic of the survey.
7. I'm sure her problems have something to do *** what happened when she was a child.
8. I could have done *** some help this morning.
9. If they can't get it to us in time, we'll just have to do ***.
10. They did *** an old cottage in the Scottish Highlands.
11. The apartment was done *** in Viennese style.
12. Sue spent ages doing herself ***.
13. The alcoholic may be able to do *** a drink for days.
14. Computerization has enabled us to do *** with a lot of paperwork.
15. What would my poor wife do *** me?’
16. ‘What do you want to see me about?’ ‘It’s to do *** that letter you sent me.’
17. Her job has something to do *** computers.
18. The paintwork will need to do *** soon.
19. He thinks it's time we did *** with the monarchy.
20. She can't do *** a secretary.
21. While I'm down here, I'll do *** these cupboards.
22. How we can legally do away with children like Sophie,’ Belinda explains.
23. Can we afford to have the house done ***?
24. OK, we'll do it ***, but try to sing the right words this time.
25. Practically everything they do *** there, they take all the equipment outside.
26. And a chance to do *** with that old blackguard Jake once and for all…and NO DANGER!
27. There was no change in policy Mao himself said he was there to do *** with feudalism.
28. Such administration would be truly scientific: it would do *** with all the irrationalities, the waste, the inefficiency of private enterprise.
29. What will you do *** this place?
30. She insisted that everything be done ***.
31. Or do *** with wallcovering altogether: strip away the plaster to expose the bare brick underneath.
32. Yes, to give him the chance to find the right one, the one that would stir him in such a way that he felt he couldn't do *** her.
33. ‘For a married person it isn’t something you can do *** the support of your partner.
34. Speaking from her home in Ralphs’ Wifes Lane, she said: ‘Andrew is very special, I don’t know what I would do *** him.
35. No, stupidity has got nothing to do *** it.
36. Do your shoes/laces *** before you trip over.
37. You can't do *** me…
38. He, after all, was the one so determined to do *** with sham and misunderstanding.
39. These ridiculous rules and regulations should have been done *** with years ago.
40. How on earth could they do *** with a lovely old building like that and put a car park there instead?

If not, then you probably just didn't realize it. Phrasal verbs are found almost everywhere, you can hear them in many phrases used in conversation every day.

So what is it? For those who do not know, this is the name of a special construction containing a verb and a preposition. At the same time, the preposition is not always translated literally, but in combination with the verb it can form a completely new meaning.

So, in today's article we will analyze several examples of phrasal verbs with the preposition up. As you know, up indicates upward movement, however, in constructions with verbs, this preposition often loses its original meaning, and the expression takes on a new meaning.

Let's look at a few examples to make it clear.

1. Eat your soup!
2. Eat up your soup!

You noticed that the preposition up appeared in the second sentence. For those who are new to phrasal verbs, they will probably smell something wrong: what does it have to do with up? How can you eat "up"? Yes, it is indeed a very confusing scheme. However, everything falls into place when we learn such a thing as a “phrasal verb”.

In the first sentence, everything is clear, it translates as "Eat your soup!". The second is "Finish your soup." The adverb up, which is part of a phrasal verb, often indicates the completion of an action. Another example of a phrasal verb with the preposition up is “ button up your coat! This phrase is usually said by mothers to their children, so that they fasten their jackets to the end - with all buttons.

Now another example:

1. Helen has invited us to dinner but says we shouldn't bother to dress up.
2. Helen has invited us to dinner but says we shouldn't bother to dress.

The first sentence says that Helen, inviting them to dinner, warned them not to dress up too much, that is, to come in casual clothes. The second sentence may seem very strange, since it means that Helen encourages guests to come to her dinner in what their mother gave birth to. See how just 2 letters can drastically change the meaning of a sentence?

Let's look at the following examples:

1.Andy went
2.Andy went up to his friend to tell him the news.

Again, the difference in the two sentences is visually insignificant. However, the meaning is significantly different. In the first sentence, Andy went to his friend to tell him the news. And in the second case, Andy did not have to go far, as a friend was nearby. He just approached him to tell him the news.

Last example for today:

1. I didn't expect you to wait for me.
2. I didn't expect you to wait up for me.

These sentences are close, but their translation differs. The first sentence means "I didn't think you'd wait for me," and the second means "I didn't expect you to stay up waiting for me to come." The phrasal verb is translated similarly sit up- do not go to bed, stay up late at night, stay awake. For example: Mother, please, don't sit up for me. — Mom, please don't wait until I get back. Get some sleep.

That's not all. I suggest you look at the table, which presents a rather extensive list of phrasal verbs with the preposition up. In this case, you can immediately see the translation and examples of use.

Phrasal verb	Translation	Example
add up to	equal, match	Your purchases add up to $205.32. (Your purchase was $205.32).
back up	unroll, turn over; support	You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out. (You will need to turn the car around so I can get out).
		my wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. (My wife supported my decision to leave my job).
blow up	explode; inflate	The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. (The racing car exploded after crashing into a fence).
		We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. (We have to inflate 50 party balloons).
break up	end a relationship; laugh (informal)	My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America. (I broke up with my boyfriend before moving to America).
		The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking. (Children started laughing as soon as the clown started talking).
bring up	to grow up a child; snatch	my grandparents brought me up after my parents died. (My grandparents raised me after my parents died).
		He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet. (He drank so much that he threw up in the toilet after breakfast).
call up	call	Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town. (Give me your number and I'll call you when you're in town).
catch up	catch up, catch up	You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty. (You need to run faster if you want to catch up with Mary).
cheer up	have fun; encourage	She cheer up when she heard the good news. (She cheered up when she heard the good news).
		I brought you some flowers to Cheer you up. (I brought you flowers to cheer you up).
clean up	tidy up, clean up	Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside. (Please clean your bedroom before you go outside).
do up	fasten, close	Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing! (Zip up your jacket before going out. It's snowing!).
end up	ultimately decide, do, achieve	We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre. (We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre).
fill up	fill to the brim	I always fill the water jug up when it is empty. (I always fill my water pitcher to the brim when it's empty).
get up	get out of bed; get up	I got up early today to study for my exam. (I got up early today to study for the exam).
		You should get up and give the elderly man your seat. (You must get up and give your seat to the elder).
give up	quit the habit stop trying	I am giving up smoking as of January 1st. (I quit smoking on January 1st).
		My maths homework was too difficult so I gave up. (My homework was so difficult that I abandoned it).
grow up	grow up, get older	When Jack grows up he wants to be a fireman. (Jack wants to be a fireman when he grows up).
hang up	hang up	He didn't say goodbye before he hung up. (He didn't say goodbye before hanging up).
keep up	continue at the same pace	If you keep those results up you will get into a great college. (If you keep these results, you will get into a great college).
look up	search and find information	We can look her phone number up on the Internet. (We can look up her phone number online).
look up to	respect	My little sister has always looked up to me. (My little sister has always respected me).
make up	invent, lie; put up with someone; paint	Jess made up a story about why we were late. (Jess made up a story about why we were late).
		We were angry last night, but we made up at breakfast. (We were mad at each other last night but made up over breakfast).
		my sisters made me up for my graduation party. (Sisters made me up for prom).
mix up	confuse	I mixed up the twins' names again! (I mixed up the names of the twins again!)
pass up	reject (usually something good)	I passed up the job because I am afraid of change. (I quit my job because I'm afraid of change).
put up with	endure, endure	I don't think I can put up with three small children in the car. (I don't think I can bear three small children in a car).
set up	arrange, organize; deceive; set a trap	Our boss set a meeting up with the president of the company. (Our boss arranged a meeting with the president of the company).
		The police set up the car thief by using a hidden camera. (Police caught car thief using hidden camera).
tear up	tear to pieces; increase volume or intensity (of light, temperature, etc.)	I tore up my ex-boyfriend's letters and gave them back to him. (I tore up my ex-boyfriend's letters and returned them to him).
		Can you turn the music up? This is my favorite song. (Can you turn it up? This is my favorite song).
turn up	appear unexpectedly	Our cat turned up after we put posters up all over the neighborhood. (Our car was unexpectedly found after we put up posters around the area).
use up	use up resources	The kids used all of the toothpaste up so we need to buy some more. (Children have used up all the toothpaste, so I need to buy a new one).
wake up	wake up	We have to wake up early for work on Monday. (We have to get up early for work on Monday).
		You can warm your feet up in front of the fireplace. (You can warm your feet by the fireplace).
warm up	raise the temperature warm up (about charging)	I always warm up by doing sit-ups before I go for a run. (I always warm up before my run by doing squats).

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