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363Verbs

Act up

Behave badly or strangely

Add up

To make a mathematical total

Amp up

Increase the power, excite, arouse

Back up

Make a copy of computer data

Bail up

Talk to someone and delay them

Ball up

Confuse or make things complicated

Bash up

Break, damage or hurt by hitting

Beef up

Make something stronger or more solid

Big up

Exaggerate the importance

Block up

Fill a space so that nothing can pass

Board up

Cover windows or doors with wood, metal, etc.

Boil up

Feel a negative emotion strongly

Box up

Pack things in boxes to move them

Brace up

Feel more confident or optimistic about something

Brick up

Close or fill a space with bricks

Bring up

Mention. Raise a topic for discussion.

Buck up

Hurry (either transitive or reflexive)

Buff up

Clear, clean or make something shine

Bulk up

Gain weight, develop bigger muscles

Buoy up

Make someone feel more positive

Bust up

End a relationship, usually angrily or after arguing

Butter up

Praise or flatter someone excessively

Call up

Summon someone for military service

Cash up

Count all the money taken in a shop or business at the end of the day

Cast up

Be left on the shore by the sea

Chase up

Ensure that someone remembers to do something

Chat up

Talk to someone you are sexually interested in to get them interested in you

Chew up

Cut into small pieces with your teeth

Clear up

Cure or recover from an infection

Clog up

Block, slow movement right down

Conjure up

Create a picture or memory in someone's mind

Cost up

Calculate how expensive some work is going to be

Cough up

Lose possession of a ball, etc. in a contact sport

Cover up

Conceal, try to stop people finding out

Cowboy up

Not give in when things get difficult

Dial up

Connect to a computer with a phone and modem

Dig up

Find something that is supposed to be secret

Do up

Close or fasten clothes, etc.

Dredge up

Discover things about someone's past

Drum up

Increase support or interest

Dry up

Lose all the water from a river, lake, source, etc

Duff up

Beat or hit someone repeatedly

End up

Become or do something unplanned

Eye up

Look carefully at someone

Fatten up

Give an animal a lot to eat to make it fat

Feed up

Give someone a lot of food to restore their health, make them bigger, etc

Fess up

Confess, admit something reluctantly

Finish up

Finally get somewhere, usually without planning to go there

Firm up

Make things clearer in a negotiation or discussion

Fit up

Frame someone- make them look guilty of something they haven't done

Flag up

Raise an issue, or highlight its importance

Fluff up

Shake or pat a cushion so that it fills with air

Fold up

Make a sheet of paper smaller

Follow up

Do something to check or improve an earlier action

Free up

Make money or time available by not using it elsewhere

Front up

Appear somewhere for a short time

Fuel up

Put petrol or other fuel into a vehicle

Gang up

Form a group against something or someone

Gee up

Used to encourage a horse, and sometimes people, to go faster

Gin up

Boost, increase or exaggerate

Give up

Stop doing something that has been a habit

Grass up

Report someone to a person in authority

Gussy up

Dress smartly or improve the appearance of something

Hack up

Chop or cut into small pieces

Ham up

Perform or act in an excessive way to attract attention or amuse people

Have up

Make someone appear in court

Hole up

Hide to avoid detection or an unpleasant situation

Hunt up

Search for and manage to find something

Hush up

Try to keep something bad from becoming widely known

Hutch up

Share accommodation with a number of people because of the high rent

Ice up

Become covered with ice in a way that stops something from working well

Jack up

Raise a car to be able to do mechanical work

Jazz up

Make something more interesting or attractive

Juice up

Make something more exciting or perform better

Key up

Make someone excited or nervous

Level up

Acquire skills, points, etc, for a character in a computer game

Light up

Light or start smoking a cigarette

Limber up

Do some exercises to warm up before playing a sport or other physical activity

Listen up

Pay attention (often used as a command)

Liven up

Make something more interesting or exciting

Lock up

Close all doors, windows, etc.

Look up

Consult a reference (search engine, dictionary, etc.) for a specific piece of information.

Make up

Stop being angry with someone

Man up

Behave with courage or conviction

Mark up

Increase the price of something

Mash up

Crush something until it becomes a paste

Meet up

See someone after making an arrangement

Mock up

Make a model of something to show or test it

Muddle up

Take things that are ordered or sequenced and mess them up

Nuzzle up

Touch affectionately, especially with the nose or head

Open up

Start to talk freely about something

Order up

Arrange to have something supplied or delivered

Pen up

Keep people or animals in a restricted area and prevent them from leaving

Pep up

Make something more interesting

Perk up

Feel better or happier, make someone feel better or happier

Pin up

Fix something to a wall, or other vertical surface, with a pin

Plant up

Fill an area with plants or seeds

Plump up

Make something like a cushion bigger and softer by shaking it

Pop up

Appear, like windows and boxes opening on a computer screen.

Power up

Turn a computer or electronic device on so that it is ready to use

Prop up

Support something, both physically and financially, politically, etc.

Pucker up

Move your lips into position to receive a kiss

Pump up

Encourage, make someone feel confident

Put up

Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days.

Rake up

Bring something back to people's attention

Ramp up

Increase amount, price, speed or power of something

Ride up

Move higher on the body (of clothes)

Roll up

To appear in large numbers for an event

Root up

Dig a plant out of the ground

Round up

Increase a number to the nearest whole number or number ending in zero

Run up

Move quickly to where someone is

Rustle up

Make something quickly without much preparation

Saddle up

Put a saddle on and prepare an animal to ride

Save up

For money for a particular purpose

Saw up

Cut into pieces with a saw

Scout up

Try to find someone for a task or requirement

Scrape up

Manage to collect enough of something you need, usually money

Sell up

Sell a house or business to move somewhere or do something different

Send up

Imitate/impersonate for comic effect

Set up

Prepare equipment, software, etc., for use

Sex up

Change information to make it more attractive to the reader or listener

Shack up

Live with someone when you are in a relationship.

Shore up

Support something to make it stronger

Show up

Attend something or arrive somewhere

Shut up

Stop talking or making noise

Sign up

Give your name to do something

Sit up

Suddenly take notice or pay attention

Size up

Assess a situation or person carefully.

Slice up

Cut completely into pieces or slices

Slow up

Slow the progress of something

Snaffle up

Consume, take, buy something other people may want

Snap up

Get, acquire or buy something quickly

Snuggle up

Lie or press yourself closely to someone

Sober up

Stop showing the effects of alcohol or drugs

Spice up

Add spices or herbs to increase flavour

Spiff up

Make something smart or more presentable

Spruce up

To smarten, make something neat and tidy

Squeeze up

Get more people into a space than normal or comfortable

Staff up

Employ someone for something specific

Stand up

Move from a sitting or lying down to a vertical position

Stir up

Make trouble for someone else

Store up

Memorise or commit something to memory for later use

Suit up

Get dressed or put on a uniform for an activity or task

Summon up

Get the energy or courage to do something

Swallow up

Take control of something much smaller, like a company or state

Take up

Fill or occupy time or space

Talk up

Make something appear more important or significant than it really is

Tap up

Approach a footballer illegally to get them to change teams

Team up

Work with someone or a group to achieve something

Tee up

Place a golf ball on a short plastic or wooden stick before hitting it at the start of a hole.

Tense up

Become nervous, tense or unable to relax

Think up

Create or invent something, especially when lying

Tidy up

Put things in the correct place in a room

Tie up

Tie or fasten something securely

Tighten up

Make something more secure or function better

Top up

Refill something that isn't empty yet

Toss up

Decide something by throwing a coin and seeing which side lands face up.

Total up

Add things to create a final amount

Touch up

Improve the appearance of something

Trade up

Buy larger or more expensive items

Train up

Teach someone the specific skills they will need to carry out a job or task

Trickle up

When financial benefits given to poor people or small businesses pass on to the wealthy

Trump up

Charge or accuse someone falsely

Tuck up

Arrange the sheets, duvet or blankets to make someone, usually a child, comfortable in bed

Tune up

Improve the performance of a machine or engine

Use up

Finish or consume all of something

Vamp up

Make something more exciting, attractive, etc

Wait up

Not go to bed because you are waiting

Warm up

To prepare for physical activity. Do exercises before a sport

Wash up

Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it

Wind up

Close a company because it's unprofitable

Wipe up

Remove a liquid from a surface using a cloth

Word up

Give someone information, advice

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