clean up
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~ make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"
chat up
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~ talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
chew up
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~ censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
choose up
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~ form sides, as for a game
charge up
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~ cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
chop up
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~ cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
chalk up
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~ keep score, as in games
chin up
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~ raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
chuck up the sponge
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~ give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
chalk up
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~ accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
clean up
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~ dispose of; "settle the bills"
check up on
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~ examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
chat up
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~ talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
chain up
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~ tie up with chains; "chain up the prisoners"
catch up
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~ reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework"
catch up
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~ learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology"
carve up
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~ separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
clog up
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~ become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
come up
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~ get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"