strike up
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~ begin; "strike up a conversation"; "strike up a friendship"
stick up
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~ defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
step up
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~ increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
string up
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~ kill by hanging; "The murderer was hanged on Friday"
string up
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~ add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
stir up
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~ change the arrangement or position of
stir up
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~ arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
stink up
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~ cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell
stir up
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~ provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
straighten up
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~ straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
step up
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~ speed up; "let's rev up production"
sweep up
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~ take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
sum up
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~ determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
swell up
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~ expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
sum up
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~ be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
suck up
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~ take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
swot up
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~ study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
suck up
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~ ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
suck up
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~ try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
sum up
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~ give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"