Verbs starting with P

• pile up — Verb – English ～ arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"
• play up — Verb – English ～ move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
• plump up — Verb – English ～ make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"
• pipe up — Verb – English ～ begin to play or sing
• pick up — Verb – English ～ take and lift upward
• play up — Verb – English ～ ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
• prim up — Verb – English ～ dress primly
• prang up — Verb – English ～ make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
• pound up — Verb – English ～ shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"
• point up — Verb – English ～ emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"
• polish up — Verb – English ～ bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
• pop up — Verb – English ～ appear suddenly or unexpectedly; "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere"
• pony up — Verb – English ～ give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition"
• pretty up — Verb – English ～ use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.; "She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends"
• prick up — Verb – English ～ raise; "The dog pricked up his ears"
• pass up — Verb – English ～ fail to acknowledge; "he passed me up in the street"
• patch up — Verb – English ～ come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
• pal up — Verb – English ～ become friends; act friendly towards
• pen up — Verb – English ～ confine in a fold, like sheep
• pep up — Verb – English ～ spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

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