couple up
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～ link together; "can we couple these proposals?"
cook up
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～ concoct something artificial or untrue
coop up
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～ confine in or as if in a coop; "she coops herself up in the library all day"
cotton up
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～ ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
cork up
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～ close a bottle with a cork
crock up
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～ suffer a nervous breakdown
cover up
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～ hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
creep up
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～ advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you"
crank up
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～ start by cranking; "crank up the engine"
crack up
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～ suffer a nervous breakdown
cough up
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～ give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition"
cheer up
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～ cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
chum up
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～ become friends; act friendly towards
churn up
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～ cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
choke up
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～ obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
clam up
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～ refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
clean up
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～ put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"