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!"
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"