spring up
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～ come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
stand up
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～ be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
square up
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～ make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
spice up
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～ make more interesting or flavorful; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer"
spiff up
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～ make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
stand up
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～ put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
spirit up
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～ infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up"
spruce up
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～ dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
sponge up
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～ absorb as if with a sponge; "sponge up the spilled milk on the counter"
spit up
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～ discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
split 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"
stack up
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～ arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"
spice up
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～ add herbs or spices to
spit up
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～ give reluctantly; "He coughed up some money for his children's tuition"
pass up
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～ fail to acknowledge; "he passed me up in the street"
patch up
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～ come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
pal up
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～ become friends; act friendly towards
own up
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～ admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"
pen up
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～ confine in a fold, like sheep
pep up
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～ spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"