spear up
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～ thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
slow up
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～ cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
sneak up
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～ advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you"
speed up
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～ cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"
speed up
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～ move faster; "The car accelerated"
smash up
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～ damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
speak up
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～ express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting"
soak up
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～ take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
even up
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～ even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
even up
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～ adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
puff up
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～ to swell or cause to enlarge; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
puff up
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～ make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
psych up
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～ get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie"
put up
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～ put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
pull up
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～ come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"
pull up
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～ straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
put up
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～ construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
pull up
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～ remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
pull up stakes
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～ remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
put up
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～ propose as a candidate for some honor