ball up
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～ make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
bang up
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～ make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
back up
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～ move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"
back up
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～ establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"
back up
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～ make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"
bang up
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～ damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
back up
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～ become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
back up
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～ give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
belt up
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～ refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
beat up
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～ gather; "drum up support"
blaze up
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～ burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
beef up
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～ make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
bear up
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～ endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"
beat up
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～ give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
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!"