smarten up
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～ make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
snarl up
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～ make more complicated or confused through entanglements
sober up
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～ become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
sober up
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～ become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
slow up
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～ lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
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"
stick up
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～ rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
stir up
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～ try to stir up public opinion
strike up
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～ start playing; "The musicians struck up a tune"
stock up
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～ amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
step up
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～ make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"
stop up
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～ fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
stay up
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～ not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"