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"
burn up
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～ use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
bunch up
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～ form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"
build up
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～ prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
build up
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～ form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
build up
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～ enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"
brush up
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～ refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test"
build up
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～ change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"