dry up
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～ dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"
drum up
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～ gather; "drum up support"
dummy up
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～ refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
dummy up
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～ make a dummy of; "dummy up the books that are to be published"
dam up
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～ obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
deck up
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～ put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
depend upon
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～ be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"
depend upon
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～ put trust in with confidence; "she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough"; "you can rely on his discretion"
dry-wall
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～ construct with drywall; "dry-wall the basement of the house"
drop by the wayside
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～ give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
do well by
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～ treat with respect and consideration; "children should do well by their parents"
do well
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～ act in one's own or everybody's best interest; "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!"
disagree with
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～ not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people"
dispense with
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～ do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
dispense with
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～ give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
dispense with
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～ forgo or do or go without
do away with
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～ terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
do work
— Verb
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～ be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"