play up
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~ ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
loosen up
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~ become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
make up
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~ concoct something artificial or untrue
loosen up
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~ cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!"
live it up
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~ enjoy oneself; "it's your birthday, so let's live it up!"
loosen up
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~ cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"
load up
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~ fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
link up
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~ be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
line up
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~ form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"
link up
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~ make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
line up
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~ arrange in ranks; "dress troops"
line up
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~ place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
make up
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~ adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
line up
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~ take one's position before a kick-off
lock up
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~ place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
make up
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~ come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
make up
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~ apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
make up
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~ put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
louse 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"