hike up
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~ increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"
hold up
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~ hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
hive up
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~ save up as for future use
hold up
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~ cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
hold up
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~ resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"
hush up
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~ cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
mix up
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~ assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
muck 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"
mop up
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~ defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
muck up
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~ soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
move up
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~ move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"
muster up
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~ gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
mix up
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~ cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
mug up
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~ study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
mount up
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~ get up on the back of; "mount a horse"