Words in english

• pull up stakes — Verb – English ～ remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
• put up — Verb – English ～ propose as a candidate for some honor
• push up — Verb – English ～ push upward
• put up — Verb – English ～ provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
• put up — Verb – English ～ make available for sale at an auction; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction"
• push up — Verb – English ～ push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
• put up — Verb – English ～ mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
• pull up short — Verb – English ～ stop abruptly; "The police car pulled up short and then turned around fast"
• prop up — Verb – English ～ support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"
• put up — Verb – English ～ preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
• pull up — Verb – English ～ cause (a vehicle) to stop; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"
• puff up — Verb – English ～ become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
• puff up — Verb – English ～ praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
• put up — Verb – English ～ provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
• put up — Verb – English ～ place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
• add up — Verb – English ～ determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
• add up — Verb – English ～ develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
• act up — Verb – English ～ make itself felt as a recurring pain; "My arthritis is acting up again"
• ante up — Verb – English ～ cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!"
• act up — Verb – English ～ misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way; "The children acted up when they were not bored"

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