Welcome to your Phrasal verbs with “Up” 1 lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• Go / Come / Walk / Catch / Keep UP
• Set / Take / Fix UP
• Grow / Bring UP
• Clean / Clear / Tidy / Wash UP
• End / Give / Make / Take / Turn / Show / Use UP
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Go / Come / Walk / Catch / Keep UP
- go UP, come UP, walk UP TO (approach someone or something):
“I walked up to the girl and asked for directions.”
- catch UP with someone or catch someone UP:
“You leave now and I’ll catch up with you later.“
- keep UP (be at the same pace as someone):
“She was so fast during the hike, I couldn’t keep up with her!:”
Set / Take / Fix UP
- set UP (create a company / business / website etc.):
“We set up this website in 2014.”
- take UP (start a hobby / sport for the first time):
“To keep fit I’ve taken up tennis.”
- fix UP (arrange a meeting etc.):
“We fixed up a meeting to talk about the problem.”
Grow / Bring UP
- grow UP (become an adult):
“I was born in Spain but I grew up in France.”
- bring UP (take care of a child for a long time):
“He was bought up by his grandparents.”
Clean / Clear / Tidy / Wash UP
- clean UP, clear UP, tidy UP:
“Look at this mess! Who’s going to tidy this up?“
End / Give / Make / Take / Turn / Show / Use UP
- end UP (finish somewhere, or finish by doing something):
“We didn’t know what to do, so we ended up going to the beach.”
“I went for a walk and ended up at the park.”
- give UP (quit something):
“After years of trying he managed to give up smoking.”
“Keep going! Don’t give up!“
- make up something‘ (invent) and be made up of something‘ (consist of):
“Tourists make up half of the population at summer.“
“He made up a lie to hide the truth.“
- take UP (use):
“Most of my flat is taken up by furniture.”
- turn UP and show UP (appear/arrive)
“I wanted to see Bob last night, but he didn’t show up.”
- use UP:
“The printer doesn’t work, we’ve used up all the ink.”
