Welcome to your Phrasal verbs with “Up” 2 lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• Phrasal verbs with UP
• More phrasal verbs with UP
• Even more phrasal verbs with UP
• A few more phrasal verbs with UP
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Phrasal verbs with UP
- bring UP (introduce a topic in a conversation):
“While we’re talking about the problem, I have another detail to bring up.”
- come UP (be introduced in a conversation):
“Some interesting topics came up in the meeting this morning.”
- come UP WITH (produce an idea or a suggestion):
“Mary has come up with a good idea.”
- make UP (invent a lie):
“What I told you wasn’t true, I made it all up.”
More phrasal verbs with UP
- cheer UP (be happier):
“You look unhappy, cheer up!”
“I tried to tell a joke to cheer him up.”
- save UP (save money for a purpose):
“She’s saving up to buy a car.”
- clear UP (the weather becomes clearer):
“We’ll go out once the weather clears up.”
Even more phrasal verbs with UP
- blow UP (explode):
“The factory caught fire and blew up.”
“The army blew up the bridge.”
- tear UP (tear something into pieces):
“She wasn’t happy with the deal and tore up the contract.”
- beat UP (hit someone repeatedly):
“My cousin was beaten up last weekend.”
A few more phrasal verbs with UP
- break UP / split UP (separate from somebody):
“He’s sad because his girlfriend split up with him.”
- do UP (fasten a piece of clothing):
“Don’t forget to do up your coat before leaving.”
- do UP (improve the quality of a room / house etc.):
“With our savings we’re going to do up the kitchen.”
- look UP (search in a directory for information):
“If you don’t know, look it up on Wikipedia.”
- put UP WITH (tolerate something):
“We live next to a school so we have to put up with the traffic in the morning.”
- hold UP (delay):
“Please go on ahead, I don’t want to hold you up.”
“Renovations have been held up until they decide on the plans.”
- mix UP / get mixed UP (confuse something for something else):
“You look very similar to your sister, I always mix you two up.”
“I always get New York and New Jersey mixed up.”
