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up
1
adverb
GEOGRAPHY
COMPUTERS
up
2
noun
up
3
verb
7-Up
Act-Up
balls-up
noun
bandage
2
verb
DRUGS, MEDICINES
HOSPITAL
bang-up
adjective
beat-up
adjective
beered up
adjective
bevvied up
adjective
blow-up
noun
PHOTOGRAPHY
bodge
noun
bolster
1
verb
booze-up
noun
DRINK
LEISURE
botch
1
verb
botch
2
noun
bottom-up
adjective
buff
2
verb
build-up
noun
built-up
adjective
bunch
2
verb
buoy
2
verb
FINANCE
bust-up
noun
buttoned-up
adjective
call-up
noun
MILITARY
carve-up
noun
chat-up line
noun
checkup
noun
HOSPITAL
chin-up
noun
OTHER SPORTS
clean-up
noun
ENVIRONMENT AND WASTE
clog
1
verb
close-up
noun
PHOTOGRAPHY
clued-up
adjective
clutter
1
verb
cock-up
noun
coil
1
verb
cooped up
adjective
cover-up
noun
crack-up
noun
ILLNESS AND DISABILITY
MOTOR VEHICLES
crate
2
verb
crinkle
1
verb
cut up
adjective
cut-up
noun
dam
2
verb
CIVIL
dial-up
adjective
COMPUTERS
dose
2
verb
DRUGS, MEDICINES
dressing-up
noun
OTHER GAMES
drinking-up time
noun
DRINK
dust-up
noun
fed up
adjective
flare-up
noun
follow-up
1
adjective
follow-up
2
noun
NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING
foul-up
noun
frame-up
noun
CRIME
fry-up
noun
fucked
adjective
fucked up
adjective
fur
2
verb
get-up-and-go
noun
goof
1
verb
grown-up
1
adjective
grown-up
2
noun
hang-up
noun
hard up
adjective
het up
adjective
high-up
noun
higher-up
noun
hoard
2
verb
hoick
verb
hoist
1
verb
hold-up
noun
hook-up
noun
COMPUTERS
hopped-up
adjective
MOTOR VEHICLES
hung-up
hype
2
verb
hyped up
adjective
joined-up
adjective
jumble
2
verb
jump-up
noun
jumped-up
adjective
keyed up
adjective
knees-up
noun
knock-up
noun
OTHER SPORTS
lace-up
noun
CLOTHES
lay-up
noun
OTHER SPORTS
lead-up
noun
leg-up
noun
let-up
noun
line-up
noun
SPORT
CRIME AND LAW
lock-up
noun
loved-up
adjective
made-up
adjective
HAIR AND BEAUTY
make-up
noun
THEATRE
HAIR AND BEAUTY
SCHOOL
mark-up
noun
TRADE
mash
1
verb
messed up
adjective
mix-up
noun
mixed up
adjective
PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY
mock-up
noun
muddle
2
verb
muss
1
verb
nosh-up
noun
nuzzle
verb
opening up
noun
paid-up
adjective
paste-up
noun
NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING
patch
2
verb
CLOTHES
pent-up
adjective
phone
2
verb
pick-me-up
noun
DRINK
pick-up
noun
MOTOR VEHICLES
pick-up game
noun
pick-up truck
noun
MOTOR VEHICLES
pile-up
noun
pin-up
noun
piss-up
noun
pop-up
1
adjective
pop-up
2
noun
COMPUTERS
pot
2
verb
OTHER GAMES
GARDENING
press-up
noun
OTHER SPORTS
pucker
verb
puffed up
adjective
puke
1
verb
pull-up
noun
SPORT
punch-up
noun
push-up
noun
OTHER SPORTS
put-up job
noun
queue
2
verb
ramp
2
verb
roll-up
noun
TOBACCO
round-up
noun
run-up
noun
SPORT
runner-up
noun
SPORT
scarf
2
verb
screwed up
adjective
PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY
send-up
noun
set-up
noun
COMPUTERS
sexed-up
adjective
shrivel
verb
sit-up
noun
OTHER SPORTS
slap-up
adjective
slip-up
noun
snarl-up
noun
MOTOR VEHICLES
souped-up
adjective
MOTOR VEHICLES
speedup
noun
spice
2
verb
COOKING
stand-up
1
adjective
PERFORMING
stand-up
2
noun
PERFORMING
start-up
1
adjective
start-up
2
noun
COMPUTERS
steamed-up
adjective
stick-up
noun
stitch-up
noun
stoke
verb
strung-up
adjective
stuck-up
adjective
stuffed-up
adjective
summing-up
noun
LAW
sun-up
noun
CHRONOLOGY
sunny-side up
adjective
COOKING
sync
2
verb
take-up
noun
TRADE
tanked up
adjective
tensed up
adjective
tidy
2
verb
tie-up
noun
BUSINESS BASICS
MOTOR VEHICLES
tighten
verb
tone
2
verb
HAIR AND BEAUTY
tooled up
adjective
top-up
noun
DRINK
top-up card
noun
toss-up
noun
toughen
verb
trump
2
verb
CARDS
tune-up
noun
ENGINEERING
MOTOR VEHICLES
turn-up
noun
CLOTHES AND FASHION
up-
prefix
up-and-coming
adjective
up-country
adjective
GEOGRAPHY
up-tempo
adjective
up-to-date
adjective
up-to-the-minute
adjective
wake
1
verb
wake-up call
noun
waken
verb
walk-up
noun
HOUSE
warm
2
verb
warm-up
1
noun
SPORT
warm-up
2
adjective
warmed-up
adjective
washed-up
adjective
washing-up
noun
CLEANING
washing-up liquid
noun
CLEANING
well
5
verb
well-brought-up
adjective
wind-up
1
noun
wind-up
2
adjective
worked up
adjective
wound up
adjective
wrap-up
noun
write-up
noun
NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING
wrought-up
adjective