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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
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