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Tart up is slang for to smarten up.
To be flash, to be shrewd.
Verb. To beat up.
Up to snuff is slang for not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute.
Verb. To smarten up, to make attractive.
Jazz up is slang for to decorate, ornament. Jazz up is slang for liven up, stimulate.
Verb. To praise, to acclaim. Also to big oneself up or to big it up. [Orig W.I.]
to set up (an appointment).
Verb. To smarten up. {Informal}
to wind up or finish
BETTER TO BE BLOWN UP THAN SHOWN UP
Better to be blown up than shown up is British slang for better to be brave and fail, than to be cowardly. Death before dishonour.
to turn up, to arrive
To use up, demolish.
Fuck up is slang for to mess up, or to have fucked up meaning to have messed things up severely.
Screw up is slang for to ruin, mess up. Screw up is slang for to traumatise.
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adv.
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
prep.
An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.
n.
Same as Tip-up.
prep.
Accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music of a piano.
a.
Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
n.
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
n.
Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up.
prep.
Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.
n.
Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.
prep.
From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.
n.
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
adv.
Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
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To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.
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In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
prep.
In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
prep.
Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state.
a.
Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
prep.
Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.
n.
A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.
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