If you 'bottle up' a feeling or emotion, you suppress them and don't express them
· If you bottle up your feelings, you will make yourself ill.
· I was angry but I bottled up my feelings during the meeting.
If you 'call someone up', you phone them.
· I tried to call you up earlier but there was no answer.
· Call me up when you get a chance.
If something 'crops up', it happens unexpectedly.
· Something has cropped up. I am going to have to work late.
· If a problem crops up when I am away, give me a call on my cell phone.
If you 'freshen up', you wash and make yourself more presentable.
· I need a minute to freshen up before we meet them.
· When they arrive, they will probably need a few moments to freshen up after the journey.
If your eyes 'light up', they become excited.
· Her eyes lit up when she saw the dress.
· His eyes lit up when he saw her wearing the dress.
If you 'own up', you confess to something.
· Nobody has owned up to starting the fire.
· He owned up to being a big fan of Britney.
If you 'polish something up', you improve it.
· The basic report is fine but you need to polish it up a bit.
· I must polish up my Japanese before we go to Tokyo.
If you 'speed up', you go faster.
· We need to speed up production. It is taking too long.
· Can you speed up a bit? I am going to miss my train.
If you 'tighten up' something, you make it more secure.
· We need to tighten up security in the light of these threats.
· We need to tighten up our quality control system. There have been too many mistakes.
Phrasal Verbs with UP 5
If you 'do up' your coat, you fasten it.
· Do up your jacket. It looks untidy.
· Can you do up my coat for me? My hands are frozen.
Do up' can also mean to decorate or make repairs to something.
· Buy me the paint and I will do up my room.
· I'm going to do up my car so that I can sell it.
To 'hold up' can mean to delay.
· We were held up by a traffic accident.
· I don't mean to hold you up but we must finish this discussion.
To 'keep up with' can mean to go at the same speed as.
· It is difficult to keep up with all the changes they are making.
· I don't know how you keep up with all the news.
To 'keep up' can mean to maintain.
· It is difficult to keep up the payments on my new car.
· I can't afford to keep up an apartment in town and a house in the country.
If you 'kick up a fuss', you complain loudly about something.
· He will kick up a fuss when he finds out that he is not invited to the meeting.
· The restaurant had given away our table so I kicked up a fuss and got another one.
If you 'stir up' trouble, you cause it by agitation.
· She is always stirring up trouble about some grievance or another.
· Some shareholders tried to stir up trouble about the sale of the factory.