Do up is an English phrasal verb. English phrasal verbs with the preposition UP Do without phrasal verb

1. do away (with)– to end with someone (something), to end with something (someone), to eradicate something, to get rid of something, to destroy.
By the way: do away with oneself - commit suicide.
This old tradition is done away with. – The old tradition is over.
Why did Britain do away with the royal yacht? – Why did England get rid of the royal yacht?

2. do by- treat someone.
Do as you would be done by. – Treat others as you would like them to treat you.

3. do down- to cheat (deceive), outwit, gain the upper hand, humiliate.
Everyone tried to do her down. – Everyone tried to humiliate her. She did me down. - She tricked me (deceived me).

4. do for- to be completely unfit; look after; destroy.
Another stroke would do for him. “One more blow will kill him.”

5. do in- to remove (kill), exhaust, exhaust, destroy, drive away from the world.
After this exercise we were completely done in. – After this exercise we were completely exhausted.
They threaten to do me in if I don’t pay down my debt. “They threaten to kill me if I don’t pay off the debt.”

6. do out- clean up, clear out, clear out; decorate.
Who does out this house? -Who cleans this house?
She wants me to do out my room before we leave. – She wants me to clean the room before we leave. I’ve had my kitchen done out with balloons. – I decorated the kitchen with balloons.

7. do over (again)- redo, coat, cover, sheathe.
I'll have to do it over again. – I’ll have to redo this again. This essay is not as good as I expected.
You should do it over. – This essay did not live up to my expectations. You should rewrite it.

8. do up– decorate (a room), tie (a package), button (a dress), repair, mend; tire, exhaust.
Can you do your shoelaces up yourself? -Can you tie your own shoelaces?
You should do up your jacket. It's quite cold outside. -You should button your jacket. It's cold outside.
I'd like to buy a house that I can do up. – I would like to buy a house that I can renovate.
I prefer to do the presents up before giving them. – I prefer to wrap gifts before giving them.

9. do with- to get along with someone, to get by with something; to be content, to endure, to endure; relate to something (to relate to something).
I can do with a cup of coffee for breakfast. – I can get by with a cup of coffee for breakfast. Jealousy has a lot to do with it. – Jealousy has a direct bearing on this.
My question has nothing to do with your private life. – My question has nothing to do with your personal life. Is it difficult to do with his mother? – Is it difficult to get along with his mother?

10. do without- to do without something or someone.
Can you do without cigarettes? -Can you do without cigarettes?
I couldn't do without him. “I couldn’t do without him.”

If not, you may just not have realized it. Phrasal verbs are found almost everywhere; you can hear them in many phrases used in conversation every day.

So what is it? For those who don’t know, this is the name of a special construction containing a verb and a preposition. At the same time, the preposition is not always translated literally, but in combination with the verb it can form a completely new meaning.

So, in today’s article we will look at several examples of phrasal verbs with a preposition up. As you know, up indicates an upward movement, however, in constructions with verbs this preposition often loses its original meaning, and the expression takes on a new meaning.

Let's look at a few examples to make it clear.

1. Eat your soup!
2. Eat up your soup!

You noticed that the preposition up appeared in the second sentence. Those who are new to phrasal verbs will probably sense something is wrong: what does this have to do with up? How can you eat "up"? Yes, it is indeed a very confusing scheme. However, everything falls into place when we learn such a concept as a “phrasal verb”.

Everything is clear in the first sentence; it translates as “Eat your soup!” The second one is “Finish your soup.” The adverb up, which is part of a phrasal verb, often indicates the completion of an action. Another example of a phrasal verb with the preposition up is “ Button up your coat! This phrase is usually said by mothers to their children so that they button their jackets all the way - all the buttons.

Now another example:

1. Helen has invited us to dinner but says we shouldn’t bother to dress up.
2. Helen has invited us to dinner but says we shouldn’t bother to dress.

The first sentence says that Helen, having invited them to dinner, warned them not to dress up too much, that is, to come in casual clothes. The second sentence may seem very strange, since it means that Helen encourages guests to come to her for dinner in what their mother gave birth to. Do you see how just 2 letters can radically change the meaning of a sentence?

Let's look at the following examples:

1.Andy went
2.Andy went up to his friend to tell him the news.

Again, the difference in these two sentences is visually insignificant. However, the meaning is significantly different. In the first sentence, Andy went to his friend to tell him the news. And in the second case, Andy didn’t have to go far, since his friend was nearby. He simply approached him to tell him the news.

Last example for today:

1. I didn’t expect you to wait for me.
2. I didn’t expect you to wait up for me.

These sentences are close, but their translation is different. The first sentence means: “I didn’t think you’d wait for me,” and the second sentence means, “I didn’t expect you to stay up late waiting for me to come.” The phrasal verb is translated similarly sit up- don’t go to bed, stay up late at night, stay awake. For example: Mother, please, don’t sit up for me. — Mom, please don't wait for me to come back. Get some sleep.

That's not all. I suggest you look at the table, which presents a fairly extensive list of phrasal verbs with the preposition up. At the same time, you can immediately see the translation and examples of use.

Phrasal verb	Translation	Example
add up to	equal, correspond	Your purchases add up to $205.32. (Your purchase was $205.32).
back up	unfold, turn over; support	You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out. (You'll need to turn the car around so I can get out).
		My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. (My wife supported my decision to quit my job).
blow up	explode; inflate	The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. (The race car exploded after crashing into a fence).
		We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. (We have to blow up 50 balloons for the party).
break up	end a relationship; laugh (informal)	My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America. (I broke up with my boyfriend before moving to America).
		The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking. (The children started laughing as soon as the clown started talking).
bring up	to grow up a child; snatch	My grandparents brought me up after my parents died. (My grandparents raised me after my parents died).

		He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet. (He drank so much that he threw up in the toilet after breakfast).
call up	call	Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town. (Give me your number and I'll call you when you're in town).
catch up	catch up, catch up	You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty. (You need to run faster if you want to catch up with Mary).
cheer up	have fun; encourage	She cheered up when she heard the good news. (She cheered up when she heard the good news).
		I brought you some flowers to cheer you up. (I brought you flowers to encourage you).
clean up	put in order, clean	Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside. (Please tidy up your bedroom before you go outside).
do up	fasten, close	Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing! (Zip up your jacket before you go outside. It's snowing!).

end up	ultimately decide, do, achieve	We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theater. (We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theater).
fill up	fill to the brim	I always fill the water jug up when it is empty. (I always fill my water pitcher to the brim when it's empty).
get up	get out of bed; get up	I got up early today to study for my exam. (I got up early today to study for the exam).
		You should get up and give the elderly man your seat. (You must stand up and give up your seat to the elder).
give up	quit a habit; stop trying	I am giving up smoking as of January 1st. (I quit smoking on January 1).
		My maths homework was too difficult so I gave up. (My homework it was so difficult that I abandoned it).
grow up	grow up, get older	When Jack grows up he wants to be a fireman. (Jack wants to be a fireman when he grows up).
hang up	hang up	He didn't say goodbye before he hung up. (He didn't say goodbye before hanging up).
keep up	continue at the same pace	If you keep those results up you will get into a great college. (If you keep up these results, you'll get into a great college).
look up	search and find information	We can look her phone number up on the Internet. (We can look up her phone number on the Internet).
look up to	respect	My little sister has always looked up to me. (My little sister has always respected me).
make up	invent, lie; put up with someone; paint	Jess made up a story about why we were late. (Jess made up a story about why we were late).
		We were angry last night, but we made up at breakfast. (We were angry at each other last night, but we made up at breakfast).
		My sisters made me up for my graduation party. (My sisters gave me makeup for prom).
mix up	confuse	I mixed up the twins’ names again! (I got the twins' names mixed up again!)
pass up	reject (usually something good)	I passed up the job because I am afraid of change. (I turned down a job because I'm afraid of change).
put up with	endure, endure	I don't think I can put up with three small children in the car. (I don't think I can handle three small children in the car).
set up	arrange, organize; deceive; set a trap	Our boss set a meeting up with the president of the company. (Our boss arranged a meeting with the president of the company).
		The police set up the car thief by using a hidden camera. (Police caught a car thief using a hidden camera).
tear up	tear into pieces; increase volume or intensity (lights, temperature, etc.)	I tore up my ex-boyfriend’s letters and gave them back to him. (I tore up my letters ex-boyfriend and returned them to him).
		Can you turn the music up? This is my favorite song. (Can you turn it up? This is my favorite song).
turn up	appear unexpectedly	Our cat turned up after we put posters up all over the neighborhood. (Our car was unexpectedly found after we hung posters around the area).
use up	use up resources, reserves	The kids used all of the toothpaste up so we need to buy some more. (The kids have used up all their toothpaste, so we need to buy a new one).
wake up	wake up	We have to wake up early for work on Monday. (We have to get up early for work on Monday).
		You can warm your feet up in front of the fireplace. (You can warm your feet by the fireplace).
warm up	increase temperature; warm up (about charging)	I always warm up by doing sit-ups before I go for a run. (I always warm up before running by doing squats).

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Today's podcast is about breakfast. Probably most people think of “breakfast” as the meal you eat at the beginning of the day, when you first wake up. However, it is complicated more than that.

Today's podcast is about breakfast. Most people probably understand breakfast as a meal at the beginning of the day. However, things are a little more complicated.

First, let’s look at what the word “breakfast” really means. As you probably know, the word “fast” has several, completely different meanings in English.

First, let's look at what the word "breakfast" means in its (original) sense. You probably know that English word"fast" has multiple meanings.

One of the meanings of “fast” is a period when you do not have any food to eat.

One of these meanings is "fasting", a period of time when you don't eat at all.

So, for example, Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan – they do not eat anything between sunrise and sunset.

For example, Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan - they do not eat anything from sunrise to sunset.

A “breakfast” is, literally, a meal which you eat at the end of a period of fasting. When you eat breakfast, you break – or end – your fast.

Literally, "breakfast" means "breaking the fast." By eating breakfast, you break (your) fast.

When I get up in the morning, I have not had anything to eat since about 7 o’clock the night before. Now that is not a very long fast – perhaps 12 hours, but not more.

When I wake up in the morning, I haven't eaten anything since 7 pm. This post is not very long - about 12 hours, no more.

However, the meal which we eat first thing in the morning breaks our overnight fast, so we call it “breakfast”.

However, eating in the morning breaks our nightly “fast”, which is why it is called “breakfast”.

What do you eat for breakfast? I have a bowl of muesli with milk, two pieces of toast with marmalade, and two cups of coffee.

What do you eat for breakfast? I eat a bowl of muesli with milk, two toasts with marmalade and two cups of coffee.

Some people go for a run first thing in the morning, and then have a breakfast of fruit and orange juice.

Some people go for a run first thing in the morning and then have a breakfast of fruit and orange juice.

They are slim and fit and healthy and they make me feel guilty so I do not like them.

These people are lean, in good shape, healthy. Looking at them makes me feel guilty, so I don't like them.

Other people have no breakfast at all – they do not eat until the middle of the day.

Some people don’t have breakfast at all - they don’t eat anything until lunch (middle of the day).

Nutritionists tell us that it is not a good idea to go without breakfast, because your concentration is poor if you have not had anything to eat.

Nutritionists still advise having breakfast, since without breakfast it is difficult to concentrate (at work).

Other people eat huge breakfasts, with fried eggs and bacon, sausages, mushrooms and fried bread. In hotels and restaurants, a big cooked breakfast is called an “English breakfast”.

Some eat a lot for breakfast: scrambled eggs with lard (bacon), sausage, mushrooms, toasted bread. In hotels and restaurants, this large breakfast cooked on the stove is called an "English breakfast."

Actually, very few English people eat a cooked breakfast every day. We don't have time. We are in a hurry to catch the bus or the train and get to work.

In fact, few English people eat such a breakfast “from the stove” every day. There is not enough time. We are in a hurry to catch the bus and train and not be late for work.

I am very interested in breakfast today, because I have not had any! The doctor has the silly idea that I may have too much cholesterol in my blood.

I’m talking about breakfast with interest today because I didn’t have breakfast! My doctor suspected that I had high cholesterol (in the blood).

So, later today, I have to go to have a blood test. The nurse will stick an enormous needle into my arm, and take out several liters of blood, and send the blood away to a laboratory to be tested.

So today I'm going to get a blood test. The nurse will stick a huge needle into my arm, draw several liters of blood and send it to the laboratory for analysis.

The laboratory will of course send back a report to say that my blood cholesterol is absolutely wonderful, and that they have never seen such magnificent blood before.

Of course, the laboratory will come back with an answer that my cholesterol (in the blood) is simply perfect, that they have never seen such an analysis in my life.

But – and this is the terrible bit – the blood test is what the doctor calls a “fasting blood test”. That means that I must not eat anything for at least 12 hours before the test.

But the worst thing is that the doctor ordered me to take the test on an empty stomach. That is, you can’t eat anything 12 hours before the test.

So, no breakfast. Now, it would be sensible to have a fasting blood test early in the morning, so that I do not have to wait a long time to have something to eat.

So today I'm without breakfast. It is wiser to take such an analysis early in the morning so as not to go hungry for so long.

However, the nurse who takes the blood tests only works in the afternoon, so I cannot eat anything until about 3 o’clock.

However, the lab nurse only works in the afternoon and I will have to eat nothing until 3pm.

You have no idea how terrible this is. It is the middle of the morning, and I am hungry, really hungry.

You have no idea how terrible this is. It's mid-morning and I'm (already) hungry, I'm very hungry.

I cannot stop thinking about breakfast. Surely a very little bowl of muesli and one slice of toast with no marmalade would be OK.

I constantly think about breakfast. Obviously a bowl of muesli and some toast with marmalade would be nice.

Surely a very small breakfast would not ruin the blood test. However, the nurse who does the blood tests is big and fierce, and so I stay hungry.

Eating a little for breakfast will not harm your blood test. But the sister who takes the analysis is so big and fierce - that’s why I endure hunger.

And now the telephone rings. It is the receptionist at the doctor’s surgery.

The phone is ringing. This is from the doctor's office.

She is very sorry, but the fierce nurse who does the blood tests is unwell and cannot come to work today.

They are very sorry, but that fierce nurse who takes the blood test is sick and will not come to work today.

Please can she re-arrange the blood test for another day. How do I feel? What is my reaction to this news?

They ask to reschedule the blood test for another day. How did I feel about this news?

First, of course, I am relieved. I can eat my breakfast! I do not have to fast until the middle of the afternoon.

Of course, firstly, with a feeling of relief. You can have breakfast! There is no need to fast until mid-day.

But I am also annoyed. Why? Because I will have to go without my breakfast on another day in a few weeks time.

But there is also frustration. How come? After all, in a few weeks the day of fasting will come again for me.

Finally, I have an English expression for you to learn. I have talked about people who “go without” their breakfast, or “do without” their breakfast.

Well, finally, let's learn English expression. I was talking about people who" go/do without" (do without...) breakfast.

If you “do without” something, or “go without” something, you decide that you do not need it – perhaps because you do not have time, or you do not have enough money. Here are some more things you might “do without”.

Verbs consist of a verb and particles:
verb + adverb or verb + preposition or verb + adverb + preposition.
The meaning of phrasal verbs is usually very different from the meaning of the original verbs and prepositions/adverbs.

Phrasal verbs are used mainly in oral and informal speech. Studying phrasal verbs always causes a lot of difficulties, because there are no certain rules in the formation of phrasal verbs, and many phrasal verbs, in addition to the direct one, also have a metaphorical meaning.

Part of phrasal verbs is transitional. This means that they are only used in conjunction with the speech object, others can be used separately from the object. This intransitive phrasal verbs.

Phrasal verbs are also divided into separable, if an object can be inserted between the verb and the particle, and inseparable.
Separable verb:
Correct: Put on your coat.
Correct: Put your coat on.
Inseparable verb:
Correct: Get on a bus
Incorrect: Get a bus on

English phrasal verbs with UP, their meanings and examples

Pretext U.P. V English language opposite in meaning to the preposition.

The simplest way to use the preposition UP is to indicate the direction of movement (movement upward, movement from bottom to top).

Come up - Climb up. Come up and enjoy the view from the tallest rooftop in the county.
Get up - Get up. She got up from the chair and walked to the door.
Go up - To rise/rise. It is best to go up the mountain in the early morning.
Jack up - Raise the car on a lift. Now I have to jack the car up, so I can change th e tire.
Move up - Free up space/Move higher. Interest rates are beginning to move up.
Pin up - Pin up. She had his photograph pinned up above her bed.
Put up - Build a house, fence, wall. John was in the garden putting up a fence.
Sit up - Sit down. She couldn't sleep, so she sat up and read a book.
Stand up - Stand up. A man at the back stood up to ask a question.

Using a preposition UP in a figurative meaning is close in meaning to the direct one - the direction of movement is upward:

Talk up - Praise.
Stand up for - Protect. We should all stand up for our rights.

INCREASE OR IMPROVE
This meaning is also closely related to the direct meaning of the preposition Up - the direction of movement upward:
Big up - Exaggerate the meaning/pump up muscles. It was an article bigging up some new writers.
Boil up - “Boil” / Boil. Anger was boiling up inside me.
Buck up - To become wiser, to improve. A week at the beach will buck her up.
Build up - Develop/Increase.
Bump up - Increase. She’s doing some teaching in the evenings to bump up her income.
Cheer up - Have fun. I tried to cheer him up, but he just kept staring out of the window
Clean up - Clean up. I'm going to clean up in here this afternoon.
Drive up - Raise the price. The government's policies are driving up interest rates.
Dry up - Dry/dry up. The land had dried up and no crops would grow.
Ease up - Calm down/relax. They waited nearly four hours for the storm to ease up.
Dress up - N dress up/ put on a fancy dress. Let's dress up as ghosts!
Fold up - Fold. His clothes were neatly folded up on a chair.
Follow up - P next event, continuation. The doctor followed up the surgery with other treatment
Ginger up - Revive. They"ve gingered up the book cover with a new design.
Grow up - Grow up. I grew up in Scotland.
Heat up - Warm up. I was just heating up some soup.
Jazz up - Make it more attractive. He jazzed up the food with a spicy sauce.
Liven up - Revive/Make more attractive. I"m going to live myself up a little by going for a run
Loosen up - Relax. I do a few stretches to loosen up before I run
Make up - Invent, invent/Apply cosmetics. He made up some excuse about the dog eating his homework
Man up - Act boldly and convincingly. You need to man up and go get what you want.
Mount up - Grow over time. The costs are beginning to mount up.
Mop up - Solve a problem/mop up a spill. He mopped up the milk with a tissue.
Patch up - Fix. Did you manage to patch things up with Kate after your row?
Pep up - Revive. A good night's sleep will pep you up.
Pick up - Improve/collect/learn quickly. Can you pick up some friends of mine on your way to the party?
Polish up - Improve. I really must polish up my Japanese before we visit Japan next year
Price up - Calculate the price. I’ll price up the work you asked for and give you a quote.
Run up - Do something quickly/live on credit. He ran up a large credit card bill buying Christmas presents.
Rustle up - Do something hastily. Give me a minute and I"ll rustle something up for supper.
Save up - Save money for something/Keep something for future use. She"s saving up for a new bike.
Shoot up - Quickly zoom in. Petrol prices have shot up in the last six months.
Speed up - Move quickly. You see drivers speeding up when they should be slowing down.
Step up - Increase. The president has stepped up the pressure on the groups to come to an agreement.
Trade up - Buy something more expensive. Saving is a strategy to trade up from a smaller home to a larger one.
Turn up - Increase volume, temperature. Don’t turn the TV up - I’m trying to read.
Wash up - Wash the dishes. I can help to cook and wash up
Warm up - Warm up the muscles. Drink this and you’ll soon warm up
Whip up - Whip up, wind up someone. Let's whip up a light lunch.

FINISH/FINISH/TERMINATE
Burn up - “Burn” due to high temperature. "You"re burning up!" she said, touching his forehead.
Buy up - Buy out. Developers bought up old theaters and converted them into cinemas.
Close up - Close/connect. The owners decided to move and to close up the factory
Drink up - Drink everything. I gave the cat some milk and she drank it all up.
Eat up - Eat everything. Be a good boy and eat up your vegetables.
End up - To end with something unplanned. He ended up living in New Zealand.
Give up - Give up a habit/give up/end a relationship. His wife finally persuaded him to give up smoking.
Fill up - Fill to the top. He filled up the tank with petrol.
Hang up - Hang up, end the call. Greg hung up and sat back in his chair.
Live up - Meet expectations. Did the trip live up to your expectations?
Pack up - Finish work/stop doing something/pack things. My camera has packed up.
Pull up - Stop the car. T heir taxi pulled up outside the church.
Split up - End a relationship. Her parents split up a few months ago.
Sell up - Sell property. They sold up and retired to Spain.
Shut up - Close/shut up. Just shut up and get on with your work!
Sober up - Sober up. I had gathered up by then.
Use up - Finish/use everything. I’ve used up all my holiday entitlement, and it’s only August.
Wind up - Oh seem, finish/wind up/inflate. I'd like to wind up the meeting soon.
Wipe up - Wipe up liquid. Do you have something I could wipe up this mess with?
Wrap up - Finish/wrap in paper/dress warmer. We ought to wrap up this meeting and get back to work.

APPEAR/CREATE/START/PRODUCE

Come up - Appear unexpectedly. She’s hoping a vacancy will come up at the local college.
Come up with - Offer a plan/idea. We need to come up with a great idea to make money.
Crop up - Appear unexpectedly. Ben had to go back to work - a problem’s cropped up.
Bring up - Mention/Raise a child. She was brought up by her grandmother.
Build up - Increase/Strengthen. These exercises are good for building up leg strength.
Dig up - Dig up the truth/dig up. T hey dug up a body in his garden.
Dream up - Invent/have an idea. This is the latest gimmick dreamed up by advertising companies to sell their new products.
Fire up - Turn on the device. Fire up the radio!
Grow up - Grow/appear. The city grew up originally as a crossing point on the river
Knock up - Do it quickly. It doesn't take long to knock up some pasta
Pop up - Appear. New weeds pop up in the garden every day
Set up - Start a business. The group plans to set up an import business.
Show up - To become visible or obvious/visit/arrive. The writing didn’t show up very well on yellow paper.
Spring up - Suddenly appear. New Internet companies were springing up every day.
Spew up - To vomit. I was spewing up all night after those mussels.
Start up - Start a business/start/start an engine. She left the company last year to start up her own business.
Strike up - Start (conversation, relationship). Anna had a conversation with a girl at the pool.
Think up - Come up with, invent, lie. She’d have to think up a good reason for being late.
Throw up - Vomit/produce problems, results, ideas. The new model is throwing up a lot of technical faults
Turn up - Appear. She failed to turn up for work on Monday.

STAY AWAKE or NOT SLEEP
Be up - Don't sleep/grow, increase. Although it was two o"clock in the morning, I was still up because I had drunk so much coffee.
Get up - Get out of bed. He never gets up before nine.
Keep up - Don't let you fall asleep. The noise kept us up until after midnight.
Stay up - Don't go to bed. I can't stay up that late.
Wait up - Don't go to bed because you're waiting. Don’t wait up for me, I’ll be very late tonight.
Wake up - Wake up. Another cup of coffee will wake me up.

BE DIVIDED or BREAKED INTO PARTS
Bash up - Break. She bashed the car up quite badly.
Break up - Break up/end a relationship. Break the chocolate up into squares.
Chew up - Chew/bite off. My new trousers got chewed up in my bike chain.
Cut up - Cut. The electrician cut up the wires that he took out.
Divide up - Divide. Divide the children up into groups of four.(same as divide +emphasis)
Grind up - Grind up. The seeds are ground up and later digested.(same as grind +emphasis)
Hack up - Chop. The killer had hacked up the body.
Mash up - Break/damage/crushing. Mash the potatoes up and put them in a bowl.
Slice up - Cut into pieces, slices. Could you slice the tomatoes up?(same as slice +emphasis)
Saw up - To saw up. They were busy sawing up the logs into two-foot lengths.
Split up - Divide/end a relationship. The children split up into three groups.
Take up - Start playing sports, hobbies. I've taken up knitting.
Tear up - Tear into pieces, destroy. He tore up her photograph.

ATTACH / ATTACH / CLOSE
Belt up - Fasten your seat belt/be silent. Just belt up. I"m trying to concentrate
Box up - Pack in boxes. I've boxed up all my stuff.
Bottle up - Do not express emotions. Don't bottle up all your feelings.
Clam up - Be silent. He just clams up if you ask him about his childhood.
Do up - Fasten clothes. You don’t need to do up the top button.
Fasten up - Close, fasten, fasten. It’s getting cold out, so fasten up your coat.
Freeze up - Freeze. All the locks had frozen up.
Lock up - Close/take cover. I locked up and went to bed.
Tie up - Fasten/tie. Tie up your shoelaces before you trip over them.
Tighten up - Tighten/tighten. My first priority is to tighten up on discipline.
Zip up - Keep quiet/zip up. Zip up your jacket, it's cold out there.

APPROACH
Come up - Come up. A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
Drive up - Drive up. A huge Land Rover drove up.
Go up - Get closer/Be built up. Office buildings went up all over town.
Run up - Run up. He ran up next to me and started shouting.
Walk up - To approach. I walked up to the manager and told him my problem.

ADD/COLLECT/CONNECT
Add up - Fold. We added up the bill to check it was correct.
Count up - Add. Please count up all these books and tell me how many there are.
Draw up - Prepare a contract. Who will draw a contract up?
Gang up - Team up against someone. All right, you guys, don't gang up on me. Play fair!
Link up - Connect. The space shuttle will link up with the space station this afternoon.
Line up - Build in a line. The books are lined up on a shelf above the desk.
- Match/Connect. We need to marry up the names on your list with those on my list and see what the over lap is.
Meet up - Meet. Let's meet up after the meeting and discuss this further.
Pile up - Accumulate. Please pile up the leaves.
Power up - Turn on an electronic device. Well, let's power up so we will be ready to leave with the others.
Scrape up - Collect/Scrape up. I finally scraped up enough money for a flight home.
Sign up - Subscribe. Has anyone signed you up for the office picnic?
Squeeze up - Make room. Let's squeeze up so Kate can sit down.
Top up - Add/top up. Can I top up your glass?
Wire up - Connect an electrical device. We wired up the antenna to the TV-set.

OTHER important phrasal verbs with “UP”
Act up - “Show off”, behave badly. My computer"s acting up; I think I might have a virus.
Back up - Maintain, make a copy of computer data. Don't worry. I will back you up when you need me.
Beat up - Beat up. The robber beat him up and took his money.
Block up - Block. The leaves blocked up the drain.
Call up - Conscription for military service/call on the phone. Please call up the supplier.
Catch up with - Start taking action. The lack of sleep caught up with her, and she began to dose off.
Chat up - Z play with someone. When I left, Sally was getting chatted up by the barman.
Head up - To be in charge. Judy was chosen to head up the department.
Light up - Light up/ light up, light up. The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up.
Lighten up - Not to be taken seriously. Oh, light up! It’s not a matter of life or death.
Listen up - Oh pay attention, listen. Okay everyone - listen up! I have an announcement to make.
Look up - Search in a dictionary/reference book. I"ll look up this person in a reference book.
Mess up - To make something unkempt or dirty/cause physical or emotional problems/spoil or destroy. They had managed to mess up the whole house.
Mix up - Mix up/revive. Don't mix up the papers on my desk.
Mock up - Make a mockup/test. The produced a mock-up of the new houses in cardboard.
Open up - Speak openly/open a store. I"ve never opened up to anyone like I do to you.
Pair up - Form pairs. Two students from each class pair up to produce a short play.
Pick up on - React/fix the error. Only one newspaper picked up on the minister's statement.
Pick yourself up - Pull yourself together/come to your senses. It took him a long time to pick himself up after his wife left him.
Put up with - To endure/endure. We can put up with John living here until he finds a place of his own.
Ring up - Call. She rang up yesterday to make an appointment.
Saddle up - Saddle up. Let's saddle up and go for a ride.
Settle up - Pay a debt. You buy the tickets and I"ll settle up with you later.
Shake up - To shake/upset and shock. A new managing director was brought in to shake up the company.
Slow up - Slow down/slow down. Slow up a little! I can't keep up with you!
Soak up - Absorb/enjoy. Visit the market to soak up the local atmosphere.
Soften up - To weaken/suck up. You"re trying to soften me up so I"ll drive you to Kate"s house, aren"t you?
Suck up - To place oneself in favor. He offered to take all that work home because he"s just sucking up to the boss.
Take up - Shorten clothing/fill time or space. Homework took up most of the kids" afternoons.
Toss up - Toss a coin/throw furniture. Let's toss up to see who goes first.

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Hello my beloved readers.

Phrasal verb do- one of the most popular in the English language. It is, of course, not so actively used in oral speech, such as get or take. But still, no English-speaking person can afford not to know it. And today I want to discuss it with you in as much detail as possible. We are waiting for the most used phrases, their translation, as well as sentences with examples.

Many of you are so accustomed to the verb do meaning “to do” that it becomes incredibly difficult to imagine it in other forms. But it's okay, we'll fix it. Let's look at the options for using the verb with examples.

Do up - to repair, fasten (clothes)

Mary, can you help your sister to do up? I cannot do it by myself. - Mary, can you help your sister button up? I can't do this myself.

We asked the manager to send a worker to do the balcony door up. - We asked the manager to send a worker to fix the balcony door.

Do for - interfere, ruin

If this happens one more time, it will do for his sister’s future. “If this happens again, it will ruin his sister’s future.”

Mom, let Tommy play with you. He does for my studying. - Mom, let Tommy play with you. He prevents me from studying.

Do with - to have a good relationship with someone, to have some kind of attitude, to get by with something

You may not believe me but he is the most difficult person to do with. -You may not believe me, but he is the most difficult person to get along with.

Do away with - to end something, to get rid of something, to destroy.

He was angry and did away with everything he had written for his book. - He was angry and destroyed everything he wrote for his book.

But be careful: do away with oneself means “to commit suicide.”

Do without - does without something

I can do without chocolate for as long as necessary. But I cannot do without coffee at all. - I can do without chocolate as long as necessary. But I absolutely cannot do without coffee.

Do in - tire, exhaust, ruin

This trip was extremely difficult. I am completely done in. - This trip was extremely difficult. I'm absolutely exhausted.

Honey, you did me in with you questions. - Darling, you completely tired me with your questions.

Do over - redo

This isn’t what I’ve asked you to do. You need to do this statement over by tomorrow morning. - This is not what I asked for. You'll have to redo this report by tomorrow morning.

Do out - decorate, tidy up, clean out

This house is done out with black and white brick. - This house is decorated with black and white bricks.

We do out this room every day. - We clean this room every day.

Do down - outwit, humiliate, take over

Why do you always do people down? It insults them. - Why do you constantly humiliate people? This is insulting.

You need to be very careful with the phrase do about. Many people consider it a phrasal verb, but in fact it is just a phrase. It means "to do something with something."

I asked the manager to do something about this noise and he promised to help as soon as possible. - I asked the manager to do something about this noise, and he promised to help as soon as possible.

Well, now the most important part - the exercises. I never tire of repeating that without practice you will not achieve anything in learning a language. I have a wonderful test ready for you, where you can test everything you learned today. Share your results and questions in the comments.

Until we meet again, my dears.