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.
