Phrase Hound found 2,432+ phrases and 1,343 compound words that contain up. The most common are listed below. Open up in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 2,432+
- set upTo make ready for use.
- pick upTo lift; to grasp and raise.
- give upTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
- get upTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- wake upTo stop sleeping; to awake.
- end upTo bring to a conclusion.
- stand upTo rise from a lying or sitting position.
- made-upInvented or fabricated.
- make upTo constitute, to compose.
- keep upTo maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.
- back upTo move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- up-to-dateCurrent; recent; the latest.
- shut upTo close (a building) so that no one can enter.
- sign upTo add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- show upTo appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
- go upTo move upwards.
- come upTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- follow upTo take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.
- look upUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.
- speed upTo accelerate; to increase speed.
- grow upTo mature and become an adult.
- clean upTo make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
- catch upTo pick up suddenly.
- pop-upComing into view suddenly from a concealed position.
- build upTo erect; to construct.
Compound words 1,343
- uponA higher-register or more formal alternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses.
- upcomingHappening or appearing in the relatively near future.
- pickupAn electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
- startupThe act or process of starting a process or machine.
- uprightVertical; erect.
- upwardIn a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
- supTo sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
- upsideThe highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
- upwardsTowards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
- upholdTo hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.