Preposition up

[toulay]

Peace be upon you

After a very long time,I came back with a new topic

It has to do with phrasal verbs with the preposition up

dress up=put on clothes,wear a costume to disguise yourself.

burn up=destroy something with fire,make somebody very angry,have a high temperature.

catch up=reach somebody who is in front of you.

check up=obtain information about somebody or something.

bring up=look after a child until he grows up,introduce or mention a subject.

do up=fasten something,arrange hair so that it's tied or fastened close.

build up=increaze in amount,size or intensity.

call up=telephone,bring back to your mind.

chop up=cut into small pieces.

eat up=eat all the food that you've been given.


Best of luck

[حكيم المنتدى]

As you can add look up used in this sentence "look it up" to mean check and look for a word in a dictionary.
A nice contribution miss Toulay
Thank you

[حكيم المنتدى]

put up or shut up which mean being silent. (informal)

[حكيم المنتدى]

make up has variety of uses
make up means be reconciled after a quarrel.
make somenone up means apply cosmetics to someone.
make up one's mind means make a decision
A make-up means a cosmetics applied to the face

[toulay]

You are welcome
For sure,there are plenty of verbs with the preposition up

[نارينا]

Thank you all!!