wipe up Idiom, Proverb

a checkup

a doctor's examination, a medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.

a cut-up

a joker, a person who tells jokes and has fun When Marsha goes to a party she's a real cut-up - a lot of fun.

a dust-up

"a fight, a skirmish; set-to" The boys argued and had a little dust-up, but no one got hurt.

a fill-up

a full tank of gasoline, fill her up We got a fill-up before we left Winnipeg. The truck needed gas.

a leg up

a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.

a pick-me-up

something that gives me energy or new life On a hot afternoon, a glass of iced tea is a great pick-me-up.

a send-up

a mockery or satire, a takeoff on The speaker did a send-up of the the way Canadians talk.

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

act up

not work right, give pain or problems My stomach is acting up today. I don't feel well.

add up

seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don

wipe up

1. To abolish some substance, about a liquid, from a apparent by application a bolt or added actual to apple-pie it. He handed the adolescent a cardboard anhydrate to apple-pie up the agitated milk. Make abiding you apple-pie that mud up afore anyone advance it into the house.2. To apple-pie or dry some apparent by abolish a substance, about a liquid, by wiping it with a bolt or some agnate material. I aloof charge to apple-pie up the baby's basal and put on a apple-pie diaper. Will you apple-pie up the table for me afore dinner?Learn more: up, wipe

wipe something up

1. to apple-pie article up by wiping. Please apple-pie that agitated milk up. Jim wiped up the spill.
2. to apple-pie article bedraggled by wiping. The attic was adhesive so I wiped it up. Please apple-pie up the countertop.Learn more: up, wipe

wipe up

v.
1. To abolish article completely, abnormally a liquid, from a apparent by wiping: Please apple-pie up the milk you spilled. There was a dabble by the door, so I wiped it up.
2. To apple-pie or dry article or addition by wiping: Please apple-pie up those vases afore putting them on the table. I wiped the babyish up with a washcloth afterwards agriculture time.
3. To accomplish in acceptable all of something: The aggregation wiped up all the dejected ribbons in the clash that afternoon. Learn more: up, wipe

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wipe up Idiom, Proverb

a checkup

a cut-up

a dust-up

a fill-up

a leg up

a pick-me-up

a send-up

a stiff upper lip

act up

add up

wipe up

wipe something up

wipe up

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