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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

back up

1. verb To move backwards. This byword is frequently acclimated to accredit to action a car in reverse. Back up, you're continuing too abutting to me! If you aback up a little, afresh your car will be absolutely in that parking space.2. verb To save copies of computer files in addition place, in case the aboriginal files become inaccessible. If you didn't aback up your files afore the computer crashed, they may be absent forever.3. verb To become chock-full and impassable. I'm calling the plumber appropriate now because the toilet is backed up again. Traffic is absolutely backed up, due to all that construction.4. verb To acknowledgment to an account ahead mentioned. Whoa, aback up—Janet and Jim are accepting married?5. verb To abutment or abetment someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "back" and "up." You didn't see that affair on the calendar, either? OK, amuse aback me up on this, so the bang-up doesn't anticipate I'm an idiot.6. noun An alternating to be acclimated if it becomes all-important for some reason, about the failure, ineffectiveness, or the absence of the original. The byword is about accounting as one word. I brought an added pen as a backup, in case this one runs out of ink during the exam. I achievement Tony asks me to the prom, but, if not, I accept my best acquaintance Bill as a backup.7. adjective Available for use as an alternating if it becomes all-important for some reason, about the failure, ineffectiveness, or the absence of the original. The byword is about accounting as one word. I brought three advancement pens, in case this one runs out of ink during the exam. I'm the advancement quarterback, but I still accept to apperceive all the plays in case I get in the game. I achievement Tony asks me to the prom, but, if not, I accept my best acquaintance Bill as a advancement date.8. adjective Appearing in the accomplishments in abutment of a capital act or performer. The byword is about accounting as one word. She's auditioning advancement dancers for her apple bout today.Learn more: back, up

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