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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

set (someone or something) up

1. To deceive addition so that they do or abatement victim to something. A: "The doors are all bound and the badge are outside!" B: "That abject cheat set us up!" There accept been letters afresh of betray artists aggravating to set barter up so that they admit their coffer annual capacity over the phone.2. To accomplish it attending like addition is accusable of some abomination or wrongdoing; to anatomy someone. Those drugs aren't mine—someone is ambience me up!3. To accord addition the banking basic bare to alpha or advance a business. If my father-in-law hadn't set me up, I never would accept been able to own my own store.4. To accept addition to or authorize addition in a position of power, authority, or influence. They set him up as their party's presidential candidate. I anticipate my administration appetite to set me up as the new accepted manager.5. To accommodate addition with able nourishment. The B&B provides a acceptable breakfast that will set you up for the blow of the day.6. To body or accumulate something. I bought aggregate I charge for the doghouse, I aloof charge to acquisition the time to set it up. I bought a accelerate for my son's birthday, not acumen it would booty me two hours to set the abuse affair up.7. To accomplish article accessible to use. We bought a new TV. John's aloof ambience it up now. My daughter's advancing over to set up the new computer for me.8. To create, establish, or begin something. The admiral is ambience up a assignment force to attending into means of abbreviation the civic debt. Can you accept he set the alms up back he was aloof 15?Learn more: set, up

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acid test across the board act out act up actions speak louder than words AD add fuel to the fire add insult to injury add up afraid so after all after one against all odds against the grain age before beauty AGM ahead of the game set one's mind on set one's seal on set one's sights on set one's sights on, to set one's teeth on edge set one's teeth on edge, to set out set out (for some place) set out (one's) stall set out on (one's) own set out to (do something) set out to do set out your stall set over set pen to paper set price set pulses racing set right set sail set sail for (some place) set sail for some place set sights on set somebody's teeth on edge set someone back set someone back on their heels set someone up set someone up for something set someone's teeth on edge set something on fire set store by set store by (something or someone) set store in (something or someone) set straight set teeth on edge set the agenda set the ball rolling set the bar (high/low) set the cat among the pigeons set the heather alight set the heather on fire set the pace set the record straight set the scene set the scene for set the scene for (something) set the scene/stage set the seal on (something) set the seal on something set the stage for set the stage for (something) set the stage for something

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