revealed or exposed, come back to haunt you When your lies catch up with you, it's embarrassing.
come up with
think of, compose Can you come up with the answer to my question?
curl up with a good book
sit down in a comfortable place and read a book On a cold and rainy day she likes to curl up with a good book.
fed up with
disgusted or bored with someone or something I think that he is getting fed up with the constant demands of his boss.
fix someone up with someone
help someone get a date by arranging a meeting for the two I tried to fix my sister up with a date with my friend but she refused me.
hook up with
join, travel together In Calgary, I hooked up with a guy from Montreal.
keep up with
go at the same speed as a person or thing, maintain the same rate of progress I can
keep up with the Joneses
try to be the same as your neighbors He always worries about keeping up with the Joneses and is always frustrated.
keep up with the news
keep informed He reads the newspaper every morning in order to keep up with the news.
keep up with the times
be aware of new methods and trends, stay abreast Reading newspapers will help you keep up with the times.
meet up with
meet by accident, come upon without planning or expecting to He met up with a nice group of people in Australia when he was travelling there.
put up with
tolerate, endure, not get frustrated Alice puts up with a lot of complaining from Jackie.
shack up with
live with someone of the opposite sex without marrying them When his sister was younger she shacked up with her boyfriend for a couple of years.
up with
support it, this is good "Millie was waving a flag and shouting, ""Up with fluoride!"""
ate up with the dumb ass
strange, stupid; WEIRD:"Don't pay any attention to him, he's ate up with the dumb ass"
bound up with
have a very close connection with 同…密切相关 The affair was bound up with their interests.这件事同他们的利益密切相关。 The welfare of the individual is bound up with the welfare of the community.个人福利与社会福利息息相关。
catch up with/to
1.come level with;overtake 赶上 We have a long way to go to catch up with the advanced countries.要赶上先进国家,我们还有漫长的路要走。 He is working hard to catch up to the others after missing a month.缺席了一个月后,他在努力赶上别人。 2.have the expected ill effect or result on;arrest 对…产生预期的坏影响和结果;逮捕 Excessive drinking and smoking will catch up on you.过度地抽烟喝酒,将会给你带来恶果。 The thieves had gone ten miles before the police caught up with them.窃贼跑了10里之后警察才抓住他。
wipe the floor up with
Idiom(s): wipe the floor up with sb
Theme: FIGHTING
to beat or physically abuse someone. (Slang. Usually said as a threat.) • You say that to me one more time, and I'll wipe the floor up with you. • Oh, yeah! You're not big enough to wipe up the floor with anybody!
team up with
Idiom(s): team up with sb
Theme: TOGETHERNESS
to join with someone. • I teamed up with Jane to write the report. • I had never teamed up with anyone else before. I had always worked alone.
take up with
Idiom(s): take up with sb
Theme: SOCIAL
to become a friend or companion to someone. • Billy's mother was afraid that he was taking up with the wrong kind of people. • John and Bob took up with each other and became close friends.
square up with
Idiom(s): square up with sb
Theme: EVEN
to pay someone what one owes; to pay one's share of something to someone. (Informal.) • I'll square up with you later if you pay the whole bill now. •Bob said he would square up with Tom for his share of the gas.
sit up with
Idiom(s): sit up with sb
Theme: ACCOMPANIMENT
to stay with someone through the night, especially with a sick or troubled person or with someone who is waiting for something. • I had to sit up with my younger sister when she was ill. • I sat up with Bill while he waited for an overseas telephone call.
settle up with
Idiom(s): settle up with sb
Theme: MONEY
to pay someone what one owes; to pay someone one's share of something. • I must settle up with Jim for the bike I bought for him. • Fred paid the whole restaurant bill and we all settled up with him later.
pipe up with
Idiom(s): pipe up with sth
Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
to speak up and say something, especially with a high-pitched voice. • Billy piped up with a silly remark. • Did I hear somebody pipe up with an insult?
mop the floor up with
Idiom(s): mop the floor up with sb
Theme: ATTACK
to overwhelm and physically subdue someone; to beat someone. (Slang.) • Stop talking like that, or I'll mop the floor up with you! • Did you hear that? He threatened to mop up the floor with me!
line up with
Idiom(s): line sb or sth up with sth
Theme: ORGANIZATION
to position someone or something (or a group) in reference to other things. • Please line the chairs up with the floor tiles. • Line up this brick with the bricks below and at both sides. That's the way you lay bricks. • Line up the boys with the row of trees.
mix sb up with sb else
Idiom(s): mistake someone for someone else AND mix someone up with someone else
Theme: IDENTIFICATION
to confuse someone with someone else; to think that one person is another person. • I'm sorry. I mistook you for John. • Tom is always mistaking Bill for me. We don't look a thing alike, though. • Try not to mix Bill up with Bob.
end up with the short end of the stick
Idiom(s): get the short end of the stick AND end up with the short end of the stick
Theme: FAIRNESS - LACKING
to end up with less (than someone else); to end up cheated or deceived. • Why do I always get the short end of the stick? I want my fair share! • She's unhappy because she has the short end of the stick again. • I hate to end up with the short end of the stick.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fl
This means that if you become involved with bad company, there will be negative consequences.
Up with the lark
If you get up very early, you're up with the lark.
bound up with|bound
v. phr. To be connected; be involved with. Tuition at our university is bound up with the state budget.
come up with|come
v. phr. 1. To offer. We can always depend on John Smith to come up with a good solution for any problem we might have. 2. To produce on demand. I won't be able to buy this car, because I cannot come up with the down payment you require. 3. To find. How on earth did you come up with such a brilliant idea?
fix someone up with|fix up
v. phr., informal To help another get a date with a woman or man by arranging a meeting for the two. Say Joe, can you possibly fix me up with someone this weekend? I am so terribly lonesome!
keep up with the Joneses|Joneses|keep
v. phr. To follow the latest fashion; try to be equal with your neighbors. Mrs. Smith kept buying every new thing that was advertised, finally Mr. Smith told her to stop trying to keep up with the Joneses and to start thinking for herself.
meet up with|meet|meet up
v. phr. To meet by accident; come upon without planning or expecting to. When he ran around the tree, Bob suddenly meet up with a large bear.The family would have arrived on time, but they met up with a flat tire.
put up with|put|put up
v. To accept patiently; bear. We had to put up with Jim's poor table manners because he refused to change.The mother told her children, "I refuse to put up with your tracking in mud!" Compare: STAND FOR.
shack up with|shack|shack up
v. phr., slang To move in with (someone) of the opposite sex without marrying the person. Did you know that Ollie and Sue aren't married? They just decided to shack up for a while. See: LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.
sit up with|sit|sit up
v. phr. To be with; particularly to keep someone ill company. Mrs. Brown sat up with her sick husband all night in the hospital room.
stand up with|stand|stand up
v., informal To be best man or maid of honor at a wedding. A groom often chooses his brother to stand up with him.
take up with|take|take up
v. To begin to go around with (someone); see a lot of. Frank has taken up with Lucy lately.
team up with|team|team up
v. phr. To join with; enter into companionship with. My brother prefers to do business by himself rather than to team up with anybody else.
what's with|up|what's by|what's up|what's up with|
slang What is happening to; what is wrong; how is everything; what can you tell me about. Mary looks worried. What's with her?What's with our old friends?I'm fine. What's with you?
stand up with Be the principal witness at a wedding, that is, act as best man or maid or matron of honor. For example, Jane asked her sister to stand up with her.
up with (someone or something)
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*up with someone
Fig. alike with someone; bent up with someone. (*Typically: be ~; bolt ~; get ~.) I'm up with the best of them.Are you up with your colleagues on this one?Learn more: upLearn more:
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