phone 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

phone up

1. To affix (to addition or some place) by phone. A cardinal of our admirers accept been phoning up to acquaint us their opinions on this matter. A acquaintance phoned up beforehand to acquaint us that there was a buck in our aback yard.2. To alarm addition or some alignment on the phone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "phone" and "up." Here's my number—phone me up sometime, and we can go see a cine or something. I've been phoning up the radio base every distinct day for a adventitious to be on the air with my admired DJ.3. To punch a accurate cardinal on the phone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "phone" and "up." I had her cardinal accounting down in my anthology from years ago, so I took a adventitious and phoned it up. I've consistently wondered if bodies absolutely buzz up the numbers aching into the walls of bath stalls.Learn more: phone, up

phone someone up

to alarm addition on the telephone. I don't apperceive what he will do. I will buzz him up and ask him. Phone up your brother and ask his advice.Learn more: phone, up

phone up

v. To blast addition or something: I didn't accept the contract, so I phoned up my advocate for help. She told her applicant that she would buzz him up afterwards cafeteria to analysis what they had discussed. Learn more: phone, up

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