If you 'bottle up' a feeling or emotion, you suppress them and don't express them

· If you bottle up your feelings, you will make yourself ill.

· I was angry but I bottled up my feelings during the meeting.

If you 'call someone up', you phone them.

· I tried to call you up earlier but there was no answer.

· Call me up when you get a chance.

If something 'crops up', it happens unexpectedly.

· Something has cropped up. I am going to have to work late.

· If a problem crops up when I am away, give me a call on my cell phone.

If you 'freshen up', you wash and make yourself more presentable.

· I need a minute to freshen up before we meet them.

· When they arrive, they will probably need a few moments to freshen up after the journey.

If your eyes 'light up', they become excited.

· Her eyes lit up when she saw the dress.

· His eyes lit up when he saw her wearing the dress.

If you 'own up', you confess to something.

· Nobody has owned up to starting the fire.

· He owned up to being a big fan of Britney.

If you 'polish something up', you improve it.

· The basic report is fine but you need to polish it up a bit.

· I must polish up my Japanese before we go to Tokyo.

If you 'speed up', you go faster.

· We need to speed up production. It is taking too long.

· Can you speed up a bit? I am going to miss my train.

If you 'tighten up' something, you make it more secure.

· We need to tighten up security in the light of these threats.

· We need to tighten up our quality control system. There have been too many mistakes.

Phrasal Verbs with UP 5

If you 'do up' your coat, you fasten it.

· Do up your jacket. It looks untidy.

· Can you do up my coat for me? My hands are frozen.

Do up' can also mean to decorate or make repairs to something.

· Buy me the paint and I will do up my room.

· I'm going to do up my car so that I can sell it.

To 'hold up' can mean to delay.

· We were held up by a traffic accident.

· I don't mean to hold you up but we must finish this discussion.

To 'keep up with' can mean to go at the same speed as.

· It is difficult to keep up with all the changes they are making.

· I don't know how you keep up with all the news.

To 'keep up' can mean to maintain.

· It is difficult to keep up the payments on my new car.

· I can't afford to keep up an apartment in town and a house in the country.

If you 'kick up a fuss', you complain loudly about something.

· He will kick up a fuss when he finds out that he is not invited to the meeting.

· The restaurant had given away our table so I kicked up a fuss and got another one.

If you 'stir up' trouble, you cause it by agitation.

· She is always stirring up trouble about some grievance or another.

· Some shareholders tried to stir up trouble about the sale of the factory.