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Index U
- UFO
- UK
- U.K.
- ultra-
- ultraviolet
- UN
- U.N.
- un- (1)
- un- (2)
- unconscious of
- under (1)
- under (2)
- Underground Railroad
- Underground Railway
- under the circumstances
- under the provisions of
- under way
- underway
- under weigh
- undiscriminating
- unexpected surprise
- uni-
- unidentified flying object
- uniform resource locator
- uninterested
- unique
- unique to
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United Nations
- United States
- United States of America
- universal product code
- unlawful
- unsanitary
- unsatisfied
- until
- until such time as
- up
- up-and-coming
- UPC
- upcoming
- upgrade
- upon
- up on
- upper case
- uppercase
- upper-case
- upward
- upwards
- upwards of
- Urdu
- URL
- US
- U.S.
- USA
- U.S.A
- use
- used not to
- used to
- Usher of the Black Rod
- usual custom
- utilize
- UV
- UV index
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The adverb up forms part of many phrasal verbs, including follow up, give up, look up and wash up.
- Management will soon follow up on the consultant’s recommendation.
- Passengers who give up their seats for this flight will receive $300.
- Ross looked up the names in the alumni database.
- Everyone in town went to see the whale washed up on the shore.
However, the following phrasal verbs are inappropriate in formal writing: finish up, listen up, practise up and wait up.
- When the secretary finished (not finished up) formatting the letter, he returned it to the manager.
- Hannah has been practising (not practising up) her Japanese phrases in preparation for her assignment in Tokyo.
- Wait for (not Wait up for) the rest of the group at the main gate.
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