What is the meaning of UP TO-SNUFF. Phrases containing UP TO-SNUFF
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to set up (an appointment).
Jazz up is slang for to decorate, ornament. Jazz up is slang for liven up, stimulate.
Verb. To smarten up, to make attractive.
Up to snuff is slang for not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute.
Verb. To praise, to acclaim. Also to big oneself up or to big it up. [Orig W.I.]
Tart up is slang for to smarten up.
Fuck up is slang for to mess up, or to have fucked up meaning to have messed things up severely.
Verb. To beat up.
to turn up, to arrive
Verb. To smarten up. {Informal}
Screw up is slang for to ruin, mess up. Screw up is slang for to traumatise.
BETTER TO BE BLOWN UP THAN SHOWN UP
Better to be blown up than shown up is British slang for better to be brave and fail, than to be cowardly. Death before dishonour.
To be flash, to be shrewd.
To use up, demolish.
to wind up or finish
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n.
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
a.
Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
n.
Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.
n.
Same as Tip-up.
prep.
Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.
prep.
Accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music of a piano.
adv.
To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.
prep.
An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.
prep.
Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.
adv.
Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
prep.
In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
n.
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
adv.
In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
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From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.
n.
A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.
prep.
Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state.
adv.
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
a.
Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
n.
Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up.
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