Synonym: adequate to, capable, equal to, up to. Similar words: add up to, come up to, stand up to, lead up to, face up to, up to date, live up to, measure up to. Meaning: adj. 1. busy or occupied with 2. having the requisite qualities for.
31. It's up to you what your world looks like.
32. They get up to all sorts behind your back.
33. The essay didn't come up to his usual standards.
34. He whistled a waiter up to their table.
35. I'm up to my ears in work.
36. Jack cuddled up to his mother.
37. She's up to her eyeballs in debt.
38. People are lining up to buy commemoration stamps.
39. The party did not measure up to their expectations.
40. The stream was dammed up to form ornamental lakes.
41. Online bookstores can undercut retailers by up to 30%.
42. She can count up to one hundred and backward.
43. Mini-car owners are trading up to "real" cars.
44. Five and eleven add up to sixteen.
45. The wind breezed up to fifteen knots.
46. Leave it up to me. I'll see to it.
47. Join the dots up to complete the drawing.
48. Her work is not up to standard .
49. Louise got up to answer the phone .
50. We were brought up to be respectful of authority.
51. She can count up to 10 in Italian.
52. He always got up to greet the dawn.
53. I stood up to ask a question.
54. The old tramp shambled up to me.
55. He has grown up to be a man.
56. The cat scrunched up to sleep.
57. They bellied up to the bar at the club.
58. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
59. Children should look up to their parents.
60. He came up to us in the street.
31. We can handle up to 500 calls an hour at our new offices.
32. He started telling me about a wonderful new restaurant he'd been to and I wondered what he was leading up to.
33. He drew himself up to his full height and glared at us.
34. The children snuggled up to their mother to get warm.
35. The players squared up to each other and started shouting.
36. An inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the accident.
37. The police haven't got a clear clue up to now.
38. A fight broke out behind me as we lined up to receive our food rations.
39. A new all-woman market research company has been set up to find out what women think about major news and issues.
40. Wind and ice were blamed for the collision involving up to 12 vehicles.
41. This credit card allows you to withdraw up to £200 a day from cash dispensers.
42. In summer, the temperature sometimes climbs up to forty degrees centigrade.
43. You're a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of the younger ones look up to you.
44. How do you know he asked me out? You put him up to it.
45. Of course there is some truth in all this, but only up to a point.
46. They all ganged up to try and get him to change his decision.
47. Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.
48. I've had it up to here with you - get out!
49. The Post Office has confirmed that up to fifteen thousand jobs could be lost.
50. The youngsters got up to all sorts of amusing antics.
51. Members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time.
52. Some experts are concerned that the new drug won't live up to all the hype.
53. Have you any idea of what he is up to?
54. She strode purposefully up to the door and knocked loudly.
55. There was so much hype beforehand that it would have been difficult for the film to match up to/with our expectations of it.
56. She stood up to brush the crumbs off her uniform.
57. A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
58. Thirty four people were slaughtered while queuing up to cast their votes.
59. She strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
60. The retail price index for September is expected to show inflation edging up to about 10.8 per cent.
More similar words: add up to, come up to, stand up to, lead up to, face up to, up to date, live up to, measure up to, keep to, symptom, interrupt, corruption.
