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swallow
Verb
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If you swallow something you make it go through your mouth into your body (down your esophagus to your stomach). We swallow food and drinks.
Young children put small toys in their mouths and sometimes swallow them.
swallow
Noun
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A swallow is a kind of small bird.
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A swallow is the amount of food or liquid that goes down the throat at one time.
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A swallow is the act of swallowing.
He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.
up
Preposition
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Toward the top or toward the sky.
The balloon went up.
up
Adjective
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In a high position.
The flag is up.
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.
It was an up day.
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optimistic.
He is feeling up.
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Put in trust, entrusted.
It is up to you.
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ing, occurring.
What’s up?
They act like something is up.
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.
Something is up with him.
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Planning, plotting mischief.
He is up to something.
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ed.
It is all up with them.
up
Noun
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State of being up, often with down.
Life has its ups and downs.
up
Verb
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Increase, increment.
We upped the dosage.