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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Tick up

"He was just stating a fact," Cook added, "which if you asked Virat is probably quite true. But yes, it was obviously just ticking up for their captain, which I thought was slightly unnecessary."
Kohli plays mediator as Ashwin goes after Anderson
What does "tick up" mean? Is it a phrasal verb? How do we know when to use "up" with verbs to make phrasal verbs?
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Without having heard the interview, I'd suggest it was actually '[he] was sticking up for their captain', in other words he was supporting him.

— David Hatton

  • Without having heard the interview, I'd suggest it was actually '[he] was sticking up for their captain', in other words he was supporting him.
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Without having heard the interview, I'd suggest it was actually '[he] was sticking up for their captain', in other words he was supporting him.
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Thanks. How do we know when to use "up" with verbs to create or use phrasal verbs correctly?
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Your best bet there is a dictionary, under 'up' or, if you think it makes an expression, under the verb itself. There are a lot of words which take 'up' to make phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions - there's no particular rule, they just exist.

Stick up, fed up, look up, stand up (to or for), read up (on), throw up, give up...

Of course, most of these have no direct conne
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