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lift up

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lift someone or something up
to raise someone or something. I helped lift him up and put him on the stretcher. Please lift up Tommy.
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lift up

to raise up. Suddenly, the top of the box lifted up and a hand reached out. Bill's hand lifted up and fell back again.
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A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an alliance, saying that of all the animals they ought to be the best friends, since the one was the king of beasts on the earth, and the other was the sovereign ruler of all the inhabitants of the ocean.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Lift it out, Tom; but I'll just lift up these deeds,--they're the deeds o' the house and mill, I suppose,--and see what there is under 'em.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
What I dreaded was, that in some unlucky hour I, being at my grimiest and commonest, should lift up my eyes and see Estella looking in at one of the wooden windows of the forge.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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