单词 | brew up |
释义 | brew up 1. phrasal verb If someone brews up or if they brew up some tea, they make tea by pouring hot water over tea leaves. [British, informal] Brew up, Curly. We could all do with a cup of tea. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. ergative phrasal verb [usually cont] See full dictionary entry for brew If someone is brewing up an unpleasant situation or if an unpleasant situation is brewing up, it is starting to develop. I realized the extent of the trouble that Mary Morse was brewing up. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] There's another security scandal brewing up. [VERB PARTICLE] |
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