top sth up
— phrasal verb with top uk/tɒp/us/tɑːp/verb -pp-
(LIQUID)
UK US top sth off to add liquid in order to fill to the top a container that is already partly full:
Would you like me to top up your drink?
Mix together some lemon juice and sugar, then top it up with water.
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Filling and completing
- brick
- brick up sth
- brim
- crowd
- crowd sb/sth out
- fill
- jam
- occupancy
- occupy
- overcrowded
- overran
- overrun
- plug
- round
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- tank
- tank up
- top sb up
- wadding
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(MONEY)
to add more of something, especially money, to an existing amount to create the total you need:
Students were able to take out loans to top up their grants.
This is the easiest way to top up your mobile phone.
top-up payments
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Augmenting and supplementing
- a new lease of life idiom
- accrual
- accrue
- add
- add on sth
- addendum
- addition
- broaden/expand/widen sb's horizons idiom
- bulk
- bulk sth up
- extension
- gain
- horizon
- incremental
- interpolate
- tack sth on
- tag sth on
- weight
- write
- write sth into sth
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