answer up

English

Verb

answer up (third-person singular simple present answers up, present participle answering up, simple past and past participle answered up)

To come forth with a prompt answer.
- c. 1884, Mark Twain, “Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians”, in Walter Blair, editor, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians: And Other Unfinished Stories, published 2011, page 63:
  "Answer up, Tom," but Tom didn't answer up. So he said it again, and Tom didn't answer up again; and come to look, there warn't anything there but the mule—Tom was gone.
- 1912, The Bradys and the Yellow Giant
  Come now, if you don't answer up at once it will be too late, "for I shall run you right to the station. What happened to the man who went overboard?"
- 2012, Sheldon Russell, Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush:
  “Mavis?” he called out. When she didn't answer, he called again. “Mavis, goddang it, answer up.” “That you, Carl?” she called back from the dugout.
- 2012, Kelly R. Rasmussen, Call 911!: True Stories from My Life in Emergency Dispatch, page 70:
  I overheard a voice on the fire south radio channel trying to hail us. I answer up. “This is central, go ahead unit calling.

References

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单词	answer up
释义	answer up English Verb answer up (third-person singular simple present answers up, present participle answering up, simple past and past participle answered up) To come forth with a prompt answer. c. 1884, Mark Twain, “Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians”, in Walter Blair, editor, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians: And Other Unfinished Stories, published 2011, page 63: "Answer up, Tom," but Tom didn't answer up. So he said it again, and Tom didn't answer up again; and come to look, there warn't anything there but the mule—Tom was gone. 1912, The Bradys and the Yellow Giant Come now, if you don't answer up at once it will be too late, "for I shall run you right to the station. What happened to the man who went overboard?" 2012, Sheldon Russell, Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush: “Mavis?” he called out. When she didn't answer, he called again. “Mavis, goddang it, answer up.” “That you, Carl?” she called back from the dugout. 2012, Kelly R. Rasmussen, Call 911!: True Stories from My Life in Emergency Dispatch, page 70: I overheard a voice on the fire south radio channel trying to hail us. I answer up. “This is central, go ahead unit calling. References answer up at OneLook Dictionary Search
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