verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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They fattened up quickly and were ready for re-sale at Norwich within three months.
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How did he manage to get fattened up so quickly?
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But in general, the abbeys and their abbots fattened up together.
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So we're sending her home to fatten up .
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They couldn't be fattened up enough.
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Hard-up families are buying them at £3.60 each to fatten up at home.
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This time they evidently thought she needed a bit of fattening up .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Increased profits will fatten the bonuses of the managers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Besides fattening the wallets of local merchants, the negotiators challenged each other to solve disputes on agriculture and textiles.
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Its general conformation showed a dairy-type leanness, but individuals could fatten well.
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Now that he's been loved and fattened, the old boy wags his tail and whimpers hello like a puppy.
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Other record companies offered long, fattening lunches in over-priced restaurants as part of the deal-making process.
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Thus farmers sell milk and young calves, as well as wool and lambs which are fattened on nearby lowland farms.
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We are pudding fanatics as a family, the richer and more fattening the better.