Bob and Jackie's Chemistry Project
Episode 1: Let's Get Started

Jackie: Ok, chemistry project. Let's get this experiment set up. Are you ok, Bob?




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Set up - set up - set up

Meaning: If you set something up, you make it ready for use, often by putting different parts of it together.

Grammar: This phrasal verb needs an object. It is possible to put the object between the verb and particle. If the object is a pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle.

They set up the equipment
They set the equipment up
They set it up

Example sentence: We took so much equipment to the exhibition that it took almost a full morning to set it all up.

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Synonyms: assemble, put up, build
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