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rest up

phrasal verb with rest
 
 
/rest/ verb

Definition

to relax in order to have strength for something: Why don't you take a nap to rest up for the party?Passive and not working
(Definition of rest up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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