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Unread Jul 30th, 2008, 04:12 am
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Default Re: Pay rise or Pay raise?

Isn't it that you are mistaking this use of 'up' to mean direction when it also has the meaning of completely.

tear up
clean up
wash up

rise up
raise up

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