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verb (adverb)

to make a reservation (for); book

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby book up

bookstand, bookstore, booksy, book tile, book token, book up, book value, bookwork, bookworm, bool, Boole

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How to use book up in a sentence

A bodyguard and my interpreter told me to pick the book up immediately.
U.S. Must Show It Respects Quran and Its Importance to Afghans|Jere Van Dyk|February 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Tudor period is well-trodden ground in historical fiction and I admit I picked this book up wearily, thinking I knew it all.
Geraldine Brooks' Favorite Historical Fiction|Geraldine Brooks|May 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And I thought, “You know, I should pick this book up again.”
Tom Ford Unzipped: Interview Transcript|The Daily Beast Video|December 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
You know that memory that stays with you long after you place the book up onto the shelf?
Chris Matthews on the Buckley Mystique|Chris Matthews|May 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Here the pale gentleman, evidently annoyed by being talked across, shut his book up, and looked round.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
So he promised to do his best, and when the gong sounded, took his little book up into the bedroom with him.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys|Lewis Hough
I have a drawing of one of these contrivances in a book up at the house, and when the time comes, you boys shall make me one.
Out on the Pampas|G. A. Henty
You can pick the book up and open it anywhere without following a course of reading or instruction to understand it.
When Winter Comes to Main Street|Grant Martin Overton
He would stick a book up in front of him—Eppy something or other—and read the whole time.
The Observations of Henry|Jerome K. Jerome