styra upp

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Swedish

Etymology

From styra (operate, steer) + upp (up).

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Verb

styra upp (present styr upp, preterite styrde upp, supine styrt upp, imperative styr upp)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to take care of something which has been in a bad state; to bring to order
    • 2007, “”Skolan behöver bättre ledarskap” [”The school needs better leadership”]”, in Aftonbladet:
      Något som däremot är orimligt, är uppfattningen om att det ingår i lärares uppdrag att styra upp den svenska skolan.
      Something which is unreasonable on the other hand, is the idea that it is part of the teachers’ tasks to bring order to the Swedish school.
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to organize an event, to throw (e.g. a party)
    • 2014, “’Han var en helt enorm person’ [’He was a tremendous person’]”, in Norrköpings Tidningar:
      Det slutade med att Ingesson styrde upp en träningsmatch för Sleipner mot Elfsborgs U 21-lag under kvällen.
      It ended up with Ingesson putting together a friendly game for Sleipner against Elfsborg’s under-21 team in the evening.

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