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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dude up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (US, ambitransitive) To dress up; to dress in smart or special clothes.
    • He’s up against the wall, duded up like the Marlboro Man, his hips cocked and his hat tilted low. 2015 October 8, Ben Brantley, “Review: ‘Fool for Love,’ a Kinship That Breaks Hearts and Knuckles”, in New York Times:
    • No real hand would ever dude himself up in Wild West clothes, like chaps with silver conchas and fifty-dollar boots so skintight the man's feet were starting to curl like a ram's horns. 2014, Penelope Williamson, The Outsider, page 168:

Forms

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duding up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dudes up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
duded up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
duded up Tense=Past lexicographic