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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tool up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To furnish with equipment.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To arm oneself with a weapon, especially a gun.
    • “Everyone bally [balaclava]^([sic]) up, tool up,” said one man. “Let’s show the fucking media that we’re not a fucking pushover, that no more fucking foreigners are allowed into this poxy country.” 2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

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tools up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tooling up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tooled up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tooled up Tense=Past lexicographic