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badged up

badged up is the simple past and past participle of badge up.

Meaning of badge up

Verb

badge up (third-person singular simple present badges up, present participle badging up, simple past and past participle badged up)

  1. (transitive) To earn a badge (such as by becoming a police officer).
  2. (intransitive) To wear a badge as a marker of identity.
  3. (intransitive) To acquire, bring or wield a badge to use as a marker of identity.
  4. (transitive) To attach badge(s) to (something).
  5. (transitive) To market products with figurative "badges", such as to claim product quality or popularity.

Questions about badged up

What is badged up the simple past and past participle of?
Badged up is the simple past and past participle of badge up.

Words near badged up in the dictionary

  1. badge-cove
  2. badge-coves
  3. badged
  4. badged in
  5. badged out
  6. badged up
  7. badgeer
  8. badgeers
  9. badgeless
  10. badgelike
  11. badgemaking

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