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badges up

badges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 badges up

What is badges up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Badges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of badge up.

Words near badges up in the dictionary

  1. badges of honor
  2. badges of honour
  3. badges of merit
  4. badges of shame
  5. badges out
  6. badges up
  7. Badgett
  8. Badgetts
  9. badgework
  10. Badgeworth
  11. Badghis

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