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badging up

badging up is the present participle and gerund 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 badging up

What is badging up the present participle and gerund of?
Badging up is the present participle and gerund of badge up.

Words near badging up in the dictionary

  1. Badgeworth
  2. Badghis
  3. badging
  4. badging in
  5. badging out
  6. badging up
  7. badgir
  8. badgirs
  9. Badgley
  10. Badgleys
  11. Badham

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