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bait up

bait up verb: to place bait on fishing tackle preparatory to fishing.

Verb

bait up (third-person singular simple present baits up, present participle baiting up, simple past and past participle baited up)

  1. (transitive) To place bait on fishing tackle preparatory to fishing.
    • The housewife smiled to herself and started baiting up the hook.1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 29

Forms of bait up

third-person singular presentbaits up
present participlebaiting up
past participlebaited up
pastbaited up

Questions about bait up

What does bait up mean?
Bait up means to place bait on fishing tackle preparatory to fishing.
What part of speech is bait up?
Bait up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bait up?
The past tense of bait up is baited up.

Words near bait up in the dictionary

  1. bait car
  2. bait cars
  3. bait dog
  4. bait dogs
  5. bait money
  6. bait up
  7. bait-and-switch
  8. bait-and-switched
  9. bait-and-switches
  10. bait-and-switching
  11. bait-cord

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