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boo up

boo up verb: to start a romantic relationship with someone.

Verb

boo up (third-person singular simple present boos up, present participle booing up, simple past and past participle booed up or boo'd up)

  1. (US, intransitive, slang) To start a romantic relationship with someone.
    • Although the No. 1 single “As It Was” set the shimmying, shimmering stage for the album — with its ’80s pogo pop that has you breaking out your best Molly Ringwald moves — the second half of “Harry’s House” settles into dreamy, woozy balladry that will have you booing up. Or getting on Tinder to...2022 May 20, Chuck Arnold, “Harry Styles takes it to the bedroom on ‘Harry’s House’”, in New York Post

Forms of boo up

third-person singular presentboos up
present participlebooing up
past participlebooed up
pastbooed up
past participleboo'd up
pastboo'd up

Origin of boo up

From boo (“significant other”); compare booed up.

Questions about boo up

What does boo up mean?
Boo up means to start a romantic relationship with someone.
What part of speech is boo up?
Boo up is a verb.
What is the past tense of boo up?
The past tense of boo up is booed up.

Words near boo up in the dictionary

  1. boo hag
  2. boo hags
  3. boo hiss
  4. boo hoo
  5. boo how doy
  6. boo up
  7. boo'd
  8. boo-boo
  9. boo-boo bus
  10. boo-booed
  11. boo-booing

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