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brasses up

brasses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brass up.

Meaning of brass up

Verb

brass up (third-person singular simple present brasses up, present participle brassing up, simple past and past participle brassed up)

  1. (slang) To pay a debt or hand over money.
    • "What did he soak him? Five quid?"
      "Yes, sir."
      "And Gussie brassed up and was free?"1949, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season
  2. (slang, transitive) To shell.
    • The next time I met RSM Simpson was when we were together being 'brassed up' by enemy artillery and mortar […]1982, The Listener, volume 108, page 3

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What is brasses up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Brasses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brass up.

Words near brasses up in the dictionary

  1. brassers
  2. brasses
  3. brasses it out
  4. brasses off
  5. brasses out
  6. brasses up
  7. brasset
  8. brassets
  9. Brasseur
  10. Brasseurs
  11. brassey

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