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brassing up

brassing up is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about brassing up

What is brassing up the present participle and gerund of?
Brassing up is the present participle and gerund of brass up.

Words near brassing up in the dictionary

  1. brassiness
  2. brassing
  3. brassing it out
  4. brassing off
  5. brassing out
  6. brassing up
  7. Brassington
  8. Brassingtons
  9. brassinin
  10. brassinolide
  11. brassinolides

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