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bridged up

bridged up is the simple past and past participle of bridge up.

Meaning of bridge up

Verb

bridge up (third-person singular simple present bridges up, present participle bridging up, simple past and past participle bridged up)

  1. (Australia, intransitive, slang, prison) To approach threateningly; to gesture aggressively; to show off as if to fight.
    Synonyms:
    shape up

Questions about bridged up

What is bridged up the simple past and past participle of?
Bridged up is the simple past and past participle of bridge up.

Words near bridged up in the dictionary

  1. bridged carbocation
  2. bridged carbocations
  3. bridged nucleic acid
  4. bridged nucleic acids
  5. bridged the gap
  6. bridged up
  7. Bridgefoot
  8. Bridgeford
  9. Bridgefords
  10. Bridgeforth
  11. Bridgeforths

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