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bridges up

bridges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bridges up

What is bridges up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bridges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bridge up.

Words near bridges up in the dictionary

  1. Bridgertonians
  2. Bridgerule
  3. bridges
  4. bridges over troubled waters
  5. bridges the gap
  6. bridges up
  7. Bridgeses
  8. Bridgestock
  9. Bridgestocks
  10. Bridget
  11. bridgetender

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