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bronzing up

bronzing up is the present participle and gerund of bronze up.

Meaning of bronze up

Verb

bronze up (third-person singular simple present bronzes up, present participle bronzing up, simple past and past participle bronzed up)

  1. (Australia, intransitive, slang) To cover oneself in one's own excrement, chiefly to disrupt custodial processes or as an attention-seeking act in prison.

Questions about bronzing up

What is bronzing up the present participle and gerund of?
Bronzing up is the present participle and gerund of bronze up.

Words near bronzing up in the dictionary

  1. bronziness
  2. bronzing
  3. bronzing oil
  4. bronzing oils
  5. bronzing salt
  6. bronzing up
  7. bronzings
  8. bronzini
  9. bronzish
  10. bronzist
  11. bronzists

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