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buck up to

buck up to verb: to rebel against (someone or something); to stand up to or struggle against (someone or something).

Verb

buck up to (third-person singular simple present bucks up to, present participle bucking up to, simple past and past participle bucked up to)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To rebel against (someone or something); to stand up to or struggle against (someone or something).

Forms of buck up to

third-person singular presentbucks up to
present participlebucking up to
past participlebucked up to
pastbucked up to

Questions about buck up to

What does buck up to mean?
Buck up to means to rebel against (someone or something); to stand up to or struggle against (someone or something).
What part of speech is buck up to?
Buck up to is a verb.
What is the past tense of buck up to?
The past tense of buck up to is bucked up to.

Words near buck up to in the dictionary

  1. buck the tide
  2. buck the tiger
  3. buck the trend
  4. buck up
  5. buck up one's ideas
  6. buck up to
  7. buck wild
  8. Buck's extension
  9. Buck's extensions
  10. Buck's fascia
  11. buck's fizz

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