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buddied up

buddied up is the simple past and past participle of buddy up.

Meaning of buddy up

Verb

buddy up (third-person singular simple present buddies up, present participle buddying up, simple past and past participle buddied up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of any one person suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished
  2. To ally with, team up with, cooperate with.

Questions about buddied up

What is buddied up the simple past and past participle of?
Buddied up is the simple past and past participle of buddy up.

Words near buddied up in the dictionary

  1. Buddhologists
  2. Buddhology
  3. Buddicom
  4. Buddie
  5. buddied
  6. buddied up
  7. buddies
  8. buddies up
  9. buddiness
  10. budding
  11. budding off

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