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buffers up

buffers up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buffer up.

Meaning of buffer up

Verb

buffer up (third-person singular simple present buffers up, present participle buffering up, simple past and past participle buffered up)

  1. (transitive) To move (a rail vehicle) so that its buffers are touching the buffers of another rail vehicle.
    • The Type 3 will propel the unit on the return working to Bournemouth Central, where it will be buffered up to the remaining units for the journey back to Waterloo.1964 November, “The Electrification of BR: 5 The Southern's Bournemouth scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 321

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What is buffers up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Buffers up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buffer up.

Words near buffers up in the dictionary

  1. bufferized
  2. bufferizes
  3. bufferizing
  4. bufferless
  5. buffers
  6. buffers up
  7. buffersful
  8. buffery
  9. bufferzone
  10. bufferzones
  11. buffes

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