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bull up

bull up verb: to throw darts, aiming at a bullseye, to determine who goes first in a match.

Verb

bull up (third-person singular simple present bulls up, present participle bulling up, simple past and past participle bulled up)

  1. To throw darts, aiming at a bullseye, to determine who goes first in a match.
  2. (UK, slang) To polish (boots) thoroughly; by extension, to prepare other military kit, e.g. firearms or uniforms; to clean or organize more generally.

Forms of bull up

third-person singular presentbulls up
present participlebulling up
past participlebulled up
pastbulled up

Questions about bull up

What does bull up mean?
Bull up means to throw darts, aiming at a bullseye, to determine who goes first in a match.
What part of speech is bull up?
Bull up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bull up?
The past tense of bull up is bulled up.

Words near bull up in the dictionary

  1. bull thistle
  2. bull thistles
  3. bull trap
  4. bull traps
  5. bull trout
  6. bull up
  7. bull week
  8. bull weeks
  9. bull wheel
  10. bull wheels
  11. bull$h!t

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