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cell up

cell up verb: to share a cell with someone.

Verb

cell up (third-person singular simple present cells up, present participle celling up, simple past and past participle celled up)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive, prison) To share a cell with someone.
    • I'm gonna have to cell up with Harry.
    • They're celling me up with Joe.

Forms of cell up

third-person singular presentcells up
present participlecelling up
past participlecelled up
pastcelled up

Questions about cell up

What does cell up mean?
Cell up means to share a cell with someone.
What part of speech is cell up?
Cell up is a verb.
What is the past tense of cell up?
The past tense of cell up is celled up.

Words near cell up in the dictionary

  1. cell therapy
  2. cell tower
  3. cell towers
  4. cell type
  5. cell types
  6. cell up
  7. cell wall
  8. cell walls
  9. cell yell
  10. cell-adhesion molecule
  11. cell-adhesion molecules

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