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cockered up

cockered up is the simple past and past participle of cocker up.

Meaning of cocker up

Verb

cocker up (third-person singular simple present cockers up, present participle cockering up, simple past and past participle cockered up)

  1. To indulge (someone); to bolster, encourage (a person, feeling etc.).
    • ‘I think,’ said the irritated Blanford, ‘that we are all behaving like a gaggle of maiden aunts and the result will simply cocker up the girl's ego – already too swollen, in my humble opinion!’1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1115

Questions about cockered up

What is cockered up the simple past and past participle of?
Cockered up is the simple past and past participle of cocker up.

Words near cockered up in the dictionary

  1. cocker
  2. cocker spaniel
  3. cocker spaniels
  4. cocker up
  5. cockered
  6. cockered up
  7. cockerel
  8. Cockerell
  9. cockerels
  10. Cockerham
  11. Cockerhams

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