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dated up

dated up is the simple past and past participle of date up.

Meaning of date up

Verb

date up (third-person singular simple present dates up, present participle dating up, simple past and past participle dated up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To date someone who is more desirable or of a higher social status than oneself.
    • Davidson and Kardashian have not confirmed if they are dating or if any romance is on the cards but unsurprisingly, the rumor mill is swirling with fans indulging in hundreds of memes to comment on the situation. […] Comedian Hannah Dickinson added: "Pete Davidson needs do a masterclass on how to...2021 November 2, Emma Nolan, “Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson Rumors Spark Wave of Memes”, in Newsweek
    Antonyms:
    date down
  2. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To have an affair or dalliance with (someone).

Questions about dated up

What is dated up the simple past and past participle of?
Dated up is the simple past and past participle of date up.

Words near dated up in the dictionary

  1. datebook
  2. datebooks
  3. dated
  4. dated back
  5. dated out
  6. dated up
  7. datedly
  8. datedness
  9. datednesses
  10. dateless
  11. datelessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dated up (page history and authors); date up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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