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doctor up

doctor up verb: to falsify, or modify something, so that it appears to be better than it is.

Verb

doctor up (third-person singular simple present doctors up, present participle doctoring up, simple past and past participle doctored up)

  1. (transitive) To falsify, or modify something, so that it appears to be better than it is.
    • A good way to doctor up a basic cake mix is by adding lemon zest, or coffee.
  2. (transitive) To train medical students.
    • This program will help doctor the novices up.

Forms of doctor up

third-person singular presentdoctors up
present participledoctoring up
past participledoctored up
pastdoctored up

Questions about doctor up

What does doctor up mean?
Doctor up means to falsify, or modify something, so that it appears to be better than it is.
What part of speech is doctor up?
Doctor up is a verb.
What is the past tense of doctor up?
The past tense of doctor up is doctored up.

Words near doctor up in the dictionary

  1. Doctor of Philosophy
  2. Doctor of Science
  3. Doctor Pepper
  4. Doctor Peppers
  5. doctor shopping
  6. doctor up
  7. Doctor Watson
  8. Doctor Watsonish
  9. Doctor Whovian
  10. Doctor Whovians
  11. Doctor Yellow

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