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dope up

dope up verb: to use or abuse narcotics.

Verb

dope up (third-person singular simple present dopes up, present participle doping up, simple past and past participle doped up)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To use or abuse narcotics.
  2. (slang, transitive) To administer narcotics to (someone).

Forms of dope up

third-person singular presentdopes up
present participledoping up
past participledoped up
pastdoped up

Questions about dope up

What does dope up mean?
Dope up means to use or abuse narcotics.
What part of speech is dope up?
Dope up is a verb.
What is the past tense of dope up?
The past tense of dope up is doped up.

Words near dope up in the dictionary

  1. dope stick
  2. dope sticks
  3. dope stories
  4. dope story
  5. dope time
  6. dope up
  7. dope whore
  8. dope whores
  9. dope-pedlar
  10. dope-ring
  11. dope-runner

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