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draft up

draft up verb: to write a draft of a document, plan, legislation or budget, usually a first draft.

Verb

draft up (third-person singular simple present drafts up, present participle drafting up, simple past and past participle drafted up)

  1. (transitive) To write a draft of a document, plan, legislation or budget, usually a first draft.
    • I drafted up the original complaint, so I'll take a look at your notes.
  2. (transitive) To be advanced to a higher league, team or institution.
    • He was a freshman who could be drafted up to the varsity team.

Forms of draft up

third-person singular presentdrafts up
present participledrafting up
past participledrafted up
pastdrafted up

Questions about draft up

What does draft up mean?
Draft up means to write a draft of a document, plan, legislation or budget, usually a first draft.
What part of speech is draft up?
Draft up is a verb.
What is the past tense of draft up?
The past tense of draft up is drafted up.

Words near draft up in the dictionary

  1. draft lottery
  2. draft snake
  3. draft snakes
  4. draft stop
  5. draft stops
  6. draft up
  7. draft-bar
  8. draft-bars
  9. draft-dodge
  10. draft-dodged
  11. draft-dodges

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