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dude up

dude up verb: to dress up; to dress in smart or special clothes.

Verb

dude up (third-person singular simple present dudes up, present participle duding up, simple past and past participle duded up)

  1. (US, ambitransitive) To dress up; to dress in smart or special clothes.
    • No real hand would ever dude himself up in Wild West clothes, like chaps with silver conchas and fifty-dollar boots so skintight the man's feet were starting to curl like a ram's horns.2014, Penelope Williamson, The Outsider, page 168
    • He’s up against the wall, duded up like the Marlboro Man, his hips cocked and his hat tilted low.2015 October 8, Ben Brantley, “Review: ‘Fool for Love,’ a Kinship That Breaks Hearts and Knuckles”, in New York Times

Forms of dude up

third-person singular presentdudes up
present participleduding up
past participleduded up
pastduded up

Questions about dude up

What does dude up mean?
Dude up means to dress up; to dress in smart or special clothes.
What part of speech is dude up?
Dude up is a verb.
What is the past tense of dude up?
The past tense of dude up is duded up.

Words near dude up in the dictionary

  1. dude food
  2. dude ranch
  3. dude rancher
  4. dude ranchers
  5. dude ranches
  6. dude up
  7. dude-bro
  8. dude-bros
  9. dudebro
  10. dudebros
  11. Dudeck

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