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dudes up

dudes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dude up.

Meaning of dude up

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

Questions about dudes up

What is dudes up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dudes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dude up.

Words near dudes up in the dictionary

  1. dudely
  2. dudeness
  3. Dudeney
  4. duderus
  5. dudes
  6. dudes up
  7. dudeship
  8. dudeships
  9. dudeski
  10. dudeskis
  11. dudess

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