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duff up

duff up verb: to beat up, to give a beating to.

Verb

duff up (third-person singular simple present duffs up, present participle duffing up, simple past and past participle duffed up)

  1. (UK, slang, transitive) To beat up, to give a beating to.
    • I heard Nick got duffed up behind the shopping centre at the weekend.

Forms of duff up

third-person singular presentduffs up
present participleduffing up
past participleduffed up
pastduffed up

Questions about duff up

What does duff up mean?
Duff up means to beat up, to give a beating to.
What part of speech is duff up?
Duff up is a verb.
What is the past tense of duff up?
The past tense of duff up is duffed up.

Words near duff up in the dictionary

  1. Dufaults
  2. Dufaur
  3. Dufaux
  4. duff
  5. Duff Islands
  6. duff up
  7. Duff's device
  8. duffadar
  9. duffadars
  10. duffed
  11. duffed up

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