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duke up

duke up verb: to dress up; to embellish or improve (something).

Verb

duke up (third-person singular simple present dukes up, present participle duking up, simple past and past participle duked up)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To dress up; to embellish or improve (something).
    • I need to duke you up for the party tonight.
    • The car has been duked up with luxury accessories.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To square up; to get one's fists ready for a fistfight.
    • When he said that, I duked up.

Forms of duke up

third-person singular presentdukes up
present participleduking up
past participleduked up
pastduked up

Questions about duke up

What does duke up mean?
Duke up means to dress up; to embellish or improve (something).
What part of speech is duke up?
Duke up is a verb.
What is the past tense of duke up?
The past tense of duke up is duked up.

Words near duke up in the dictionary

  1. Duke of York
  2. Duke of York Islands
  3. Duke of York's Island
  4. Duke of Yorks
  5. duke out
  6. duke up
  7. duked
  8. duked in
  9. duked it out
  10. duked out
  11. duked up

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