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fleet up

fleet up verb: to be promoted from within a command or unit (e.g. for an officer on a ship to be promoted to commanding officer of the ship).

Verb

fleet up (third-person singular simple present fleets up, present participle fleeting up, simple past and past participle fleeted up)

  1. (Navy, US) To be promoted from within a command or unit (e.g. for an officer on a ship to be promoted to commanding officer of the ship).

Forms of fleet up

third-person singular presentfleets up
present participlefleeting up
past participlefleeted up
pastfleeted up

Questions about fleet up

What does fleet up mean?
Fleet up means to be promoted from within a command or unit (e.g. for an officer on a ship to be promoted to commanding officer of the ship).
What part of speech is fleet up?
Fleet up is a verb.
What is the past tense of fleet up?
The past tense of fleet up is fleeted up.

Words near fleet up in the dictionary

  1. fleet races
  2. fleet racing
  3. Fleet Street
  4. Fleet Street dove
  5. Fleet Street doves
  6. fleet up
  7. fleet-footed
  8. fleete
  9. fleeted
  10. fleeted up
  11. fleeter

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