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flexing up

flexing up is the present participle and gerund of flex up.

Meaning of flex up

Verb

flex up (third-person singular simple present flexes up, present participle flexing up, simple past and past participle flexed up)

  1. (transitive) To increase a worker's work hours during on-call availability periods, as opposed to scheduled shifts.
  2. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To look good; to be dressed up so as to express one's wealth; to be blinged out; to look hard.

Questions about flexing up

What is flexing up the present participle and gerund of?
Flexing up is the present participle and gerund of flex up.

Words near flexing up in the dictionary

  1. flexing
  2. flexing off
  3. flexing on
  4. flexing one's muscles
  5. flexing out
  6. flexing up
  7. flexings
  8. flexion
  9. flexional
  10. flexionless
  11. flexions

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