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gens up

gens up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gen up.

Meaning of gen up

Verb

gen up (third-person singular simple present gens up, present participle genning up, simple past and past participle genned up)

  1. (UK, informal, intransitive) To study in detail; to familiarize oneself with all available information.
    • I find the doctors are very surprised when they realise I'm genned up about my condition.2005, Gervase Phinn, Up and Down in the Dales, →ISBN
  2. (UK, informal, transitive) To inform or teach with all relevant details; to brief.
    • It was also new to be listening to talk of bribery and corruption in high places, and Michael Murray saw it as his duty to gen me up on this.2007, Desmond FitzGerald, Many Parts, →ISBN, page 160

Questions about gens up

What is gens up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gens up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gen up.

Words near gens up in the dictionary

  1. genric
  2. genring
  3. genro
  4. genros
  5. gens
  6. gens up
  7. Gens.
  8. GenSan
  9. gensdarmes
  10. GenSec
  11. GenSecs

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