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goose up

goose up verb: to take steps to make something appear more attractive or compelling.

Verb

goose up (third-person singular simple present gooses up, present participle goosing up, simple past and past participle goosed up)

  1. To take steps to make something appear more attractive or compelling.
  2. To boost or increase something's power (especially an engine).

Forms of goose up

third-person singular presentgooses up
present participlegoosing up
past participlegoosed up
pastgoosed up

Questions about goose up

What does goose up mean?
Goose up means to take steps to make something appear more attractive or compelling.
What part of speech is goose up?
Goose up is a verb.
What is the past tense of goose up?
The past tense of goose up is goosed up.

Words near goose up in the dictionary

  1. goose step
  2. goose stepped
  3. goose stepping
  4. goose steps
  5. goose tongue
  6. goose up
  7. Goose Village
  8. goose wing
  9. goose wings
  10. goose-drownder
  11. goose-drowner

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