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gut up

/ɡʌt ˈʌp/

gut up verb: to show courage and hide one's apprehension.

Verb

gut up (third-person singular simple present guts up, present participle gutting up, simple past and past participle gutted up)

  1. (imperative, intransitive, slang) To show courage and hide one's apprehension.

Synonyms of gut up

Forms of gut up

third-person singular presentguts up
present participlegutting up
past participlegutted up
pastgutted up

Origin of gut up

From gut + up, influenced by expressions like man up and shut up. Compare guts (“courage”).

Questions about gut up

What does gut up mean?
Gut up means to show courage and hide one's apprehension.
What part of speech is gut up?
Gut up is a verb.
How do you pronounce gut up?
Gut up is pronounced /ɡʌt ˈʌp/.
What is the past tense of gut up?
The past tense of gut up is gutted up.

Words near gut up in the dictionary

  1. gut shot
  2. gut shot straight
  3. gut shot straights
  4. gut shots
  5. gut through
  6. gut up
  7. gut-brain axes
  8. gut-brain axis
  9. gut-bread
  10. gut-breads
  11. gut-busting

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