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hokes up

hokes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoke up.

Meaning of hoke up

Verb

hoke up (third-person singular simple present hokes up, present participle hoking up, simple past and past participle hoked up)

  1. (colloquial) To elaborate; to give a better, false impression of something

Questions about hokes up

What is hokes up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hokes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoke up.

Words near hokes up in the dictionary

  1. hoke up
  2. hoked
  3. hoked up
  4. Hokeday
  5. hokes
  6. hokes up
  7. hokey
  8. hokey cokey
  9. hokey cokeys
  10. hokey pokey
  11. hokey pokeys

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