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jacket up

jacket up verb: to criticize or scold (someone).

Verb

jacket up (third-person singular simple present jackets up, present participle jacketing up, simple past and past participle jacketed up)

  1. (dated, transitive) To criticize or scold (someone).
    • I prefer to jacket up workers in private.
  2. (intransitive) To put on a jacket, typically one needed for an activity (such as a life jacket or a hi-viz vest).
  3. (transitive) To lift (something) using a jack.

Forms of jacket up

third-person singular presentjackets up
present participlejacketing up
past participlejacketed up
pastjacketed up

Questions about jacket up

What does jacket up mean?
Jacket up means to criticize or scold (someone).
What part of speech is jacket up?
Jacket up is a verb.
What is the past tense of jacket up?
The past tense of jacket up is jacketed up.

Words near jacket up in the dictionary

  1. jacket
  2. jacket plum
  3. jacket plums
  4. jacket potato
  5. jacket potatoes
  6. jacket up
  7. jacketed
  8. jacketed hollow point
  9. jacketed hollow points
  10. jacketed soft point
  11. jacketed soft points

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