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lushing it up

lushing it up is the present participle and gerund of lush it up.

Meaning of lush it up

Verb

lush it up (third-person singular simple present lushes it up, present participle lushing it up, simple past and past participle lushed it up)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To drink alcohol to excess; to get drunk.
    • “Say, man, how you coming with Eva?” the host asked.
      “Fine, fine, we lushing it up.”1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 18

Questions about lushing it up

What is lushing it up the present participle and gerund of?
Lushing it up is the present participle and gerund of lush it up.

Words near lushing it up in the dictionary

  1. lushier
  2. lushies
  3. lushiest
  4. Lushih
  5. lushing
  6. lushing it up
  7. lushing up
  8. lushings
  9. Lushington
  10. Lushingtons
  11. lushly

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