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mugs up

mugs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mug up.

Meaning of mug up

Verb

mug up (third-person singular simple present mugs up, present participle mugging up, simple past and past participle mugged up)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To study intensely.
    • I mugged up on the meaning of road signs before taking my driving test.
    Synonyms:
    bone up, buff up, cram
  2. (intransitive, obsolete, slang) To paint one's face or put on a costume for the purpose of impersonation.

Questions about mugs up

What is mugs up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mugs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mug up.

Words near mugs up in the dictionary

  1. mugongo
  2. Mugrabi
  3. Mugrabis
  4. mugs
  5. mugs off
  6. mugs up
  7. mugs' games
  8. mugsful
  9. mugshot
  10. mugshots
  11. mugshotted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mugs up (page history and authors); mug up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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