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offered up

offered up is the simple past and past participle of offer up.

Meaning of offer up

Verb

offer up (third-person singular simple present offers up, present participle offering up, simple past and past participle offered up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To give (thanks, praise) to God.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To sacrifice.
    • After the Master Of Whisperers starts composing his written testimony about Jon being the rightful heir to the throne, Tyrion turns on his old friend and offers him up to Dany.2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To present.
    • But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport

Questions about offered up

What is offered up the simple past and past participle of?
Offered up is the simple past and past participle of offer up.

Words near offered up in the dictionary

  1. offerable
  2. offered
  3. offered a knee
  4. offered affordances
  5. offered one's condolences
  6. offered up
  7. offeree
  8. offerees
  9. offerer
  10. offerers
  11. offerest

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