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palling up

palling up is the present participle and gerund of pal up.

Meaning of pal up

Verb

pal up (third-person singular simple present pals up, present participle palling up, simple past and past participle palled up)

  1. (Australia, UK, informal, intransitive) To become friends.
    • He'd happened to pal up with a Free French bloke who'd been in the orthopaedic wards, and when this fellow went home with a couple of bone grafts Rushleigh got an invitation to stay at his place down at Nice, buckshee.1955, Richard Gordon, Doctor At Large, House of Stratus
    Synonyms:
    buddy up
  2. To form an alliance.
    • WHEN union-busting coal operators and the sowers of red philosopies "pal" up together it is the beginning of a situation that affects the entire country.1928, United Mine Workers Journal - Volume 39, page 6

Questions about palling up

What is palling up the present participle and gerund of?
Palling up is the present participle and gerund of pal up.

Words near palling up in the dictionary

  1. pallilysin
  2. palliness
  3. palling
  4. palling around
  5. palling on
  6. palling up
  7. pallingly
  8. palliobranchiate
  9. Pallion
  10. pallisade
  11. pallisades

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