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personed up

personed up is the simple past and past participle of person up.

Meaning of person up

Verb

person up (third-person singular simple present persons up, present participle personing up, simple past and past participle personed up)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard) To show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up".
    • At one point Tuesday, during a testy question period exchange, deputy Tory leader Lisa Raitt urged the prime minister to “person up.”2018 February 6, Rebecca Joseph, “Justin Trudeau’s ‘peoplekind’ remark draws ridicule in U.S. and U.K. media”, in Global News, archived from the original on 17 May 2025
    Synonyms:
    boss up

Questions about personed up

What is personed up the simple past and past participle of?
Personed up is the simple past and past participle of person up.

Words near personed up in the dictionary

  1. personations
  2. personative
  3. personator
  4. personators
  5. personed
  6. personed up
  7. personeities
  8. personeity
  9. personhood
  10. personhoods
  11. personhunt

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