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personing up

personing up is the present participle and gerund 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 personing up

What is personing up the present participle and gerund of?
Personing up is the present participle and gerund of person up.

Words near personing up in the dictionary

  1. personifies
  2. personify
  3. personifying
  4. personifyings
  5. personing
  6. personing up
  7. personise
  8. personised
  9. personises
  10. personish
  11. personising

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