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phoney up

phoney up is the alternative form of phony up.

Meaning of phony up

Verb

phony up (third-person singular simple present phonies up, present participle phonying up, simple past and past participle phonied up)

  1. To create a false version of something.
    • They're in it up to their ears if they're phonying up a record of nonexistent checks.2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 237
    Synonyms:
    fake

Forms of phoney up

third-person singular presentphoneys up
present participlephoneying up
past participlephoneyed up
pastphoneyed up

Questions about phoney up

What is phoney up the alternative form of?
Phoney up is the alternative form of phony up.

Words near phoney up in the dictionary

  1. phoneward
  2. phonewise
  3. phoneword
  4. phonewords
  5. phoney
  6. phoney up
  7. phoney war
  8. phoney-baloney
  9. phoneyed
  10. phoneyed up
  11. phoneying

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