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re-up

re-up verb: to reenlist. Also the clipping of reupload.

Verb (1)

re-up (third-person singular simple present re-ups, present participle re-upping, simple past and past participle re-upped)

  1. (US) To reenlist.
  2. (intransitive) To sign up again.
    • Andy Levine, the founder and chief executive of Sixthman, said that more than 50 percent of attendees re-up for his cruises. According to Mr. Levine, his average passenger is 35 years old […].2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times
  3. (informal) To renew (e.g. a library book, a lease, a contract).

Noun (1)

re-up (plural re-ups)

  1. (US) One who reenlists.

Verb (2)

re-up (third-person singular simple present re-ups, present participle re-upping, simple past and past participle re-upped)

  1. (US) To renegotiate a contract.
  2. (slang) To refill one's drug stash.
    • While we're here, you mind if I re-up?2015 July 1, Sam Esmail, “eps1.1_ones-and-zer0es.mpeg”, in Mr. Robot, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Elliot Alderson
  3. (slang) To take another dose.
    • Gave me a cryptic, mostly frustrated-seeming look. Went upstairs with her bestie. To re-up, probably.2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN

Noun (2)

re-up (plural re-ups)

  1. (slang) A resupply of a batch of drugs to be sold on the street.
    • Slums need another re-up. Also, adjust the dosage. We had two more die on us. It's bad for business. We want them addicted, not dead.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Dosage, Modern Medicine, Kadara

Also used as

re-up is also the clipping of reupload.

Forms of re-up

Verb
third-person singular presentre-ups
present participlere-upping
past participlere-upped
pastre-upped
alternative formreup
Noun
pluralre-ups

Origin of re-up

"Reenlist" sense is a possible blend of re-enlist + sign up.

Questions about re-up

What does re-up mean?
Re-up means to reenlist.
What part of speech is re-up?
Re-up can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of re-up?
The past tense of re-up is re-upped.

Words near re-up in the dictionary

  1. re-treats
  2. re-trod
  3. re-trodden
  4. re-union
  5. re-unions
  6. re-up
  7. re-upholster
  8. re-upholstered
  9. re-upholstering
  10. re-upholsters
  11. re-upholstery

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