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reup

reup is the alternative form of re-up.

Meaning of re-up

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).

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

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Forms of reup

Verb
third-person singular presentreups
present participlereupping
past participlereupped
pastreupped
Noun
pluralreups

Questions about reup

What is reup the alternative form of?
Reup is the alternative form of re-up.

Words near reup in the dictionary

  1. reunlocks
  2. reunpack
  3. reunpacked
  4. reunpacking
  5. reunpacks
  6. reup
  7. reupdate
  8. reupdated
  9. reupdates
  10. reupdating
  11. reupgrade

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