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staff up

staff up verb: to hire new staff; to fill vacancies in a workforce.

Verb

staff up (third-person singular simple present staffs up, present participle staffing up, simple past and past participle staffed up)

  1. To hire new staff; to fill vacancies in a workforce.

Forms of staff up

third-person singular presentstaffs up
present participlestaffing up
past participlestaffed up
paststaffed up

Questions about staff up

What does staff up mean?
Staff up means to hire new staff; to fill vacancies in a workforce.
What part of speech is staff up?
Staff up is a verb.
What is the past tense of staff up?
The past tense of staff up is staffed up.

Words near staff up in the dictionary

  1. staff surgeons
  2. staff system
  3. staff systems
  4. staff tree
  5. staff trees
  6. staff up
  7. staff vine
  8. staff vines
  9. staff-sling
  10. staff-slings
  11. Staffa

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