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starred up

starred up is the simple past and past participle of star up.

Meaning of star up

Verb

star up (third-person singular simple present stars up, present participle starring up, simple past and past participle starred up)

  1. (UK, transitive) To transfer (an incarcerated juvenile offender) to an adult prison earlier than the usual age of 18 or 21.
    • So he lost it all when he got starred up: sent to adult prison.2011, Jonathan Trigell, Boy A, page 189

Questions about starred up

What is starred up the simple past and past participle of?
Starred up is the simple past and past participle of star up.

Words near starred up in the dictionary

  1. starra
  2. starre
  3. starred
  4. starred it
  5. starred the glaze
  6. starred up
  7. starrer
  8. starrers
  9. starres
  10. Starrett
  11. Starretts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starred up (page history and authors); star up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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