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suit up

suit up verb: to don a suit, such as a spacesuit, a formal suit, a hazmat suit, or (archetypally or figuratively) a suit of armour.

Verb

suit up (third-person singular simple present suits up, present participle suiting up, simple past and past participle suited up)

  1. (intransitive) To don a suit, such as a spacesuit, a formal suit, a hazmat suit, or (archetypally or figuratively) a suit of armour.
    • Each day for three weeks they suited up and went out to the module and fed it.1983, Gregory Benford, Against Infinity
  2. (transitive) To clothe, to put clothes on (someone).

Forms of suit up

third-person singular presentsuits up
present participlesuiting up
past participlesuited up
pastsuited up

Questions about suit up

What does suit up mean?
Suit up means to don a suit, such as a spacesuit, a formal suit, a hazmat suit, or (archetypally or figuratively) a suit of armour.
What part of speech is suit up?
Suit up is a verb.
What is the past tense of suit up?
The past tense of suit up is suited up.

Words near suit up in the dictionary

  1. suit of dittoes
  2. suit one's book
  3. suit oneself
  4. suit service
  5. suit the action to the word
  6. suit up
  7. suit-case
  8. suit-cases
  9. Suita
  10. suitabilities
  11. suitability

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