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suiting up

suiting up is the present participle and gerund of suit up.

Meaning of suit up

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).

Questions about suiting up

What is suiting up the present participle and gerund of?
Suiting up is the present participle and gerund of suit up.

Words near suiting up in the dictionary

  1. suiting
  2. suiting down to the ground
  3. suiting one's book
  4. suiting oneself
  5. suiting the action to the word
  6. suiting up
  7. suitingly
  8. suitings
  9. suitjacket
  10. suitjackets
  11. suitless

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