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up-gunned

up-gunned is the simple past and past participle of up-gun.

Meaning of up-gun

Verb

up-gun (third-person singular simple present up-guns, present participle up-gunning, simple past and past participle up-gunned)

  1. (transitive) To equip with additional guns or more powerful guns.
    • Hitherto, up-gunning British tanks had been prevented because of a basic design parameter.2001, David French, Raising Churchill's Army

Questions about up-gunned

What is up-gunned the simple past and past participle of?
Up-gunned is the simple past and past participle of up-gun.

Words near up-gunned in the dictionary

  1. up-front
  2. up-front money
  3. up-frontness
  4. up-gaze
  5. up-gun
  6. up-gunned
  7. up-gunning
  8. up-guns
  9. up-handed
  10. up-jumped
  11. up-line

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