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up for

up for preposition: willing to participate in; interested in.

Preposition

up for

  1. (idiomatic) Willing to participate in; interested in.
    • Are you up for a trip to the library today?
    • Neither team were up for this third-round replay, their lack of enthusiasm betrayed by 16 changes from the line-ups they used in league combat at the weekend.2011 January 18, Joe Lovejoy, “Cardiff City 0 Stoke City 2”, in Guardian Online
  2. (idiomatic) Being or due to be evaluated, inspected, judged, considered, sold, etc., in the stated circumstances or by the stated method.
    • He is up for reelection next year, so he will try to control his image.
    • He is up for second degree murder.

Examples of up for in a sentence

  • It's still up for debate.
  • She put her jewelry up for auction.
  • My car is up for sale.

Questions about up for

What does up for mean?
Up for means willing to participate in; interested in.
How do you use up for in a sentence?
It's still up for debate.
What part of speech is up for?
Up for is a preposition.

Words near up for in the dictionary

  1. up bubble
  2. up bup bup
  3. up close
  4. up close and personal
  5. Up Exe
  6. up for
  7. up for grabs
  8. up for sale
  9. up for the downstroke
  10. up from
  11. up front

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