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up one's game

up one's game verb: synonym of step up one's game.

Verb

up one's game (third-person singular simple present ups one's game, present participle upping one's game, simple past and past participle upped one's game)

  1. Synonym of step up one's game.
    • He wondered if any of the boys had a grandmother like his, a woman with knowledge and secrets and a gentle habit of helping you up your game.2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 49
    • "Rail has a good basis for promoting green travel options, but we can't rest on our laurels. We need to keep on moving forwards because other modes are upping their games as well," says Brennan-Brown.2020 December 16, Daniel Puddicombe, “Treated DMUs become cleaner and greener”, in Rail, page 47

Synonyms of up one's game

Forms of up one's game

third-person singular presentups one's game
present participleupping one's game
past participleupped one's game
pastupped one's game

Questions about up one's game

What does up one's game mean?
Up one's game means synonym of step up one's game.
What part of speech is up one's game?
Up one's game is a verb.
What is the past tense of up one's game?
The past tense of up one's game is upped one's game.

Words near up one's game in the dictionary

  1. up line
  2. up lines
  3. up north
  4. up on
  5. up on one's ear
  6. up one's game
  7. up one's own ass
  8. up one's sleeve
  9. up one's sleeves
  10. up oneself
  11. up or out

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