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upped one's game

upped one's game is the simple past and past participle of up one's game.

Meaning of 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

Questions about upped one's game

What is upped one's game the simple past and past participle of?
Upped one's game is the simple past and past participle of up one's game.

Words near upped one's game in the dictionary

  1. Uppals
  2. Uppard
  3. uppe
  4. upped
  5. upped and disappeared
  6. upped one's game
  7. upped stick
  8. upped sticks
  9. upped the ante
  10. upped the game
  11. upped to eleven

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