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ups one's game

ups one's game is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ups one's game

What is ups one's game the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ups one's game is the third-person singular simple present indicative of up one's game.

Words near ups one's game in the dictionary

  1. uprushing
  2. uprushings
  3. ups
  4. ups and disappears
  5. ups and downs
  6. ups one's game
  7. ups stick
  8. ups sticks
  9. ups the ante
  10. ups the game
  11. ups to eleven

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