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wife up

wife up verb: (of a man) to marry a woman (generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife.

Verb

wife up (third-person singular simple present wifes up, present participle wifing up, simple past and past participle wifed up)

  1. (slang) (of a man) to marry a woman (generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife
    • 2008 “Chris Brown Wifing Up Rihanna?”
  2. (slang) (of a man) to spend extensive or excessive time with one’s wife or girlfriend; to be under a woman’s thumb; to be whipped
    • Brother’s wifed up – can’t go shoot pool or nothing.

Forms of wife up

third-person singular presentwifes up
present participlewifing up
past participlewifed up
pastwifed up

Questions about wife up

What does wife up mean?
Wife up means (of a man) to marry a woman (generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife.
What part of speech is wife up?
Wife up is a verb.
What is the past tense of wife up?
The past tense of wife up is wifed up.

Words near wife up in the dictionary

  1. wife beaters
  2. wife carrying
  3. wife guy
  4. wife guys
  5. Wife of Bath
  6. wife up
  7. wife's best friend
  8. wife-beater
  9. wife-beaters
  10. wife-beating
  11. wife-beating question

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