"class up" meaning in All languages combined

See class up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: classes up [present, singular, third-person], classing up [participle, present], classed up [participle, past], classed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} class up (third-person singular simple present classes up, present participle classing up, simple past and past participle classed up)
  1. (transitive, informal) To make more classy or sophisticated Tags: informal, transitive

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "classed up",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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        {
          "text": "to class up the joint",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, C.A. Portnellus, The Road Home: Book Three of Sparrow Wars in the Garden of Bliss:",
          "text": "A good looking moose working in their café probably was not her father's idea of classing up the place.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Kathy Lyons, Sliding Home:",
          "text": "It [a simple black sheath] was formal, could be classed up with my simple gold hoop earrings, and the neckline barely plunged at all.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To make more classy or sophisticated"
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          "classy",
          "classy"
        ],
        [
          "sophisticated",
          "sophisticated"
        ]
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        "(transitive, informal) To make more classy or sophisticated"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "class up"
}
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "classed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "classed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
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          "text": "to class up the joint",
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        {
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          "text": "A good looking moose working in their café probably was not her father's idea of classing up the place.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Kathy Lyons, Sliding Home:",
          "text": "It [a simple black sheath] was formal, could be classed up with my simple gold hoop earrings, and the neckline barely plunged at all.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To make more classy or sophisticated"
      ],
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          "classy",
          "classy"
        ],
        [
          "sophisticated",
          "sophisticated"
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