"up for" meaning in All languages combined

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Preposition [English]

Audio: En-au-up for.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} up for, {{en-prep}} up for
  1. (idiomatic) Willing to participate in; interested in. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-up_for-en-prep-0Sdh5Dgi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 48 52
  2. (idiomatic) Being or due to be evaluated, inspected, judged, considered, sold, etc., in the stated circumstances or by the stated method. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-up_for-en-prep-nUFQt6ec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: up for grabs, up to, down to

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