"alpha up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: alphas up [present, singular, third-person], alphaing up [participle, present], alpha-ing up [participle, present], alphaed up [participle, past], alphaed up [past], alpha-ed up [participle, past], alpha-ed up [past]
Etymology: Clipping of alpha male + up. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|alpha male}} Clipping of alpha male, {{m|en|up}} up Head templates: {{en-verb|alpha<,:alpha-ing,:alpha-ed> up}} alpha up (third-person singular simple present alphas up, present participle alphaing up or alpha-ing up, simple past and past participle alphaed up or alpha-ed up)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To make or become more characteristic of an alpha male. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-alpha_up-en-verb-3DmFRs~I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

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