"badge up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: badges up [present, singular, third-person], badging up [participle, present], badged up [participle, past], badged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} badge up (third-person singular simple present badges up, present participle badging up, simple past and past participle badged up)
  1. (transitive) To earn a badge (such as by becoming a police officer). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-badge_up-en-verb-mothA6os
  2. (intransitive) To wear a badge as a marker of identity. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-badge_up-en-verb-KpTzRbyT
  3. (intransitive) To acquire, bring or wield a badge to use as a marker of identity. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-badge_up-en-verb-iGAS2nZI
  4. (transitive) To attach badge(s) to (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-badge_up-en-verb-QuaD2-ib
  5. (transitive) To market products with figurative "badges", such as to claim product quality or popularity. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-badge_up-en-verb-uVxyOreJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 10 16 58 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 11 11 9 12 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 9 11 10 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 8 7 9 69

Inflected forms

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        "To wear a badge as a marker of identity."
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        "(intransitive) To acquire, bring or wield a badge to use as a marker of identity."
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        "To attach badge(s) to (something)."
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        "To market products with figurative \"badges\", such as to claim product quality or popularity."
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        "(transitive) To market products with figurative \"badges\", such as to claim product quality or popularity."
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