bronze up in English

Forms: bronzes up [present, singular, third-person], bronzing up [participle, present], bronzed up [participle, past], bronzed up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: An allusion to bronzing, or tanning one's skin. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bronze up (third-person singular simple present bronzes up, present participle bronzing up, simple past and past participle bronzed up)

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to bronzing, or tanning one's skin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bronzes up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bronzing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bronzed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bronzed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bronze up (third-person singular simple present bronzes up, present participle bronzing up, simple past and past participle bronzed up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover oneself in one's own excrement, chiefly to disrupt custodial processes or as an attention-seeking act in prison."
      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "excrement",
          "excrement"
        ],
        [
          "disrupt",
          "disrupt"
        ],
        [
          "attention-seeking",
          "attention-seeking"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, Australia, prison slang) To cover oneself in one's own excrement, chiefly to disrupt custodial processes or as an attention-seeking act in prison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bronze up"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to bronzing, or tanning one's skin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bronzes up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bronzing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bronzed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bronzed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bronze up (third-person singular simple present bronzes up, present participle bronzing up, simple past and past participle bronzed up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English prison slang",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover oneself in one's own excrement, chiefly to disrupt custodial processes or as an attention-seeking act in prison."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "excrement",
          "excrement"
        ],
        [
          "disrupt",
          "disrupt"
        ],
        [
          "attention-seeking",
          "attention-seeking"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, Australia, prison slang) To cover oneself in one's own excrement, chiefly to disrupt custodial processes or as an attention-seeking act in prison."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bronze up"
}

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"bronze up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms