buddy up in English

Forms: buddies up [present, singular, third-person], buddying up [participle, present], buddied up [participle, past], buddied up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} buddy up (third-person singular simple present buddies up, present participle buddying up, simple past and past participle buddied up)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "buddies up",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buddied up",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buddied up",
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        "To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of any one person suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "suit",
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          "nature",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, intransitive) To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of any one person suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "buddy up"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buddies up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buddying up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buddied up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buddied up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "English verbs"
      ],
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        "To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of any one person suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "suit"
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          "accomplish"
        ]
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        "(informal, intransitive) To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of any one person suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "intransitive"
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}

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"buddy up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms