"buffer up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: buffers up [present, singular, third-person], buffering up [participle, present], buffered up [participle, past], buffered up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} buffer up (third-person singular simple present buffers up, present participle buffering up, simple past and past participle buffered up)
  1. (rail transport, transitive) To move (a rail vehicle) so that its buffers are touching the buffers of another rail vehicle. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Rail transportation

Inflected forms

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