"buzz up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: buzzes up [present, singular, third-person], buzzing up [participle, present], buzzed up [participle, past], buzzed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} buzz up (third-person singular simple present buzzes up, present participle buzzing up, simple past and past participle buzzed up)
  1. (transitive) To allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-buzz_up-en-verb-ycv-Gteq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for buzz up meaning in English (1.3kB)

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