"chair up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chairs up [present, singular, third-person], chairing up [participle, present], chaired up [participle, past], chaired up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chair up (third-person singular simple present chairs up, present participle chairing up, simple past and past participle chaired up)
  1. (transitive) To chair (something) (act as chairman/chairwoman for). Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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    {
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaired up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To chair (something) (act as chairman/chairwoman for)."
      ],
      "id": "en-chair_up-en-verb-2Z0P9txj",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To chair (something) (act as chairman/chairwoman for)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chair up"
}
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    {
      "form": "chairs up",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chairing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaired up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaired up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To chair (something) (act as chairman/chairwoman for)."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To chair (something) (act as chairman/chairwoman for)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chair up"
}

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