"color up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-color up.wav Forms: colors up [present, singular, third-person], coloring up [participle, present], colored up [participle, past], colored up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} color up (third-person singular simple present colors up, present participle coloring up, simple past and past participle colored up)
  1. To blush (to go red).
    Sense id: en-color_up-en-verb-0YY~dRYx
  2. (poker) To exchange a high number of low-value chips (of one color) for a lower number of higher value (of a different color), but keeping the same overall value. Categories (topical): Poker, Face Synonyms: colour up
    Sense id: en-color_up-en-verb-v4PSYqs5 Disambiguation of Face: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Topics: card-games, poker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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