"color up" meaning in English

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Verb

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: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83 Topics: card-games, poker

Alternative forms

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