"colour up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: colours up [present, singular, third-person], colouring up [participle, present], coloured up [participle, past], coloured up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} colour up (third-person singular simple present colours up, present participle colouring up, simple past and past participle coloured up)
  1. Alternative form of color up Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: color up Synonyms: color up
    Sense id: en-colour_up-en-verb-2QrQn3g2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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