"cry up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cries up [present, singular, third-person], crying up [participle, present], cried up [participle, past], cried up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry up (third-person singular simple present cries up, present participle crying up, simple past and past participle cried up)
  1. To extol, praise.
    Sense id: en-cry_up-en-verb-cZA3E53a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cry up meaning in English (1.5kB)

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