"glow up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: glow ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} glow up (plural glow ups)
  1. Alternative form of glow-up. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: glow-up
    Sense id: en-glow_up-en-noun-gH1u~YU8 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: 54 17 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 62 14 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 20 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 13 22

Verb

Forms: glows up [present, singular, third-person], glowing up [participle, present], glowed up [past], glew up [past], glowed up [participle, past], glown up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|glow<,,glowed> up|past2=glew up|past_ptc2=glown up}} glow up (third-person singular simple present glows up, present participle glowing up, simple past glowed up or glew up, past participle glowed up or glown up)
  1. (slang, intransitive) To undergo a glow-up. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-glow_up-en-verb-oj7frlPT
  2. (slang, transitive) To cause to undergo a glow-up. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-glow_up-en-verb-F6eBSOcL

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017 May 11, Rebecca Noel, “Senior Glow Ups”, in Lecacy, The Kinkaid School, page 29:",
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