"graff up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: graffs up [present, singular, third-person], graffing up [participle, present], graffed up [participle, past], graffed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} graff up (third-person singular simple present graffs up, present participle graffing up, simple past and past participle graffed up)
  1. (slang) To graffiti. Tags: slang

Inflected forms

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