"kit up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: kits up [present, singular, third-person], kitting up [participle, present], kitted up [participle, past], kitted up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kit up (third-person singular simple present kits up, present participle kitting up, simple past and past participle kitted up)
  1. (intransitive) To don uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-kit_up-en-verb-GDOxhW1X 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: 79 21 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. (transitive) To provide uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-kit_up-en-verb-nLSlcKmx
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "kitted up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitted up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "76 24",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To don uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose."
      ],
      "id": "en-kit_up-en-verb-GDOxhW1X",
      "links": [
        [
          "don",
          "don"
        ],
        [
          "uniform",
          "uniform"
        ],
        [
          "equipment",
          "equipment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To don uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "uniform",
          "uniform"
        ],
        [
          "equipment",
          "equipment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To provide uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kit up"
}
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    {
      "form": "kits up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kitting up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kitted up",
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    },
    {
      "form": "kitted up",
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        "past"
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    }
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        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To don uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose."
      ],
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        [
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To don uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "uniform",
          "uniform"
        ],
        [
          "equipment",
          "equipment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To provide uniform and/or equipment for a particular purpose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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