"pad up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pads up [present, singular, third-person], padding up [participle, present], padded up [participle, past], padded up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pads up|padding up|padded up}} pad up (third-person singular simple present pads up, present participle padding up, simple past and past participle padded up)
  1. (cricket) To put on batting pads preparatory to taking the field to bat. Categories (topical): Cricket

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pad up meaning in English (1.6kB)

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