"person up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: persons up [present, singular, third-person], personing up [participle, present], personed up [participle, past], personed up [past]
Etymology: Patterned on man up. Etymology templates: {{m|en|man up}} man up Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} person up (third-person singular simple present persons up, present participle personing up, simple past and past participle personed up)
  1. (humorous, nonstandard) To show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up". Tags: humorous, nonstandard Synonyms: boss up
    Sense id: en-person_up-en-verb-JGeriOkz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for person up meaning in English (1.9kB)

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