"rug up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-rug up.ogg [Australia] Forms: rugs up [present, singular, third-person], rugging up [participle, present], rugged up [participle, past], rugged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rug up (third-person singular simple present rugs up, present participle rugging up, simple past and past participle rugged up)
  1. (transitive) To put a rug on a horse Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rug_up-en-verb-fc91F~RN
  2. (intransitive, informal, Australia) To put on layers of warm clothes; to wrap up Tags: Australia, informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-rug_up-en-verb-2m0iqT7b Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 23 77

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