"suit up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: suits up [present, singular, third-person], suiting up [participle, present], suited up [participle, past], suited up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} suit up (third-person singular simple present suits up, present participle suiting up, simple past and past participle suited up)
  1. (intransitive) To don a suit, such as a spacesuit or a formal suit. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-suit_up-en-verb-cRodtyyR 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: 82 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. (transitive) To clothe, to put clothes on (someone). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-suit_up-en-verb-IOuffQ-D Disambiguation of Clothing: 13 87

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To clothe, to put clothes on (someone)."
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