"train up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: trains up [present, singular, third-person], training up [participle, present], trained up [participle, past], trained up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} train up (third-person singular simple present trains up, present participle training up, simple past and past participle trained up)
  1. (transitive) To train or educate. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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