woman up in English

Forms: womans up [present, singular, third-person], womaning up [participle, present], womaned up [participle, past], womaned up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Formed after man up. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} woman up (third-person singular simple present womans up, present participle womaning up, simple past and past participle womaned up)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Formed after man up.",
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    },
    {
      "form": "womaning up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "womaned up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "womaned up",
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        "past"
      ]
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        "To begin to behave responsibly, courageously, or both."
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          "responsibly",
          "responsibly"
        ],
        [
          "courageously",
          "courageously"
        ]
      ],
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        "(of a woman or girl, intransitive) To begin to behave responsibly, courageously, or both."
      ],
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        "of a woman or girl"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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{
  "etymology_text": "Formed after man up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "womans up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "womaning up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "womaned up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "womaned up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "(of a woman or girl, intransitive) To begin to behave responsibly, courageously, or both."
      ],
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        "of a woman or girl"
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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  ],
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}

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"woman up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms