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verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -upped, -up·ping. Military Informal.
to reenlist.
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism
1905–10, Americanism
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Re-up
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is hornswoggle. Does it mean:
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| re-up re-sign up, that is, to enlist again |
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