Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)Significant respect or acclaim.

    I want to give a big up to my bro on the mic.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Tom knew something big was up.

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  2. This is all a big mix up. I'm not the girl you're looking for.

    deEs liegt eine große Verwechslung vor. Ich bin nicht die, welche du suchst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The big car pulled up suddenly.

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  4. A big car drew up and a tall lady got out.

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  5. The big investor bought up the stocks.

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Forms

plural: big ups
Singularbig up
Pluralbig ups

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
respectB1props

Word family

3 related words
Relatedstrength trainingshout outword up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bigA1bigamybigfootbigger

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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