Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Australia, slang)To approach threateningly; to gesture aggressively; to show off as if to fight.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. They burned bridges and pulled up railroad tracks.

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Forms

bridges up, bridging up, bridged up, bridged up
Base formbridge up · to bridge up
3rd person singularbridges up
Present participlebridging up
Past simplebridged up
Past participlebridged up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybridge up
he, she, itbridges up

Past simpleLesson

all personsbridged up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bridged up
he, she, ithas bridged up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bridge up

Synonyms

1 synonyms
shape up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bridesmaidbridgeA1bridlebriebriefB1
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