Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To become knowledgeable on a subject.

    We've been cluing up all week, so we'll be ready.

  2. (transitive)To make knowledgeable on a subject.

    That summer course really clued me up on mathematics.

  3. (transitive)Synonym of clew.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. She knows everything. She's really clued up.

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Forms

clues up, cluing up, clued up, clued up
Base formclue up · to clue up
3rd person singularclues up
Present participlecluing up
Past simpleclued up
Past participleclued up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclue up
he, she, itclues up

Past simpleLesson

all personsclued up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clue up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
clew

Word family

1 related words
Relatedclued up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cluckclueA2cluelessclumpclumsily
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