color up
color up · colors up · colored up · coloring up
To blushTo blush (to go red).
» She colored up to her temples.
Meaning
2 sensesTo blush (to go red).
To exchange a high number of low-value chips (of one color) for a lower number of higher value (of a different color), but keeping the same overall value.
Examples
4 sentencesShe colored up to her temples.
These heathers color up in the summer.
A sea of colors has swelled up overnight in my neighborhood.
Hundreds of azalea bushes have blossomed, and a sea of colors has swelled up overnight in my neighborhood.
Forms
colors up, coloring up, colored up, colored up| Base form | color up · to color up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | colors up |
| Present participle | coloring up |
| Past simple | colored up |
| Past participle | colored up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb