verb · irregular · transitive · rare

cue up

cue up · cues up · cued up · cuing up

To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etcTo take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.

» This interview has been cueing her up for a run in the next election.

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Meaning

3 senses

To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.
(idiomatic)To set up people or things so as to be ready for their cues (such as backstage).
(transitive)To set up a recording to start at the correct time.

Examples

1 sentences

This interview has been cueing her up for a run in the next election.
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Forms

cues up, cuing up, cued up, cued up

Base form	cue up · to cue up
3rd person singular	cues up
Present participle	cuing up
Past simple	cued up
Past participle	cued up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	cue up
he, she, it	cues up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

cued up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have cued up
he, she, it	has cued up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will cue up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons 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