flex up
flex up · flexes up · flexed up · flexing up
To increase a worker's work hours during on-call availability periods, as opposed to…To increase a worker's work hours during on-call availability periods, as opposed to scheduled shifts.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To increase a worker's work hours during on-call availability periods, as opposed to scheduled shifts.
(intransitive, slang)To look good; to be dressed up so as to express one's wealth; to be blinged out; to look hard.
Forms
flexes up, flexing up, flexed up, flexed up| Base form | flex up · to flex up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | flexes up |
| Present participle | flexing up |
| Past simple | flexed up |
| Past participle | flexed up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- flex upTo increase a worker's work hours during on-call availability periods, as opposed to scheduled shifts.
- flex offTo take time off from work using a flexible time-off policy, generally allowing time off at will instead of using accrued sick or vacation time.
- flex outTo respond to greater space availability by growing larger kernels (as opposed to growing at a consistent size no matter what, i.e. fixed-ear hybrids).
- flex onTo bully (someone); to extort, threaten, intimidate, menace or harass (someone); to demonstrate strength or dominance over (someone).
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