glow-up
glow-up · glow-ups
A major and impressive transformation in appearance, talent, power, etcA major and impressive transformation in appearance, talent, power, etc.
Meaning
1 senses(slang)A major and impressive transformation in appearance, talent, power, etc.
Origin
From glow + up, modelled after such deverbals as blow-up; diachronically, probably not a dFrom glow + up, modelled after such deverbals as blow-up; diachronically, probably not a deverbal from the verb glow up, which was back-formed from the noun.
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plural: glow-upsAntonyms
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