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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

lube up

lube up · lubes up · lubed up · lubing up

To cover or coat in lubricant: to lubricate thoroughlyTo cover or coat in lubricant: to lubricate thoroughly.

Meaning

1 senses

(informal)To cover or coat in lubricant: to lubricate thoroughly.

Forms

lubes up, lubing up, lubed up, lubed up

Base form	lube up · to lube up
3rd person singular	lubes up
Present participle	lubing up
Past simple	lubed up
Past participle	lubed up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	lube up
he, she, it	lubes up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

lubed up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will lube up

Word family

2 related words

Relatedlube job lubrication

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

lozenge lube lubricant lubricate lucid

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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