Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial)To achieve; to gain by successful effort.

    John has just notched up another "salesman of the month" prize.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. He decided to take it a notch up and do a prank that would inevitably hurt him.

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Forms

notches up, notching up, notched up, notched up
Base formnotch up · to notch up
3rd person singularnotches up
Present participlenotching up
Past simplenotched up
Past participlenotched up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynotch up
he, she, itnotches up

Past simpleLesson

all personsnotched up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave notched up
he, she, ithas notched up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill notch up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
notarynotationnotchnoteA1notebookA1notepad
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