Meaning

2 senses
  1. To summon for military duty.

    His unit was ordered up last Tuesday.

  2. (transitive)To place an order for (something).

    I ordered up a plate of ribs for us.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. She studied abroad in order to brush up her English.

  2. I must study hard in order to keep up with him.

  3. We went to bed early in order to get up at dawn.

  4. You should read the newspapers in order to keep up with the times.

    ruЧтобы быть в курсе событий, тебе следует читать газеты. — Hellerick

  5. I ran as fast as I could in order to catch up with Tom.

Forms

orders up, ordering up, ordered up, ordered up
Base formorder up · to order up
3rd person singularorders up
Present participleordering up
Past simpleordered up
Past participleordered up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyorder up
he, she, itorders up

Past simpleLesson

all personsordered up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill order up

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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