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verb · irregular · transitive · rare

tool up

tool up · tools up · tooled up · tooling up

To furnish with equipmentTo furnish with equipment.

» A half-dozen tools make up the tool collection.

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Meaning

2 senses

(informal, transitive)To furnish with equipment.
(informal, intransitive)To arm oneself with a weapon, especially a gun.

Examples

1 sentences

A half-dozen tools make up the tool collection.
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Forms

tools up, tooling up, tooled up, tooled up

Base form	tool up · to tool up
3rd person singular	tools up
Present participle	tooling up
Past simple	tooled up
Past participle	tooled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	tool up
he, she, it	tools up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

tooled up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will tool up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

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

tony tooA1 toolA1 toolbar toolbox toolkit toolshed

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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