badge up

verb

To earn a badge (such as by becoming a police officer).

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Meanings

verbbadge up (third-person singular simple present badges up, present participle badging up, simple past and past participle badged up)

present singular third person badges up · participle present badging up · participle past badged up · past badged up

  1. transitiveTo earn a badge (such as by becoming a police officer).
  2. intransitiveTo wear a badge as a marker of identity.
  3. intransitiveTo acquire, bring or wield a badge to use as a marker of identity.
  4. transitiveTo attach badge(s) to (something).
  5. transitiveTo market products with figurative "badges", such as to claim product quality or popularity.
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APA

badge up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badge%20up

MLA

“badge up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badge%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “badge up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badge%20up.

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