colour up

A form of color up — To blush (to go red).

Meanings

verbcolour up (third-person singular simple present colours up, present participle colouring up, simple past and past participle coloured up)

present singular third person colours up · participle present colouring up · participle past coloured up · past coloured up · alternative color up

  1. alternativeAlternative form of color up.
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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