fry up

noun

a breakfast made of tomatoes, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns, baked beans, black pudding, chips, toast and mushrooms (or any combination thereof); full English breakfast

“I'll just fry up a couple of eggs.”

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Meanings

nounfry up (plural fry ups)

plural fry ups · alternative fry-up

  1. UKidiomatica breakfast made of tomatoes, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns, baked beans, black pudding, chips, toast and mushrooms (or any combination thereof); full English breakfast

    Though fattening, a fry up is without doubt my favourite way to start the day.

verbfry up (third-person singular simple present fries up, present participle frying up, simple past and past participle fried up)

present singular third person fries up · participle present frying up · participle past fried up · past fried up · alternative fry-up

  1. transitiveTo prepare by frying.

    I'll just fry up a couple of eggs.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
full breakfast
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APA

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Chicago

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