glove up

verb

To don a pair of (e.g. surgical) gloves.

Meanings

verbglove up (third-person singular simple present gloves up, present participle gloving up, simple past and past participle gloved up)

present singular third person gloves up · participle present gloving up · participle past gloved up · past gloved up

  1. intransitiveTo don a pair of (e.g. surgical) gloves.
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APA

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Chicago

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