gun up

verb

To gun the engine of a vehicle.

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Meanings

verbgun up (third-person singular simple present guns up, present participle gunning up, simple past and past participle gunned up)

present singular third person guns up · participle present gunning up · participle past gunned up · past gunned up

  1. intransitiveTo gun the engine of a vehicle.
  2. intransitivetransitiveTo be armed with a gun or to arm with a gun.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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