husband up

verb

To manage (something) or maintain (something) to fruition.

“The investors husbanded up my inheritance into a small fortune.”

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Meanings

verbhusband up (third-person singular simple present husbands up, present participle husbanding up, simple past and past participle husbanded up)

present singular third person husbands up · participle present husbanding up · participle past husbanded up · past husbanded up

  1. datedtransitiveTo manage (something) or maintain (something) to fruition.

    The investors husbanded up my inheritance into a small fortune.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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