rhyme up

verb

To make a non-rhyming song, poem, etc., into a rhyming one.

“The song is good, but I still gotta rhyme it up.”

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Meanings

verbrhyme up (third-person singular simple present rhymes up, present participle rhyming up, simple past and past participle rhymed up)

present singular third person rhymes up · participle present rhyming up · participle past rhymed up · past rhymed up

  1. transitiveoften blues or rhythm and bluesTo make a non-rhyming song, poem, etc., into a rhyming one.

    The song is good, but I still gotta rhyme it up.

  2. oftentransitiveTo come up with a rhyme for (a word, name, person, subject, etc.).

    He rhymed up the kid's name with funny words to make an improvised song.

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Chicago

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