staff up

verb

To hire new staff; to fill vacancies in a workforce.

Meanings

verbstaff up (third-person singular simple present staffs up, present participle staffing up, simple past and past participle staffed up)

present singular third person staffs up · participle present staffing up · participle past staffed up · past staffed up

  1. To hire new staff; to fill vacancies in a workforce.
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