suit up

verb

To don a suit, such as a spacesuit, a formal suit, a hazmat suit, or (archetypally or figuratively) a suit of armour.

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Meanings

verbsuit up (third-person singular simple present suits up, present participle suiting up, simple past and past participle suited up)

present singular third person suits up · participle present suiting up · participle past suited up · past suited up

  1. intransitiveTo don a suit, such as a spacesuit, a formal suit, a hazmat suit, or (archetypally or figuratively) a suit of armour.

    Each day for three weeks they suited up and went out to the module and fed it.

    1983, Gregory Benford, Against Infinity
  2. transitiveTo clothe, to put clothes on (someone).
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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