Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Informal To enlist again for military service.
- v. Informal To sign a renewed contract for employment or service.
Wiktionary
- v. US, military To reenlist; to renegotiate a contract
- v. slang To refill one's drug stash
Etymologies
- Possibly blend of re-enlist and sign up (Wiktionary)
Examples
“When Petraeus assumed command, the initial reports on what-was-to-happen-next suggested that Petraeus was going to re-up on COIN.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Hastings On Afghanistan: Petraeus Is Pursuing A 'Failed Strategy'
“But once you re-up, you most likley to stick around for the full twenty or more (or join the reserves).”
“He would put the salt and pepper on the edge of his rubber place mat in case he needed to re-up in the course of the meal.”
“Well, the last four issues sucked, but I was happy with two of the previous ones, sure, I'll re-up my subscription.”
“When you go down to the Pioneer Square artwalk, you should show your gratitude for getting into all those museums for free (and also re-up your karma points) by stopping into the Pioneer Square Cafe Vita for a “laptop rally” put on by 4Culture.”
“We want him to re-up, be in good spirits and in time he'll come around.”
“Assuming ABC does ask her to re-up and that's a pretty safe assumption, Ellen seems game.”
Keck's Exclusives: Ellen Pompeo is Ready for More Grey's Anatomy
“And the team re-building is already in process: Emmanuel is gone, Summers is going, and Gates will soon finish his two-year "re-up" commitment.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Philip Neches: Get Ready for Gridlock
“On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last month, Probst said he would re-up his contract if Fallon signed on.”
Survivor Renewed For Two More Seasons; Jeff Probst to Return
“We've been in this rental for a year and are about to re-up.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘re-up’.
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Dumbisms
Words and phrases I don't like. They are dumb.
re-look, good to go, reinvent the wheel, do what, ducks in a row, re-up, twofer, irregardless, repurpose, ballyhoo, bells and whistles, webinar and 55 more...
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discoveries
These are lexical items new to me that I've discovered in actual use (i.e. not in dictionaries, lists, or this site).
Looking back over this list, I haven't the slightest idea what mos...haymow, hawsepipe, stridor, bariatric, autotelic, apotropaic, cyanotype, tourelle, autobody, zudecca, stifado, corbeille and 1073 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for re-up.
thtownse I'd just like to repeat, having seen this word in a news headline, that it is a Dumb word! Apr 20, 2010
thtownse I'd just like to repeat, having seen this word in a news headline, that it is a Dumb word! Apr 20, 2010
qroqqa Military sense, probably from 're-sign-up', in Doonesbury. Jul 27, 2009
seanahan I imagine this is originally a military term, describing signing on for another term. UD says it is getting more drugs. Oct 23, 2007
thtownse Apparently this is some kind of pop culture rap music thing, but I heard it in a meeting at my company, so I associate with corporate culture's blunt lexicon. Oct 23, 2007