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badge up

C1 informal separable both
In simple words

To give everyone their name badges or to put your own badge on before an event or at work.

Literal meaning: To set yourself or someone else up with a badge.

Meanings

1 C1 informal

To give someone an identification badge, or to put one on, especially before entering an event or starting a shift.

"Volunteers should badge up at the registration desk before going to their assigned stations."

Grammar: separable
2 C1 neutral

To equip a product or item with a brand badge or label, especially in manufacturing.

"The vehicles were manufactured in Germany but badged up with the local brand's name for the export market."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Used in event management, security, and corporate contexts. Can be used reflexively ('badge yourself up') or transitively ('badge up the visitors'). Relatively recent and informal phrase. More common in British English corporate and events contexts.

Commonly used with

visitor delegate attendee staff volunteer conference

Forms

Base
badge up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
badges up
he/she/it
Past simple
badged up
yesterday
Past participle
badged up
have + pp
-ing form
badging up
continuous

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