bag up
A2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To put things inside bags, like at a supermarket or when packing things away.
Literal meaning: To put things up into bags.
Meanings
1 A2 neutral
To put things into bags for storage, transport, or sale.
"After raking the garden, we bagged up all the leaves and put them out for collection."
Grammar: separable
2 A2 neutral
To package items into individual bags for separate sale or distribution.
"The market trader spent the morning bagging up portions of nuts and dried fruit."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Very common in everyday contexts: shopping, gardening, rubbish disposal, retail. Also used in drug-dealing slang to mean packaging substances for sale, so learners should be aware of context. In general use, entirely neutral and common.
Commonly used with
rubbish groceries leaves produce compost belongings
Forms
Base
bag up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bags up
he/she/it
Past simple
baged up
yesterday
Past participle
baged up
have + pp
-ing form
baging up
continuous
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