coffee up
C1 informal intransitive
In simple words
To drink coffee to wake yourself up or get ready for something.
Literal meaning: To supply oneself with coffee — transparent compound formation.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To drink coffee, especially to boost one's energy or alertness before an activity.
"You'd better coffee up before the 6 a.m. conference call."
Grammar: inseparable
2 C1 informal
To supply someone with coffee.
"The assistant coffeed everyone up before the long strategy session began."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Common in casual North American speech. Often used reflexively or as a command: 'Coffee up before the meeting!' Can also imply providing others with coffee. Relatively new coinage following the pattern of 'fuel up', 'load up', etc.
Commonly used with
morning meeting shift quickly first
Forms
Base
coffee up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
coffees up
he/she/it
Past simple
coffeed up
yesterday
Past participle
coffeed up
have + pp
-ing form
coffeeing up
continuous
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