medicine up
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
Give someone all their medicine — like a parent giving a sick child their pills before school.
Literal meaning: To fill someone 'up' with medicine — transparent in its informal logic.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To give someone their necessary medication, especially before they need to manage through a day or activity.
"She made sure to medicine up the kids before they left for the field trip."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Very informal and colloquial, mostly used in family or caregiving contexts. Not standard medical language. Often implies giving someone medication so they can manage through the day. Not widely attested as a fixed phrasal verb and may be considered a nonce formation by some speakers.
Commonly used with
child patient kid morning before school
Forms
Base
medicine up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
medicines up
he/she/it
Past simple
medicined up
yesterday
Past participle
medicined up
have + pp
-ing form
medicining up
continuous
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Synonyms
medicate give medicine to dose up administer medication
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