1 B2 informal
To find information by searching for it online, especially using Google.
"I'll google up the opening times for the museum."
separable
google up
B2 informal separable transitive
To search for and retrieve information using Google or another internet search engine.
In plain English
To look something up on Google or the internet.
What does "google up" mean?
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
Usage tip
Informal and relatively recent in usage. 'Google' alone is already used as a verb, so 'google up' adds a slightly more emphatic sense of actively finding and retrieving something specific. More common in informal spoken contexts. Not appropriate in formal writing.
Words that pair with "google up"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
address recipe answer symptoms directions information
How to conjugate "google up"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
google up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
googles up
he/she/it
Past simple
googled up
yesterday
Past participle
googled up
have + pp
-ing form
googling up
continuous
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