scrawl up
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To quickly write something (like a note or sign) in a messy, hard-to-read way.
Literal meaning: To scrawl (write messily) something up (into a completed item).
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To produce a written notice, sign, or document hastily and in untidy handwriting.
"She scrawled up a 'Back in 5 minutes' sign and stuck it to the shop window."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Rare. Carries connotations of urgency and poor penmanship. The 'up' particle suggests producing something as a finished item, however rough. Likely to be encountered in fiction rather than everyday speech.
Commonly used with
sign note message poster list
Forms
Base
scrawl up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
scrawls up
he/she/it
Past simple
scrawled up
yesterday
Past participle
scrawled up
have + pp
-ing form
scrawling up
continuous
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