shoe up
B2 informal intransitive
In simple words
To put your shoes on
Literal meaning: To equip oneself upward with shoes — relatively transparent
Meanings
1 B2 informal
To put on one's shoes or athletic footwear, typically before exercise or going out
"Shoe up, everyone — we're heading to the track in five minutes."
2 C1 neutral
To fit a horse with horseshoes
"The farrier came out early to shoe up the horses before the competition."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Fairly uncommon; heard mainly in sports and fitness contexts (e.g., before a run or gym session). More common in American English. Can also refer to fitting horses with horseshoes.
Commonly used with
quickly properly before practice for the gym horses
Forms
Base
shoe up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
shoes up
he/she/it
Past simple
shoed up
yesterday
Past participle
shoed up
have + pp
-ing form
shoing up
continuous
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