smoke up
B2 informal separable both
In simple words
To make a place full of smoke, or to smoke cannabis.
Literal meaning: To fill (up) a space with smoke.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To fill a place with smoke.
"The faulty engine smoked up the garage within seconds of starting."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
slang
(Slang) To smoke marijuana.
"They went out to the car to smoke up before the concert."
Grammar: inseparable
3 C1
idiomatic
slang
(Slang) To provide someone with marijuana to smoke.
"He offered to smoke everyone up if they brought snacks."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
The marijuana sense is slang, primarily North American, and dates from at least the 1970s. The literal sense (filling a space with smoke) is also common. In the drug sense, it can be used transitively ('smoke someone up' = to supply them with marijuana to smoke) or intransitively.
Commonly used with
room kitchen joint weed place house
Forms
Base
smoke up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
smokes up
he/she/it
Past simple
smoked up
yesterday
Past participle
smoked up
have + pp
-ing form
smoking up
continuous
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