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toke up

C1 slang inseparable intransitive
In simple words

To start smoking marijuana.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic slang

(Slang) To begin smoking cannabis or to inhale from a cannabis cigarette or pipe.

"They found a quiet corner of the park and tooked up before the concert."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Drug slang, primarily North American. 'Toke' as a noun means a puff on a cannabis cigarette. Not appropriate in formal contexts. Learners should recognise it but be aware it refers to illegal activity in many jurisdictions.

Commonly used with

joint session before together blunt pipe

Forms

Base
toke up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
tokes up
he/she/it
Past simple
toked up
yesterday
Past participle
toked up
have + pp
-ing form
toking up
continuous

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