[Ads-l] re-up

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:29 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> <re-up> 'to re-enlist' (U.S. military slang)


When I was in "the War," there were two schools of thought WRT the shape of
certain members of the conjugation:

a. re-upping, re-upped

vs.

b. re-ing up, re-ed up




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-Wilson
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