[Ads-l] re-up

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Dec 10 01:32:50 UTC 2016


On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> CNN advises us to "get re-upped on" our MMR vaccinations.


What does that mean? "Get up to date - or should that be "up-to-date"? - on
our MMR vaccinations" or some such?


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