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Meaning of cap up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To divide (a drug) into capsules.
    slang, transitive
  2. To modify (the initial letter of a word) to be a capital letter.
    British

Examples

“Eventually we got it all capped up, one thousand doses just like Rob had said. […] I was going to become a three-drug connection to all my friends, psychedelics, hash and pot.”
“Do not cap up "oblast" or "province" in place names.”
“Secretaries of State: Cap up titles, as in Home Secretary David Blunkett and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.”
“Capping up: the general presumption is against using caps. Their use should be to denote something that is unique. The Pill immediately spells the contraceptive pill and the Forces indicates that we are talking about Britain's military and not the forces of light.”
“Cap up the first letter of the first word. Then, use lower case e.g.: "View and comment on planning applications" not "View And Comment On Planning Applications"”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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