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phonyed up

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

simple past and past participle of phony up

form-of, nonstandard, participle, past

Examples

“It is too bad that they phonyed-up what might have⟳ been a fine play⟳ with gangsters and pistols and hoke”
“You shot a bunch of Cubans, you kept me in captivity, you phonyed up a phone call⟳ so you could kidnap⟳ a person in state custody.”
“Where's the guy who phonyed up those Kyben monsters for the bond drive⟳ ghosters, for the holos that got all of us to join⟳ up before we'd learned to wipe our asses?”

CEFR level

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