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Meaning of roast up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.
    slang, transitive
  2. To cook by roasting.
    transitive
  3. To roast fully or completely.
    transitive

Examples

“She wouldn't follow instructions so they roasted her up coming off the plane.”
“For Thanksgiving, I'll roast up a turkey.”
“Then I took another big cast iron pot and put it on the fire. Into this I put some unground cholai and roasted it up good.”

CEFR level

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

roasted roasted up roastin' roasting roasting up roasts

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