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OFFER UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does offer up mean? 

OFFER UP (verb)
  The verb OFFER UP has 1 sense:

1. present as an act of worshipplay

  Familiarity information: OFFER UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OFFER UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Present as an act of worship

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

offer; offer up

Context example:

offer prayers to the gods

Hypernyms (to "offer up" is one way to...):

worship (attend religious services)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "offer up"):

sacrifice (make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


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(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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