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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 worship
Familiarity information: OFFER UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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