Dup

//dʌp// name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to open (a door, gate etc.)

    "Then up he rose and donned his clothes, / And dupped the chamber door;"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Democratic Unionist Party. Northern-Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Example

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"Then up he rose and donned his clothes, / And dupped the chamber door;"

Etymology

From Middle English don up (“to open”), equivalent to a blend of do + up. Compare don, doff, dout, dub.

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northern ireland

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