brew up

See also: brewup

English

Verb

brew up (third-person singular simple present brews up, present participle brewing up, simple past and past participle brewed up)Category:English lemmas#BREWUPCategory:English verbs#BREWUPCategory:English phrasal verbs#BREWUPCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with %22up%22#BREWUPCategory:English multiword terms#BREWUPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BREWUPCategory:Pages with entries#BREW%20UPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BREW%20UP

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREWUP) To make (a liquid, especially tea, coffee, or beer) by brewing.
  2. (figurative, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREWUP) To concoct.
  3. (BritishCategory:British English#BREWUP) Make a fire in order to make tea.
  4. (militaryCategory:en:Military#BREWUP, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREWUP) To go up in flames.
    Gavin's tank brewed up on the first hit.Category:English terms with usage examples#BREWUP
  5. (militaryCategory:en:Military#BREWUP, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREWUP) To cause to go up in flames.

Derived terms

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