badge up

English

Verb

badge up (third-person singular simple present badges up, present participle badging up, simple past and past participle badged up)

1. (transitive) To earn a badge (such as by becoming a police officer).
2. (intransitive) To wear a badge as a marker of identity.
3. (intransitive) To acquire, bring or wield a badge to use as a marker of identity.
4. (transitive) To attach badge(s) to (something).
5. (transitive) To market products with figurative "badges", such as to claim product quality or popularity.