duke up

English

Verb

duke up (third-person singular simple present dukes up, present participle duking up, simple past and past participle duked up)

1. (slang, transitive or intransitive) To dress up; to embellish or improve (something).

   I need to duke you up for the party tonight.

   The car has been duked up with luxury accessories.

2. (slang, intransitive) To square up; to get one's fists ready for a fistfight.

   When he said that, I duked up.