What does nick up mean?

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nick up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

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Informal; Transitive verb

nicks up (present, singular) nicking up (participle, present) nicked up (participle, past) nicked up (past)

What does nick up mean?: To nick or notch (someone or something) many times.

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