grade up

verb

graded up; grading up; grades up

transitive verb

: to improve by breeding females to purebred males

Examples of grade up in a Sentence

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With graduation ahead, he's been working to keep his grades up, look for jobs and spend time with his friends. Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 14 May 2024 Captain helped get those signatures; now, the student comes to school on time every day and keeps his grades up to stay on the team. Nadia Scharf, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024 Divided into two rooms with a removable door, the School held grades up to the 9th year. Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024 Massively heavy freight and passenger trains simply cannot handle steep grades up and down. John Carpenter, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023 That means a student could likely be in third grade up to tenth grade, or later, when a period begins. Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023 So that helps bump this grade up a bit. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2022 Climbing the long grade up to the Natchez Trace Parkway outside Nashville, Tennessee, required all hands on deck from both sides of the powertrain, but the drive back down was silent and serene as regenerative braking refilled the depleted battery. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 18 Oct. 2022 Prior was in charge of the Short Line project, a huge undertaking that required building a steep grade up the bluffs near downtown St. Paul as well as construction of a new bridge across the Mississippi River gorge north of Lake Street. Larry Millett, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grade up was in 1903

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“Grade up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grade%20up. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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