single up

English

Verb

single up (third-person singular simple present singles up, present participle singling up, simple past and past participle singled up)

  1. (military) To act alone.
  2. (Naval, maritime) To remove one loop of a double-loop rope connecting a ship to a pier in preparation for departure.
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