Usually means: Gather or pleat fabric together.
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  1. ruck up: Vocabulary.com
  2. ruck (sth) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. ruck up: Dictionary.com
  4. ruck up: Rhymezone
  5. ruck up: Free Dictionary
  6. ruck up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. ruck up: Dictionary/thesaurus
  8. ruck up: Wiktionary

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  1. ruck up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ruck up)

▸ verb:  To form untidy creases or folds in an article of clothing.
▸ verb:  (chiefly US, colloquial, idiomatic, somewhat vulgar) To be brave, to show some courage, to keep moving forward in a difficult situation.

Similar:
pucker, ruck, ride, crease up, rumple, ruffle, ruckle, rumple up, ruffle up, rimple, more...

Opposite:
smooth out, flatten, straighten

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Similar:
pucker, ruck, ride, crease up, rumple, ruffle, ruckle, rumple up, ruffle up, rimple, more...

Opposite:
smooth out, flatten, straighten



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