up-gun
English
Alternative forms
- upgun
Etymology
From up- + gun.
Verb
up-gun (third-person singular simple present up-guns, present participle up-gunning, simple past and past participle up-gunned)
- (transitive) To equip with additional guns or more powerful guns.
- 2001, David French, Raising Churchill's Army
- Hitherto, up-gunning British tanks had been prevented because of a basic design parameter.
- 2001, David French, Raising Churchill's Army