write up
/ˈɹaɪ̯t ˌʌp/ verb- To produce by writing. · The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him.
- To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of. · Near-synonym: cite· His supervisor wrote him up after their last argument.
- To write about positively; to praise in writing. · Near-synonym: talk up· The paper wrote up the team's prospects.
- To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset. · The company decided to write up its property assets after an independent appraisal showed their market value had increased significantly.
- To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety. · She carefully wrote up each stamp in her collection, noting the Scott catalog number, perforation gauge, and printing plate variety.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up. · I can't write up in the attic; it's too cold there in the winter and too hot there in the summer.
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