suit up

verb

suited up; suiting up; suits up

US

: to put on a uniform or special clothing

The players are suiting up for the game.

The divers suited up.

Examples of suit up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 49ers’ top two quarterbacks, Brock Purdy and Mac Jones, didn’t suit up, leaving Adrian Martinez as the only quarterback after Rourke left the field. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Defensively, potential starters who suited up were Jones, defensive tackle Alfred Collins, and Marquise Sigle. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

Carrington suited up for the Sky on Monday, the team's first contest since the incident involving Cunningham, and scored 26 points in 27 minutes in her team's 97-88 loss to the Seattle Storm. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

George, meanwhile, suited up in a gray blazer and trousers, along with a crisp white button-down. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 11 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for suit up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup