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

More than half of the Bulldogs' 2025 starting lineup will be suiting up in red and black in the fall, including quarterback Gunner Stockton, both halves of Georgia's dynamic running back tandem, and defensive playmakers like KJ Bolden and Raylen Wilson. —CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026

Doncic is set to return from Europe on Friday after having received medical treatment to attempt to expedite his recovery, according to multiple reports, but remains unlikely to suit up in the first round of the NBA playoffs. —Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026

If Hintz suits up for Game 1, Dallas ends up a slight favorite. —Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026

So even with the Panthers a shell of their usual selves — 14 Florida regulars did not suit up Monday, 13 because of injury plus star winger Matthew Tkachuk because of the birth of his first child, a baby girl — the top-end effort is still there. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for suit up

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