ink up
Britishverb
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"The paper has gone through the machine at least 60 to 70 times because that's how you build the ink up onto the page to get the darker regions," Mr Cook explained.
From BBC ● May 23, 2023
Opening this week, the studio will ink up true-blue fans for free with any of 16 ready-made designs, including images of a needle and of a tombstone that reads “hold the door.”
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2019
In the past there was one reason, and one reason only, to ink up: A tattoo confirmed your status as a scary outsider rebel carny outlaw sociopath.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2012
“We can all write home by the mail brigantine; the consul says I can come over to his place and ink up the addresses.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Once only did she speak to him while he was drinking his coffee: "You got any ink up there?"
From Old Crow by Brown, Alice
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