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ink up

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verb

  1. (adverb) to apply ink to (a printing machine) in preparing it for operation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Not only did he ink up a new contract, but Martinez also won the O�Neill Coldwater Classic and qualified for the WCT.

From Time Magazine Archive

“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

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