badge up

To wear a badge that shows who you are or which group you belong to.

• Please badge up before entering.
• All volunteers badged up for the event.
• Do staff need to badge up every day?

Similar words: wear a badge

Common phrases: badge up for work, badge up before entering

To earn an official badge, often by qualifying as a police officer.

• The recruits finally badged up.
• She badged up after completing police training.
• When will the next class badge up?

How to use it: badge up as something (The recruits badged up as officers after graduation.)

Similar words: qualify

Common phrases: badge up officially, badge up as officers

To get, carry, or show a badge to prove your identity or authority.

• Badge up before approaching the security desk.
• He badged up to show the guard his authority.
• Everyone must badge up to gain access.

Similar words: identify oneself

Common phrases: badge up for access, badge up at security

To put badges on something.

• We badged up the jackets.
• The club badged up every new uniform.
• Can you badge these shirts up before Friday?

How to use it: badge up something / badge something up (They badged up the jackets with club emblems.)

Similar words: badge

Common phrases: badge up something, badge something up

To promote products using labels or claims that suggest quality, popularity, or another selling point.

• The company badged up its products as premium.
• They badged the range up with claims about quality.
• Marketers badge up these snacks as customer favourites.

How to use it: badge up something as something (They badged up the cereal as a healthy choice.)

Similar words: brand, label

Common phrases: badge up products, badge something up