badge up

English

Verb

badge up (third-person singular simple present badges up, present participle badging up, simple past and past participle badged up)

(transitive) To earn a badge (such as by becoming a police officer).
(intransitive) To wear a badge as a marker of identity.
(intransitive) To acquire, bring or wield a badge to use as a marker of identity.
(transitive) To attach badge(s) to (something).
(transitive) To market products with figurative "badges", such as to claim product quality or popularity.