glove up

Cover your hands

Glove up means to put on gloves, especially protective or sanitary ones before a task requiring them.

Medical professionals glove up before procedures; mechanics glove up before handling chemicals.

The phrase emphasizes preparation and readiness: Glove up, we're going in.

In sports contexts, it can mean putting on boxing or batting gloves.

Related

suit up · get ready · PPE · hand protection · safety protocol · sparring

Opposites
hand protection/covering

glove upbare hands

Ungloved, unequipped extremities

unglove

preparation/readiness

glove upstand down

Withdraw from readiness

gear down · strip down · undress

Family

glove, gloves, gloved, ungloved

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G