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cables up

cables up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cable up.

Meaning of cable up

Verb

cable up (third-person singular simple present cables up, present participle cabling up, simple past and past participle cabled up)

  1. (transitive) To connect by inserting or installing a cable.
    • That is why Britain should base its efforts to cable up the country on optical fibre, rather than on an obsolescent technology.1982, New Scientist, volume 96, number 1335, page 654

Questions about cables up

What is cables up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cables up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cable up.

Words near cables up in the dictionary

  1. cableman
  2. cablemen
  3. cabler
  4. cablers
  5. cables
  6. cables up
  7. cablese
  8. cabless
  9. cablessness
  10. cablet
  11. cabletie

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