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cattles up

cattles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cattle up.

Meaning of cattle up

Verb

cattle up (third-person singular simple present cattles up, present participle cattling up, simple past and past participle cattled up)

  1. (figuratively, rare, transitive) To gather (a group of people) together into a small space.
    • I think Scuba Du is the best operation we have dove with in Cozumel, others have been Dive Paradise and Scuba Cozumel at the Galapago. We were there in low season and had 4-6 divers per boat. I suspect they could have "cattled" us up in one or two boats but they put the whole fleet out.1997 December 23, Re: Cozumel Scuba Du, “William Seiffert, M.D.”, in rec.scuba.locations (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    crowd together

Questions about cattles up

What is cattles up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cattles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cattle up.

Words near cattles up in the dictionary

  1. cattleposts
  2. cattleprod
  3. cattleprods
  4. cattleproof
  5. cattles
  6. cattles up
  7. cattleshed
  8. cattlesheds
  9. cattlewealth
  10. cattlewoman
  11. cattlewomen

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