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chains up

chains up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chain up.

Meaning of chain up

Verb

chain up (third-person singular simple present chains up, present participle chaining up, simple past and past participle chained up)

  1. (transitive) To put in chains
    • They've drugged me, beaten and chained me up to the solitary confinement cell bars with metal restraints.1985 December 14, Faron Stone, “Naked Beyond Embarrassment”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 4
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To put snow chains on the tires of a vehicle.
    • In past winters, we have had to chain up our sedans simply to get up the road to our home.1997 July 27, CharlesW99, “4 Wheel drive on icy roads question”, in rec.autos.4x4 (Usenet)

Questions about chains up

What is chains up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chains up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chain up.

Words near chains up in the dictionary

  1. chains of events
  2. chains of evidence
  3. chains of office
  4. chains of thought
  5. chains of title
  6. chains up
  7. chainsaw
  8. chainsaw consultant
  9. chainsaw consultants
  10. chainsawed
  11. chainsawing

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