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classing up

classing up is the present participle and gerund of class up.

Meaning of class up

Verb

class up (third-person singular simple present classes up, present participle classing up, simple past and past participle classed up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make more classy or sophisticated
    • to class up the joint

Questions about classing up

What is classing up the present participle and gerund of?
Classing up is the present participle and gerund of class up.

Words near classing up in the dictionary

  1. classifying space
  2. classifying spaces
  3. classily
  4. classiness
  5. classing
  6. classing up
  7. classings
  8. classis
  9. classism
  10. classisms
  11. classist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: classing up (page history and authors); class up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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