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fishing up

fishing up is the present participle and gerund of fish up.

Meaning of fish up

Verb

fish up (third-person singular simple present fishes up, present participle fishing up, simple past and past participle fished up)

  1. (transitive) To produce or find by fishing.
    • All we could fish up in that lake was one old boot.
  2. (informal, transitive) To find, obtain or procure.
    • We fished up some clothes that fit.

Questions about fishing up

What is fishing up the present participle and gerund of?
Fishing up is the present participle and gerund of fish up.

Words near fishing up in the dictionary

  1. fishing rod
  2. fishing rods
  3. fishing room
  4. fishing space
  5. fishing spaces
  6. fishing up
  7. fishing vessel
  8. fishing vessels
  9. fishing worm
  10. fishing worms
  11. fishing-frog

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