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fritz up

fritz up verb: to go on the fritz, to become broken or malfunctioning.

Verb

fritz up (third-person singular simple present fritzes up, present participle fritzing up, simple past and past participle fritzed up)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To go on the fritz, to become broken or malfunctioning.

Forms of fritz up

third-person singular presentfritzes up
present participlefritzing up
past participlefritzed up
pastfritzed up

Questions about fritz up

What does fritz up mean?
Fritz up means to go on the fritz, to become broken or malfunctioning.
What part of speech is fritz up?
Fritz up is a verb.
What is the past tense of fritz up?
The past tense of fritz up is fritzed up.

Words near fritz up in the dictionary

  1. fritware
  2. fritwares
  3. Fritwell
  4. fritz
  5. fritz out
  6. fritz up
  7. fritzed
  8. fritzed out
  9. fritzed up
  10. fritzes
  11. fritzes out

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