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gunning up

gunning up is the present participle and gerund of gun up.

Meaning of gun up

Verb

gun up (third-person singular simple present guns up, present participle gunning up, simple past and past participle gunned up)

  1. (intransitive) To gun the engine of a vehicle.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To be armed with a gun or to arm with a gun.

Questions about gunning up

What is gunning up the present participle and gerund of?
Gunning up is the present participle and gerund of gun up.

Words near gunning up in the dictionary

  1. Gunning fog index
  2. gunning for
  3. Gunning Gap
  4. gunning off
  5. Gunning transceiver logic
  6. gunning up
  7. Gunningbland
  8. gunningite
  9. Gunningrah
  10. gunnings
  11. gunnis

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