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heighten up

heighten up verb: to become or alter (something) to make it heightened, higher, more powerful or more intense.

Verb

heighten up (third-person singular simple present heightens up, present participle heightening up, simple past and past participle heightened up)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To become or alter (something) to make it heightened, higher, more powerful or more intense.

Forms of heighten up

third-person singular presentheightens up
present participleheightening up
past participleheightened up
pastheightened up

Questions about heighten up

What does heighten up mean?
Heighten up means to become or alter (something) to make it heightened, higher, more powerful or more intense.
What part of speech is heighten up?
Heighten up is a verb.
What is the past tense of heighten up?
The past tense of heighten up is heightened up.

Words near heighten up in the dictionary

  1. height money
  2. height to paper
  3. heightcel
  4. heightcels
  5. heighten
  6. heighten up
  7. heightened
  8. heightened up
  9. heightener
  10. heighteners
  11. heightenest

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