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hogging up

hogging up is the present participle and gerund of hog up.

Meaning of hog up

Verb

hog up (third-person singular simple present hogs up, present participle hogging up, simple past and past participle hogged up)

  1. (informal) To take up, grab or claim all of something.
    • She hogged up the available land with her garden.

Questions about hogging up

What is hogging up the present participle and gerund of?
Hogging up is the present participle and gerund of hog up.

Words near hogging up in the dictionary

  1. hoggin
  2. hogginess
  3. hogging
  4. hogging frame
  5. hogging frames
  6. hogging up
  7. hoggins
  8. hoggish
  9. hoggishly
  10. hoggishness
  11. hoggishnesses

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