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husband up

husband up verb: to manage (something) or maintain (something) to fruition.

Verb

husband up (third-person singular simple present husbands up, present participle husbanding up, simple past and past participle husbanded up)

  1. (dated, transitive) To manage (something) or maintain (something) to fruition.
    • The investors husbanded up my inheritance into a small fortune.

Forms of husband up

third-person singular presenthusbands up
present participlehusbanding up
past participlehusbanded up
pasthusbanded up

Questions about husband up

What does husband up mean?
Husband up means to manage (something) or maintain (something) to fruition.
What part of speech is husband up?
Husband up is a verb.
What is the past tense of husband up?
The past tense of husband up is husbanded up.

Words near husband up in the dictionary

  1. husband and wife
  2. husband pillow
  3. husband pillows
  4. husband stitch
  5. husband stitches
  6. husband up
  7. husband's stitch
  8. husband's stitches
  9. husband's tea
  10. husband-in-law
  11. husbandable

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