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knits up

knits up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knit up.

Meaning of knit up

Verb

knit up (third-person singular simple present knits up, present participle knitting up, simple past and past participle knit up or knitted up)

  1. (transitive) To close up or draw together by knitting.
    • But daily he knit up the fabric that their bad loving had ripped the night before.1976, Helen Yglesias, chapter XV, in Family Feeling, New York, N.Y.: The Dial Press, page 216

Questions about knits up

What is knits up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knits up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knit up.

Words near knits up in the dictionary

  1. knits fog
  2. knits one's brow
  3. knits one's brows
  4. knits one's eyebrows
  5. knits together
  6. knits up
  7. knits yoghurt
  8. knitster
  9. knitsters
  10. knittabilities
  11. knittability

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