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melting up

melting up is the present participle and gerund of melt up.

Meaning of melt up

Verb

melt up (third-person singular simple present melts up, present participle melting up, simple past and past participle melted up)

  1. Of the price of a security, to increase to an unexpected degree.

Questions about melting up

What is melting up the present participle and gerund of?
Melting up is the present participle and gerund of melt up.

Words near melting up in the dictionary

  1. melting point
  2. melting points
  3. melting pot
  4. melting pots
  5. melting someone's butter
  6. melting up
  7. melting-pot
  8. melting-pots
  9. meltingly
  10. meltingness
  11. meltingpoint

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