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mews up

mews up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mew up.

Meaning of mew up

Verb

mew up (third-person singular simple present mews up, present participle mewing up, simple past and past participle mewed up)

  1. (archaic) to imprison
    • "We do not keep him mewed up, Betsey," replied Mrs. Barclay, “nor does he continue mewed up, for a single flash of temper[…]"1835, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Home: A Story of New England Life

Questions about mews up

What is mews up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mews up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mew up.

Words near mews up in the dictionary

  1. mewnicorn
  2. mewnicorns
  3. MEWP
  4. MEWPs
  5. mews
  6. mews up
  7. mewses
  8. Mewshaw
  9. Mewuk
  10. Mewuks
  11. mex

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