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mince up

mince up verb: to mince.

Verb

mince up (third-person singular simple present minces up, present participle mincing up, simple past and past participle minced up)

  1. To mince
    • Seeing them all there, squashed in together in a big tower of rats, made her think of the block she and Dad and Sheila lived in. Still, thought Zoe. The rats had it worse. What with the getting minced up into burgers.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Forms of mince up

third-person singular presentminces up
present participlemincing up
past participleminced up
pastminced up

Questions about mince up

What does mince up mean?
Mince up means to mince.
What part of speech is mince up?
Mince up is a verb.
What is the past tense of mince up?
The past tense of mince up is minced up.

Words near mince up in the dictionary

  1. mince matters
  2. mince one's words
  3. mince pie
  4. mince pies
  5. mince steak
  6. mince up
  7. mince words
  8. mince-meaty
  9. minceable
  10. minced
  11. minced beef

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