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newing up

newing up is the present participle and gerund of new up.

Meaning of new up

Verb

new up (third-person singular simple present news up, present participle newing up, simple past and past participle newed up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To create (an object) by calling its constructor.
    • If an exception occurs trying to new up bar1 or bar2, the TFoo part of the object won't have changed […]2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ gems
    Synonyms:
    new

Questions about newing up

What is newing up the present participle and gerund of?
Newing up is the present participle and gerund of new up.

Words near newing up in the dictionary

  1. newie
  2. newies
  3. Newill
  4. Newills
  5. newing
  6. newing up
  7. Newingham
  8. Newinghams
  9. newings
  10. Newington
  11. newish

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