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parking up

parking up is the present participle and gerund of park up.

Meaning of park up

Verb

park up (third-person singular simple present parks up, present participle parking up, simple past and past participle parked up)

  1. (intransitive) To park one's motor vehicle.
    • Having marked that, we then went into Sabugal where we parked up and went to explore the castle. It was closed and wouldn't be open for an hour as it was lunch time so we went to look at the town.2010, Gwen Harlow, The Motorhome Diaries, page 151

Questions about parking up

What is parking up the present participle and gerund of?
Parking up is the present participle and gerund of park up.

Words near parking up in the dictionary

  1. parking that thought
  2. parking the beef bus in tuna town
  3. parking the bus
  4. parking ticket
  5. parking tickets
  6. parking up
  7. parking violation
  8. parking violations
  9. parking warden
  10. parking wardens
  11. parkings

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