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policing up

policing up is the present participle and gerund of police up.

Meaning of police up

Verb

police up (third-person singular simple present polices up, present participle policing up, simple past and past participle policed up)

  1. (transitive) To clean up an area or an item or person, usually in preparation for an inspection; to police an area for problems.
    • We have to police up the grounds before the end of the day.

Questions about policing up

What is policing up the present participle and gerund of?
Policing up is the present participle and gerund of police up.

Words near policing up in the dictionary

  1. policified
  2. policify
  3. policifying
  4. policing
  5. policing one's brass
  6. policing up
  7. policingly
  8. policings
  9. policism
  10. policlinic
  11. policlinical

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