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polish up

polish up verb: to polish something to make it shiny.

Verb

polish up (third-person singular simple present polishes up, present participle polishing up, simple past and past participle polished up)

  1. (literally) To polish something to make it shiny.
  2. (figuratively) To hone (one's skills).
    Synonyms:
    polish up on

Synonyms of polish up

Forms of polish up

third-person singular presentpolishes up
present participlepolishing up
past participlepolished up
pastpolished up

Questions about polish up

What does polish up mean?
Polish up means to polish something to make it shiny.
What part of speech is polish up?
Polish up is a verb.
What is the past tense of polish up?
The past tense of polish up is polished up.

Words near polish up in the dictionary

  1. Polish sausages
  2. Polish space
  3. Polish spaces
  4. Polish studies
  5. polish the pearl
  6. polish up
  7. polish up on
  8. Polish victory lap
  9. Polish-Lithuanian
  10. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  11. polish-remover

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