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quicken up

quicken up verb: to become or make (something) quicker or briefer.

Verb

quicken up (third-person singular simple present quickens up, present participle quickening up, simple past and past participle quickened up)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To become or make (something) quicker or briefer.

Forms of quicken up

third-person singular presentquickens up
present participlequickening up
past participlequickened up
pastquickened up

Questions about quicken up

What does quicken up mean?
Quicken up means to become or make (something) quicker or briefer.
What part of speech is quicken up?
Quicken up is a verb.
What is the past tense of quicken up?
The past tense of quicken up is quickened up.

Words near quicken up in the dictionary

  1. quicked
  2. quickehatch
  3. quickehatches
  4. quickely
  5. quicken
  6. quicken up
  7. quickenance
  8. quickened
  9. quickened up
  10. quickenedst
  11. quickener

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