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quickening up

quickening up is the present participle and gerund of quicken up.

Meaning of quicken up

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.

Questions about quickening up

What is quickening up the present participle and gerund of?
Quickening up is the present participle and gerund of quicken up.

Words near quickening up in the dictionary

  1. quickener
  2. quickeners
  3. quickenest
  4. quickeneth
  5. quickening
  6. quickening up
  7. quickeningly
  8. quickenings
  9. quickens
  10. quickens up
  11. quicker

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