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readying up

readying up is the present participle and gerund of ready up.

Meaning of ready up

Verb

ready up (third-person singular simple present readies up, present participle readying up, simple past and past participle readied up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to prepare for use, to get ready

Questions about readying up

What is readying up the present participle and gerund of?
Readying up is the present participle and gerund of ready up.

Words near readying up in the dictionary

  1. ready-to-drink
  2. ready-to-drinks
  3. ready-to-wear
  4. readyhanded
  5. readying
  6. readying up
  7. readymade
  8. readymades
  9. readymix
  10. readyprint
  11. readyprints

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Adapted from Wiktionary: readying up (page history and authors); ready up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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