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redd up

redd up verb: to clean up, especially a room.

Verb

redd up (third-person singular simple present redds up, present participle redding up, simple past and past participle redd up or redded up)

  1. (Pennsylvania, Scotland, US, Western, dialectal) To clean up, especially a room.
    • There, sir, you are redd up and made decent.1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Forms of redd up

third-person singular presentredds up
present participleredding up
past participleredd up
pastredd up
past participleredded up
pastredded up

Questions about redd up

What does redd up mean?
Redd up means to clean up, especially a room.
What part of speech is redd up?
Redd up is a verb.
What is the past tense of redd up?
The past tense of redd up is redd up.

Words near redd up in the dictionary

  1. redcurrant jellies
  2. redcurrant jelly
  3. redcurrants
  4. redcurranty
  5. redd
  6. redd up
  7. reddans
  8. Reddaway
  9. redded
  10. redded up
  11. Reddell

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