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rest up

rest up verb: to have a rest.

Verb

rest up (third-person singular simple present rests up, present participle resting up, simple past and past participle rested up)

  1. (intransitive) To have a rest

Forms of rest up

third-person singular presentrests up
present participleresting up
past participlerested up
pastrested up

Questions about rest up

What does rest up mean?
Rest up means to have a rest.
What part of speech is rest up?
Rest up is a verb.
What is the past tense of rest up?
The past tense of rest up is rested up.

Words near rest up in the dictionary

  1. rest step
  2. rest stop
  3. rest stops
  4. rest stroke
  5. rest strokes
  6. rest up
  7. rest upon
  8. rest't
  9. rest, residue and remainder
  10. rest-and-digest
  11. rest-harrow

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