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rid up

rid up verb: to empty, to clear out.

Verb

rid up (third-person singular simple present rids up, present participle ridding up, simple past and past participle rid up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To empty, to clear out.

Forms of rid up

third-person singular presentrids up
present participleridding up
past participlerid up
pastrid up

Questions about rid up

What does rid up mean?
Rid up means to empty, to clear out.
What part of speech is rid up?
Rid up is a verb.
What is the past tense of rid up?
The past tense of rid up is rid up.

Words near rid up in the dictionary

  1. Ricœur
  2. Ricœurian
  3. rid
  4. rid a horse foaled by an acorn
  5. rid out
  6. rid up
  7. Rida
  8. ridability
  9. ridable
  10. ridaforolimus
  11. Ridd

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