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ripen up

ripen up verb: to ripen; become ripe.

Verb

ripen up (third-person singular simple present ripens up, present participle ripening up, simple past and past participle ripened up)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to ripen; become ripe

Forms of ripen up

third-person singular presentripens up
present participleripening up
past participleripened up
pastripened up

Questions about ripen up

What does ripen up mean?
Ripen up means to ripen; become ripe.
What part of speech is ripen up?
Ripen up is a verb.
What is the past tense of ripen up?
The past tense of ripen up is ripened up.

Words near ripen up in the dictionary

  1. ripecks
  2. riped
  3. ripeish
  4. ripely
  5. ripen
  6. ripen up
  7. ripened
  8. ripened up
  9. ripener
  10. ripeners
  11. ripeness

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