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rung up the curtain

rung up the curtain is the past participle of ring up the curtain.

Meaning of ring up the curtain

Verb

ring up the curtain (third-person singular simple present rings up the curtain, present participle ringing up the curtain, simple past rang up the curtain, past participle rung up the curtain)

  1. To start something.
    • I caught her in my arms; she kissed me, pushed me gently away, and added: “Ring up the curtain, uncle. Little Moccasin is ready"1879, The Peterson magazine - Volumes 75-76, page 444

Questions about rung up the curtain

What is rung up the curtain the past participle of?
Rung up the curtain is the past participle of ring up the curtain.

Words near rung up the curtain in the dictionary

  1. rung the devil's doorbell
  2. rung the welkins
  3. rung through
  4. rung true
  5. rung up
  6. rung up the curtain
  7. Runge's phenomenon
  8. Runge's theorem
  9. Runge-Kutta method
  10. Runge-Kutta methods
  11. runged

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